Planning & Allocation Analyst (6 Month Contract)

Serving the needs of all families with young childrenCarters Inc. is the largest North American apparel retailer exclusively for babies and young children encompassing Carters OshKosh Bgosh Skip*Hop and Little Planet brands. Meaningful work constant learning genuine people and a community guided by core values that promote inclusion and innovation is in everything we do. There are many reasons to build your career at Carters.

HOW YOULL MAKE AN IMPACT:

The Planning & Allocation Analyst partners with the Planning Merchandise and DC teams to achieve the overall financial and strategic objectives of the organization. Their core function consists of maintaining analyzing and reporting on all business strategies in partnership with the Senior Analysts and Allocation Manager highlighting performance drivers and opportunities that will impact top and bottom-line sales. Along with all allocations analysis system maintenance and inventory management for their area of coverage.

60%: Reporting Analytics and System Maintenance

• Data mining and manipulation from Allocation Reporting Systems to analyze store style sales performance based on critical KPIs. Providing recommendations in weekly email to business partners on in season adjustments for constraints configurations and store profiling for area of responsibility.
• Forecast analysis in partnership with Planning and Allocation Manager for area of responsibility providing details on anticipated sales and allocation projections. Proactively flagging concerns to Leaders on forward looking forecasts that dont align to marketing cadence business objectives and growth strategies.
• Providing weekly monthly quarterly analysis to Business Partners and Leadership Teams on all corporate growth strategies and initiatives (Product Store Attributing and Formats Competition Impact and New Renovated Closing Stores).
• Supporting market analysis and store profiling through store visits researching and understanding the competitive landscape demographic nuances weather and seasonal anomalies and any other relevant store attributing impacts.

40%: Allocations and Inventory Management

• Executing all allocation workflows through Inventory Smart for Launch Backup and New Store for area of responsibility.
• Life cycle and store attribute constraint management (WOS Min Max) in partnership with Planner and Allocation Manager communication on configuration updates with Category Manager Planner and Sr. Analyst.
• Effectively dissect and communicate forecast demand prior to allocation release to understand projected allocation qtys ensuring alignment with marketing initiatives inventory plans store trends lifecycle and seasonality of product for all allocation workflows.
• Actively partner with Planning and Merchandising team to understand business performance inventory levels (in store and DC) and flow requirements to optimize inventory ensuring sales plan is obtained WOS is balanced and minimizing stockouts.
• Actively participate in all allocation meetings with team business partners and Allocation Manager to understand the goals and corporate initiatives along with sharing data analysis and recommendations.
• Partnership with Merchandise Associates DC Partners Category Managers Planners and Sr. Analyst to rectify all inventory concerns and ensure every unit is accounted for and actioned.

WED LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU IF:
Must have:

• Bachelors Degree or equivalent work experience
• Minimum 1 years of Retail Analysis & Allocations
• Proficient in Microsoft Office - ability to manipulate large data and develop professional analysis and presentations.
• Strong analytical skills experienced in retail math concepts and a solid understanding of retail KPIs.
• Must be able to work as part of a team and independently with strong attention to detail.
• Ability to adapt to changing priorities with ease and composure while continuing to meet deadlines.
• Excellent communication skills written and verbal with the ability to express ideas problems recommendations and solutions with clarity.
• Preferred skills and experience:
• Experienced with Inventory Smart OMNIA and Tableau are strong assets.
• Normal office environment
• Role is based in our Mississauga location

OUR TEAM MEMBERS:

• Lead Courageously: Have a strong sense of personal values that align with our Company values
• Collaborates Broadly: Build cooperation trust and thrive in a consensus driven environment
• Customer Focus: Proactively seek opportunities to leverage data and fact-based insights to serve customers and/or internal clients
• Drive Growth: Set aggressive goals and implement plans precisely
• Cultivates Innovation: Respectfully challenge the weve always done it this way mentality and explore new ways to achieve desired outcomes

MAKE A CAREER AT CARTERS:

Career Development: Success starts from within and we have several paths from which you can choose to enhance your career evolution. From Carters University to Toastmasters to mentorship programs and more we encourage you to utilize these tools to elevate your professional prowess.

NOTE: This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. The duties described may be changed or reassigned at the discretion of management and the employee may be required to perform duties that are not listed in the job description.

Carters OshKosh is an equal opportunity employer and encourages all interested and qualified candidates to apply. Should you require any type of accommodation please do not hesitate to contact us.

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