Director – Supply Chain Planning Systems

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 Director of IT Planning Solutions is responsible for the strategy delivery and ongoing support of enterprise planning technologies with primary ownership of the Anaplan platform. This role partners closely with Supply Chain Finance Merchandising and Business Planning leaders to enable integrated scalable and data-driven planning capabilities that support business growth and operational excellence.

This role serves as the primary technology owner for planning solutions driving continuous improvement optimizing total cost of ownership and ensuring that planning tools evolve to meet changing business needs.

Strategic direction setting communications relationship management30%

• Support the Global Supply Chain business through leveraged and innovative use of the Supply Chain Planning IT applications.
• Liaise with the appropriate business partners to understand the business strategy and to define IT strategic & tactical initiatives in support of the business initiatives.
• Collaborate closely with key business IT partners and external partners in requirements development model development and evaluation and overall solution delivery
• Working with business owners to strategize prioritize andinitiateprojects
• Preparing and delivering executive and/or project presentations and deliverables
• Managescreationof system and process documentation training materials and necessary communication to staff members other IT members (infrastructure and development) IT leadership user base executive leadership vendors etc.

Project direction / team coordination30%

• Provide direction and lead the design and implementation of IT solutions that contribute to strategic business goals while aligning with the overall IS architecture.
• Ensure the companys Supply Chain Planning initiatives are met in a high quality timely fashion with a continuous focus on best practices for design end-to-end business process definition and supporting technology and overall development testing and end-user experience.
• Evaluate business systems and user needs related to Supply Chain Planning. Ensure the definition and implementation of the most relevant solution for process support / improvement upgrade system deployment replacement or enhancement and issue resolution.
• Supervise and develop direct offshore and indirect reports.
• Leads the establishment ofobjectives and goals for his/her functional area aligned with companyobjectivesand goals.

Support for applications 30%

• This position is a vital part of the support structure for the Supply Chain Planning functions for CRI.
• Support end-user training and ongoing support. Facilitate and coordinate the analysis and resolution of operational issues related to Anaplan and other relevant supply chain solutions.
• Management of Supply Chain Planning and support services; maintaining the services per SLA and meeting IT SOX compliance

Budgeting/other Admin10%

• Create and manage budgets and plans for projects and resources

Wed Love to hear from you if:

Must have:

• 10 years experience in information technology directly supporting Merchandising & Supply Chain Planning solutions in a complex environment; retail experience a plus
• Deep Supply Chain Planning business and technology experience. 3years experienceimplementing Anaplan Blue Yonder O9Relex Oracle SCM or similar technologies
• Bachelors Degreein relatedfield(computer programming mathematics engineering supply chain finance etc.)required
• Proven ability to connect business requirements to technical/functional solution designs
• Strong management skills to manage a diverse and decentralized Anaplan community; 3 years management experience
• Analytical process driven approach to problem solving with strong mathematical modeling skills
• Ability to work in a dynamic environment with tight deadlines and varying levels of ambiguity
• Detail oriented (on time and accurate)
• Demonstrated knowledge of the areas of application configuration databaseintegrationand system design
• Exemplary communication skills (written presentation meeting management documentation)

Preferred skills and experience:

• Anaplan experience and certification
• Experience with AI planning technologies; Invent Analytics Impact AnalyticsGoogleor similar technologies
• A background combination of consulting and direct industry experience

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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 is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion gender gender identity sexual orientation national origin genetics disability age veteran status or any other status protected by federal state or local law.