Director IT, Supply Chain Planning Systems

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How youll make an impact:

The Director of Supply Chain Planning Systems is responsible for the strategy delivery and operational excellence 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 efficiency.

This position serves as the technology owner for planning solutions driving continuous improvement optimizing total cost of ownership and ensuring platforms evolve in alignment with business strategy.

Strategic direction setting communications relationship management30%

• Partner with Supply Chain and Merchandising leadership to support business strategy through innovative use of planning technologies.
• Translate business strategy into IT strategic and tactical initiatives that enable enterprise planning capabilities.
• Collaborate with business IT and external partners on requirements definition solution design model development and delivery.
• Work with business owners to define priorities and initiate initiatives and projects.
• Prepare and deliver executive-level communications presentations and project updates.
• Ensure creation and maintenance of system documentation process flows training materials and user communications.

Project direction / team coordination30%

• Lead the design and implementation of planning solutions aligned with enterprise architecture and strategic objectives.
• Ensure delivery of Supply Chain Planning initiatives with high quality on-time execution and adherence to best practices in design testing and user experience.
• Evaluate business processes and system needs to recommend and implement optimal solutions for enhancement replacement or deployment.
• Manage and develop onshore offshore and indirect resources.
• Establish functional goals and objectives aligned with company strategy.

Support for applications 30%

• Serve as a critical member of the Supply Chain Planning support organization.
• Oversee end-user training and ongoing support for Anaplan and related planning platforms.
• Facilitate root cause analysis and resolution of production issues and system defects.
• Ensure services are delivered in accordance with defined SLAs and SOX compliance requirements.
• Manage relationships with technology vendors and service partners.

Budgeting/other Admin10%

• Develop and manage operating and project budgets for planning systems and resources.
• Support financial planning forecasting and vendor contract management activities.

Wed Love to hear from you if:

Must have:

• 10 years of IT experience supporting Merchandising and Supply Chain Planning solutions in a complex enterprise environment (retail experience preferred).
• 3 years of experience implementing or supporting enterprise planning platforms such as Anaplan Blue Yonder o9 Relex Oracle SCM or similar technologies.
• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering Mathematics Supply Chain Finance or a related field.
• Proven ability to translate business requirements into scalable technical and functional solution designs.
• 3 years of people management experience including managing distributed and decentralized teams.
• Strong analytical and process-oriented problem-solving skills with demonstrated mathematical modeling capability.
• Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced environment with shifting priorities and ambiguity.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to quality and accuracy.
• Solid understanding of application configuration integration data management and system architecture.
• Excellent written and verbal communication presentation and documentation skills.

Preferred skills and experience:

• Anaplan certification or advanced platform expertise.
• Experience with AI-enabled planning technologies (e.g. Invent Analytics Impact Analytics Google AI or similar).
• Combination of consulting and 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.