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VP, Merchandising - Atlanta Georgia
Company: Carter's Inc.
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Posted On: 01/15/2025
Serving the needs of all families with young children, Carter's Inc. is the largest North American apparel retailer exclusively for babies and young children, encompassing Carter's, OshKosh B'gosh, 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 Carter's.HOW YOU'LL MAKE AN IMPACT:The VP, Merchandising leads the cross functional team in development of the Product and Brand strategies. This role reports into the SVP, Merchandising, has 3-4 direct reports and is based in our Buckhead office.Category Strategy Leadership (50%) - Lead development of global line plan, assortment mix and strategy for Category. Partner with Design, PDC, Sales/Planning, Operations and other Merchandising VPs to ensure strategies are clearly communicated throughout organization.
- Influence others and gain alignment on strategies to drive business, style and innovation forward.
- Lead business and creative decisions for final assortment with Design, Art and PDC. Key liaison with cross functional partners on assortment, visual and pricing strategies.Brand Strategy Leadership (30%)
- Brand/CRI Strategy & Projects: Lead product strategy development including driving milestone meetings and executing product development calendar. Lead teams and partner with others to drive Brand Seasonal Strategy, Total CRI Competitive Review, MBR/LT Meetings and Company Wide Initiatives.Drive achievement of Financial Goals (20%)
- Drive achievement of margin, sales goals based on financial plans for all channels.
- Develop Long Range Plans with cross functional teams and Leadership Team.
- Maintain awareness of competition relative to product value relationship and customer profitability within category.WE'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU IF:Must have:
- 10+ years of successful experience in retail buying or merchandising with at least 3+ years at director level.
- Proven experience leading the product development process within a highly matrixed organization.
- Highly productive, and influential, cross-functional partnerships with sourcing, product development, design.
- Successful apparel merchandising experience, at the director level, in multiple channels of distribution.
- Strong ability to build business strategies and implement shorter-term tactical plans that are cost-effective, efficient and realistic.
- Proven successful leadership developing high performing talent and teams.Preferred skills and experience:
- Successful experience with large scale apparel brands managing
- Demonstrate consistent ability to drive financial results and exceed goals.
- Strong aesthetic point of view and the ability to translate trends and white space opportunities to our brands.
- Strong interpersonal skills; excellent written and verbal communication including presentation skills.
- Experience working with a wholesale channel and accounts.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 "we've always done it this way" mentality and explore new ways to achieve desired outcomes.MAKE A CAREER AT CARTER'S:
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