Sr. Analyst, Planning

Sr. Analyst, Planning

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 Carter’s Retail Planning team is responsible for developing short and mid-range merchandise strategies, buy quantification and financial plans, working cross-functionally with our Merchandising, Marketing, Pricing, Allocations and Location Planning teams to achieve key financial objectives for CRI. The Senior Analyst will support the Planning team with relevant data to drive the business, provide critical administrative functions, and collaborate with cross-functional partners to ensure the key strategies are executed.

This role provides a unique, hands-on opportunity to be a critical player in analyzing, informing, and making recommendations to drive growth and profitability. We are looking for a candidate who possesses strong organizational skills, is energized by multi-tasking in a fast-paced environment, is curious about business trends and analytics, and has a passion for planning, customer experience, and delivering results. Candidates must be highly organized, have an innate sense of curiosity, strong technical systems skills, and retail math experience.

75% Retail Planning Support

• Support new growth opportunities through analysis of historical performance and profitability in alignment with cross-functional partner strategies.
• Collaborate with Merchandising, Planning and Pricing teams to implement and report out on cross-functional growth initiatives.
• Prepare consolidated materials and create executive reporting packages for key meetings and forecast cycles.
• Manage topside brand level financial growth targets to inform the seasonal product line structure.
• Hindsight current business and make recommendations on category changes and style level needs for future buys to support financial targets by brand.

25% Analytics:

• Perform ad hoc analysis which enables tactical and strategic decision making.
• Provide analytical support to the planning team by quantifying impact of strategic and assortment changes.
• Provide analysis to business partners in support of growth initiatives, projects and current business needs.
• Simplify processes and automate standard reporting; explore and leverage business intelligence tools for reporting.

WE’D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU IF:

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 3+ years in a corporate retail environment required.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
• Background in Buying/Planning with strong understanding of a retail product assortment.
• Analytical Skills, Strong Retail Financial Acumen/Math.
• Self-Starter, Strong Communication Skills, Flexible, Collaborative.
• Intellectual business curiosity.
• Highly Organized, Ability to Multi-Task, Detail-Oriented, Deadline-Oriented.
• Ability to manage large amounts of data and multiple projects.

PREFERRED SKILLS:

• Knowledge of Tableau.

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:

Career Development: Success starts from within, and we have several paths from which you can choose to enhance your career evolution.

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.

Carter's is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.