Assistant Planner

2 months ago

Mississauga, Canada Carter's Full time

Assistant Planner

**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 Planning team is responsible for developing short and mid-range merchandise strategies, OTB quantification and financial plans and working cross-functionally with our Category Management teams to achieve key financial objectives for CRI.

**45%: Merchandise Financial Planning**
- Develop and execute merchandise financial plans by product classification aligned to financial targets to establish annual budgets and open-to-buy in partnership with the Director of eComm Planning
- Align assortment strategies (pricing, buy quantities, store assortments) to achieve financial plans in collaboration with the Category Manager
- Establish inventory flow plans with the Category Manager to optimize inventory plans
- Validate the promotional marketing plan aligns to the monthly financial plan alongside the Category Manager

**40%: In-Season Management**
- On a monthly/as needed basis and in conjunction with the Director of eComm Planning, execute re-forecast of comprehensive financial plans and execute re-forecast of sales, margin, and inventory based on trend to identify risks/opportunities compared to plan
- Develop and execute markdown strategies to achieve the unit sales plan while maximizing margin in partnership with the Director of eComm Planning and Category Managers.
- Provide strong in-season forecasts and develop corrective in-season actions where required in coordination with your leader and Category Managers
- Conduct post-season analysis and draft monthly hind-sights and strategies for next season with the Category Managers

**15%: Reporting and Analysis**
- Manage weekly sell thru files to track results
- Provide adhoc business reports and analysis as required
- Utilize company-approved tools and processes to support planning and measurement of the business

**WE’D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU IF:Must have**:

- Bachelor’s degree required
- 1+ years in a corporate retail environment required (purchase order management, price change management, seasonal preparation, report analysis, manage a product category, special project leader, site merchandising)
- General understanding of a retail product assortment, breadth and depth, promotional pricing and entrance/exit strategies

**Preferred skills and experience**:

- Analytical Skills, Basic Retail Financial Acumen/Math
- Self-Starter, Strong Communication Skills, Flexible, Collaborative
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
- Organized, Ability to Multi-Task, Detail-Oriented, Deadline-Oriented
- Ability to manage large amounts of data and multiple projects

**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. From Carter’s 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.

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