- Location
- Mexico Office
- Type
- Full-time
- Source
- Workday
Description
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.
Develop and execute seasonal merchandising strategies for the Mexico market, ensuring assortments align with consumer needs,
brand objectives, and financial targets.
− Responsible for the Open-to-Buy (OTB) budget, optimizing inventory investments through data-driven purchasing decisions that
support sales forecasts, inventory productivity, and profitability.
− Select and develop product assortments across channels by analyzing consumer demand, market trends, and sales performance
to maximize productivity and support business objectives.
− Develop category and assortment recommendations that enhance brand positioning, respond to consumer demand, and support
business objectives in the Mexican market SBU.
− Support product strategy analysis including cross-functional meetings and working closely the USA team to ensure product
development for Mexico’s needs.
− Partner with cross-functional teams to execute seasonal merchandise plans, ensuring product flow, launch readiness, and assortment
tools effectively support business objectives.
− Maintain awareness of competition relative to product value relationship and customer profitability.
− Support the development of Merchandising Associates, Assistants, and Trainees by sharing best practices, providing guidance,
and promoting cross-functional collaboration.
− Present to leadership at key meetings supporting the Sr. Merchant/Merchant.
− Attend and help present at sell-in meetings for major accounts as needed and required by Wholesale team.
− Support innovation and thought leadership in product assortments, business models and processes to help find creative solutions
for greater efficiency, sustainable growth and successful brand development in our competitive market.
− Support development of Carter’s Wholesale brand merchandising strategies
− Understand brand direction and vision to support product selection and development that meet Mexican needs for all channels
− Create end to end seasonal line sheets, product frameworks, and merchandising presentations to support assortment planning,
product launches, and cross-functional alignment.
- Leverage sales analytics, market intelligence, and store footprint insights to develop data-driven assortment and merchandising
recommendations that maximize sales, inventory productivity, and brand execution across retail locations.
− Support development of short- and long-term strategies for growth in new channels or clients, evaluating brand positioning