Job Description

QUESTIONNAIRE-6-52

8101

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.

  • 70%: Production Operations (Buy & WIP), PO, and Vendor Management
  • Work directly with designated vendors to maintain accurate and timely production operation data in the system
  • Understand the logic and lead times of the Buy & Production and Time & Action (T&A) calendars
  • Communicate with vendors and cross-functional teams (US Planning, Sourcing and HK Production Planning) to proactively support execution of manufacturing activities
  • Identify potential delivery risks deduced from milestone planned and actual dates, outlining possible root causes and potential solutions and work with vendors to eliminate or mitigate delivery risks at the earliest stage
  • Collaborate with other functional departments (Sourcing/QA/Logistics) to solve production and delivery related issues
  • Be a Subject Matter Expert for the vendor community on production planning processes/rules; communicate and monitor any special shipping needs for specific customers (preferably Wal-Mart, Target USA, Costco etc...)
  • Act as a gatekeeper to ensure vendors’ commitment to all required production planning processes / rules   
  • Visit local factories, investigate current strengths/weaknesses, and propose improvement ideas
  • Coordinate PO and liability management process with vendors via systems and designated spreadsheets
  • 20%: Reporting and Analytics
  • Prepare and deliver timely and accurate production risk reporting and negotiate better deliveries where possible
  • Conduct analysis on delivery performance and drive for improvement to meet KPI
  • Monitor timely shipment booking request and shipment closure utilizing automated reporting for designated vendors
  • 10%: Operational Improvement Projects
  • Assist in documenting process and building training materials
  • Actively participate in system / reporting enhancement projects to strengthen operational efficiency
  • Partner with team members from other offices and other key related stakeholders on ad-hoc projects

  • -      Participate in special projects as assigned by manager to meet customer needs and drive productivity

    -      Identify tools or reporting capabilities to further optimize data quality and automate reporting within the Production Planning department

    Occasional travel may be required

Application Instructions

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