Production Planning Analyst

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.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

Production Operations (Buy & WIP), PO, and Vendor Management

Work directly with vendors to maintain accurate and timely production operation data in the systems

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, outline possible root causes, work with vendors on solutions to eliminate or mitigate 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

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

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

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

REQUIREMENTS

At least 4 years of working experience in Apparel manufacturing with advanced knowledge of end to end supply chain processes. Experience in US/Canada market is preferable

Highly analytical, well organized, and systematic with problem-solving skills

Willing to challenge status-quo and explore potential improvement opportunities

Hands on and through risk analysis of production, sensitive to numbers

Good command of written and spoken English

Advanced communication skills; capable of providing direction and conveying concepts to vendors

Advanced skills using Microsoft Office applications (Especially Excel)

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