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
Product development
- Manage related products development - market sample tracking, T&A management and provide sample options for meeting due dates
- Familiar with product raw materials and constructions, and understand product development process to allow effective negotiation with vendors
- Follow up with vendors on sample development/lab dips/graphic submissions to meet due dates
Pre-production
- Collaborate with vendors, cross functional teams and counterparts in the HK & US offices
- Pre-production approvals management
People Management
- Able to coach the team and lead them to achieve KPI’s
System maintenance and Data Analysis
- Facilitate data maintenance in different systems such as PLM, Intellimas to manage daily activities
- Analyze and present data
Vendor relationship management
- Manage vendor relationships and resolve vendor related issues in a timely manner
REQUIREMENTS
• University degree or above with 10 years working experience in related products for US Market and 5 years in managerial position
• Possess relevant experience in buying / sourcing office
• Familiar with product safety requirements of baby/childrenswear
• Able to handle complex and difficult negotiations with successful outcomes.
• Excellent Influencing and Negotiation skill
• Possess Strategic thinking mindset
• Strong capability of Product Life Cycle management.
• Good English communication and presentation skill
• The position is based in Hanoi, managing a hybrid team.
