ForecastingAnalyst

**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** This role typically reports into the Senior Forecasting Manager, and is based in our Buckhead office in our on-site work environment **75%: Execute the forecasting and buying processes for assigned product categories.** \- Maintain appropriate buying strategies to support brand and SBU specific service levels \- Own forecast consolidation for assigned product categories across all channels. \- Interact with all channels team regarding all upcoming deliverables and updating information the team passes off. \- Assist with the Anaplan Seasonal Forecast Model as needed. May include initial style setup and maintenance in the model. \- Adhere to all critical calendar deliverables including forecast publish dates, fabric commits, buys, and style costing updates. \- Maintain forecast for assigned business areas in Anaplan Long Range Plan (LRP) Forecast Model as dictated by capacity planning calendar. **15%: Support other SBUs on forecasting team in forecasts, buys, and reporting.** \- Assist other SBUs in updating and publishing forecast, fabric commit, etc. style level templates. \- Work with Anaplan team to enhance and update models as needed. This includes trouble shooting and identifying issues and working to resolve. **10%: Ad Hoc Reporting and special projects:** Validate data for accuracy on companywide initiatives such as hierarchy conversion, tableau conversion, etc. Work with necessary teams to correct data inaccuracies and suggest enhancements to current processes. **WE’D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU I