DESIGN COORDINATOR - OshKosh B'gosh

Carter's, Inc. is the largest branded marketer in North America of apparel exclusively for babies and young children. The Company owns the Carter's and OshKosh B'gosh brands, two of the most recognized brands in the marketplace. These brands are sold in leading department stores, national chains, and specialty retailers domestically and internationally. They are also sold through more than 1,000 Company-operated stores in the United States, Canada, and Mexico and online at www.carters.com, www.oshkoshbgosh.com, and www.cartersoshkosh.ca. The Company's Just One You and Genuine Kids brands are available at Target, its Child of Mine brand is available at Walmart, and its Simple Joys brand is available on Amazon. The Company also owns Skip Hop, a global lifestyle brand for families with young children. Carter's is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. Additional information may be found at www.carters.com.

Position Overview:

Provide support in the development of new styles from concept to production via interaction with internal and external cross-functional partners.

Responsibilities: 

- Responsible for accurate and efficient distribution of all incoming packages to the appropriate Design team members.

- Maintain record of all R&D development packages, samples, and raw materials sent out to vendors and external partners.

- Responsible for communicating daily with internal/external partners for all R&D submit comments.

- Sample coordination: Shipping, receiving, checking in, tracking, checking labels.

- Responsible for sample closet, updating each season with new samples and file previous season into archives.

- Coordinate fabric & trim development in partnership with Design team.

- Responsible for maintaining Fabric and Trim Library.

- Assist in sketch review meeting prep (PDF Decks, Printouts, overview board maintenance)

- PLM maintenance of basics and carry over products and seasonal status maintenance.

Experience and Skills:

- 1-3 Years prior experience, preferably in fashion industry.

- Ability to act as liaison between many departments;

- Excellent communication and analytical skills,

- Must be detail oriented, computer literate and able to handle multiple tasks at once- Able to multi-task in a fast-paced environment.

- Strong sense of urgency; able to shift priorities quickly

- Meticulous attention to detail; excellent written and verbal communication skills

- Strong MS Office skills including creating/manipulating Excel Files; Power Point presentations, and Word files

- Collaborative working style; comfortable with ambiguity/fast direction changes

- Strong understanding of the product development process.

- Superb problem-solving ability; able to suggest and try to new ways of working.

- PLM experience preferred

Carters is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.