Assistant Product Development Manager, Accessories; Handbags, Belts, Jewelry

Gap, Inc.

$80K — $95K *
Retail & Consumer Goods
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of experience in production or vendor management
  • Strong analytical skills for process optimization
  • Excellent business acumen and attention to detail
  • Experience in a global, matrixed organization
  • Ability to adapt to changing priorities and stakeholder needs

Responsibilities

  • Create and execute seasonal fabric strategies
  • Engage with vendors across multiple divisions
  • Ensure product availability for both seasonal and fast-paced lines
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance product development
  • Monitor and manage the product pipeline to meet market demands

Benefits

  • Collaborative work environment within a global team
  • Opportunity to influence product strategy and innovation
  • Exposure to various aspects of production and vendor management
  • Professional development opportunities across departments
  • Dynamic role with the ability to adapt to business changes
Full Job Description
About the Role
In this role, you are accountable for supporting the ideation, development, implementation and execution of the Gap Inc production and vendor capability strategy, delivering value through effectively balancing innovation, quality, and cost. You will be able to operate in a highly matrixed global organization, working collaboratively with the cross functional team (Design, Merchandising, Tech Design, Quality Assurance, Sustainability, Fabric Research and Development and Global Sourcing). You will be able to execute, with strong attention to detail and business acumen, ensuring product flows through the pipeline and meets key milestones to meet product to market (P2M) demands.What You'll Do

•Create seasonal strategies to limit our exposure to buying fabrics pre line adoption
•Execute a vendor engagement strategy across divisions and categories for both
seasonal and fast pipelines
•Ensure product availability for seasonal and fast pipelines at the product category level

Who You Are

•Develop the analytic process required to optimize post Line Adoption
•Adapt team priorities to respond to customer and business partner needs
•Provide front line supervision to an operational, service, or administrative team

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