Assistant Product Development Manager, Knits (Gap)

Gap, Inc.

• $70K — $95K *
New York, NY 10025In-Person
Retail & Consumer Goods
Less than 5 years of experience
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of experience in production and vendor management within the fashion industry
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to optimize processes
  • Excellent communication skills for collaboration across global teams
  • Proven ability to work in a matrixed organization
  • Detail-oriented with a strong sense of business acumen

Responsibilities

  • Create seasonal strategies to minimize risk in fabric buying
  • Execute vendor engagement strategies for seasonal and fast pipelines
  • Ensure product availability aligns with business timelines
  • Support the execution of product flow through the pipeline
  • Adapt priorities based on customer and business partner needs

Benefits

  • Collaborative work environment with cross-functional teams
  • Opportunities for innovation in production strategies
  • Involvement in sustainability-focused projects
  • Exposure to global sourcing processes
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

* Ladders Estimates

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