Associate Product Development Manager, Old Navy Licensing
Gap Inc. San Francisco, California, United States
Retail · 10,001+ employees
About the role
The Associate Product Development Manager supports the ideation, development, and execution of production and vendor strategies to balance innovation, quality, and cost. They are responsible for managing seasonal product pipelines, optimizing post-line adoption processes, and supervising operational teams.
What they look for
Requirements
The role requires experience in a matrixed global organization and the ability to work across cross-functional teams including design, merchandising, and sourcing. Strong attention to detail and analytical skills are necessary to meet product-to-market milestones and business partner needs.
Full 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, forming part of the cross functional product 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 to ensure the product pipeline 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
