- Execute category-level product development strategies that align with production strategies and divisional goals, ensuring product availability for both seasonal and fast pipelines.
- Create and manage seasonal strategies to limit exposure to buying fabrics prior to line adoption, optimizing flexibility and financial outcomes.
- Build responsive, data-informed development timelines to support speed-to-market strategies while maintaining quality and cost integrity.
- Execute a vendor engagement strategy across divisions and categories, leveraging vendor capabilities to support innovation, cost targets, and capacity needs.
- Drive clear and consistent communication between brand teams and Asia-based product teams to ensure strategic alignment, timely execution, and operational responsiveness.
- Understand product development implications on merchandising and design-driven decisions, applying category, fabric, and vendor nuances to guide optimal outcomes.
- Partner with cross-functional teams to ensure financial targets are met by delivering costing guidance, explaining cost trade-offs, and supporting margin objectives.
- Manage and maintain BOM accuracy within the PLM system to ensure seamless product execution from development through production.
- Clearly explain fabric choices, production techniques, sustainability considerations, and cost limitations to cross-functional partners to support informed decision-making and AUC integrity.
- Proactively facilitate cross-functional collaboration to identify and mitigate risks related to cost, capacity, timing, and quality for optimal results.
- Communicate compelling, data-driven recommendations that consider cross-functional priorities and influence decision-making beyond direct ownership.
- A strategic and analytical thinker who can develop and apply processes to optimize post–Line Adoption execution.
- Adaptable and solutions-oriented, able to shift priorities in response to customer needs, business partners, and evolving market conditions.
- A strong cross-functional collaborator who understands how to balance design vision, merchandising strategy, production realities, and financial targets.
- A subject-matter expert on product and vendor capabilities, providing confidence and clarity to both internal and external partners throughout the product development lifecycle.
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In 1969, Don and Doris Fisher opened the first Gap store on Ocean Avenue in San Francisco. They wanted to make it easier to find a great pair of jeans, and they did. Their denim and records store was a hit, and it grew to become one of the world’s most iconic brands. Today we’re represented in more than 1400 stores in over 40 countries, and online. We have headquarters in New York, London, Shanghai, Tokyo, and, of course, San Francisco. Our unique aesthetic is optimistic cool, elevated American style. Our clothes are crafted with care, with focused attention to thoughtful design. We believe in staying true to our heritage while creating what’s next. Don and Doris Fisher always wanted to “do more than sell clothes.” They wanted to support the people who ran their company, to be active in their communities, and to have a positive impact on the world. Their vision helped transform retail, and we’re still following their lead. We stand for freedom and possibility for all; we champion diverse ideas that transcend generations, geographies and genders.
