Manager, Product Development - Athleta

About the Role

In this role, you are accountable for 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 manage and collaborate as well as 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.

• Understand product development implications on merchandising and design-driven product decisions based on category or vendor strategies and nuances.
• Build responsive timelines to ensure speed to market strategies are met
• Drive communication between brand teams and Asia-based product teams to ensure strategic business alignment and optimal responsiveness.
• Understand and work with cross-functional teams to ensure financial targets are met by delivering costing guidance.
• Manage BOM maintenance through PLM system to ensure product execution.
• Execute category product development strategies that align with production strategies and divisional goals. Communicate compelling data-driven recommendations that consider cross-functional priorities to influence decision-making beyond direct ownership.
• Proactively facilitate cross-functional collaboration to drive strategies that mitigate risks for optimal results.
• Explain clearly fabric, production techniques and cost limitations to cross-functional team to improve sustainability, quality, and AUC integrity.
• Be the expert across internal and external teams on product capabilities - to give both teams confidence in PD execution.

Who You Are

• Develop the analytic process required to optimize post Line Adoption.

• Responsible for quality of services and advice in meeting business partner needs.

• Responsible for end results of team and shares responsibility over resources, budget and adherence to policies.