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San Francisco, California, US
San Francisco, California, US
Assistant Production Manager, Women's
Category : Production - Quality
Contract type : Permanent
Availability : Full time
Company presentation
Forget what you know about old-school industry rules. When you work at Old Navy, you’re choosing a different path. From day one, we’ve been on a mission to democratize fashion and make shopping fun again. Our teams make style accessible to everyone, creating high-quality, must-have fashion essentials for the whole family, with love, season after season.
We opened our first store in 1994 in San Francisco and have been on a roll ever since. We cultivate a community of playful personalities that thrive in a fast-paced environment where our employees can be their most authentic selves. Here, we’re family.
We opened our first store in 1994 in San Francisco and have been on a roll ever since. We cultivate a community of playful personalities that thrive in a fast-paced environment where our employees can be their most authentic selves. Here, we’re family.
Job description
About the Role
The Assistant Production Manager supports a Global Production Team, which is responsible for the financial and responsive execution of the strategy & direction for a single or multiple departments. He/she works closely within a cross-functional team that includes; Product Development, Gap Inc. Sourcing (GIS), Merchandising, and IM and Allocation, responsible for strategies to support financial and responsive Production Management.
What You'll Do
The Assistant Production Manager supports a Global Production Team, which is responsible for the financial and responsive execution of the strategy & direction for a single or multiple departments. He/she works closely within a cross-functional team that includes; Product Development, Gap Inc. Sourcing (GIS), Merchandising, and IM and Allocation, responsible for strategies to support financial and responsive Production Management.
What You'll Do
- Develop and manage relationships cross functionally and with overseas partners
- Manage self development by scheduling training and educational opportunities (e.g., system/IT training, forms and reports) and develop relationship with mentors, peers and all sourcing channels
- Work with manager to Hindsight Fabric Platform, and DDB effectiveness in order to utilize the best strategies for the department
- Work with manager to identify DDB opportunities and collaborate with cross functional teams and GIS to finalize
- Build understanding T&A's, timelines, and product pipeline
- Manage in season responsive dates and handoffs for all markets
- Provide final booking direction to GIS
- Resolve open issues posts final bookings
- Support weekly production update with cross-functional team
- Partner with manager, sourcing channels and internal cross-functional teams to manage calendar adherence
- Partner with manager to Analyze large sets of data to be able to present findings and recommendations to cross functional teams
- Communicate and collaborate monthly liabilities with cross functional teams
- Work with manager to Review Open To Buy issues identified by merchandising and execute an action plan to achieve financial goals with manager input
- Work with manager to Execute Vendor Management Inventory (VMI) and DDB initiatives to react to business needs
- Prepare and execute Placeholder, chase and/or fast track strategies
Profile
Who You Are
- 2-4 years production experience
- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent
- Knowledge of Manufacturing - trade regulations, testing protocol, product integrity
- Knowledge of Garment production - production cycle timeline, fabric, and garment construction
- Computer skills: Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook, Access, web-based applications
- Effectively communicate in written and verbal form
- Use basic retail math needed to determine costs, margins and turn
- Participate in a cooperative team environment that promotes high performance standards and attainment of goals
- Make effective presentations
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