Category Manager 2 - Creative Talent & PR
Gap Inc.

About Gap Inc.

Our brands bridge the gaps we see in the world. Old Navy democratizes style to ensure everyone has access to quality fashion at every price point. Athleta unleashes the potential of every woman, regardless of body size, age or ethnicity. Banana Republic believes in sustainable luxury for all. And Gap inspires the world to bring individuality to modern, responsibly made essentials.    

This simple idea—that we all deserve to belong, and on our own terms—is core to who we are as a company and how we make decisions. Our team is made up of thousands of people across the globe who take risks, think big, and do good for our customers, communities, and the planet. Ready to  learn fast, create with audacity and lead boldly? Join our team.

About the Role

In this role, you will partner with our brands & corporate functions across the globe, to continuously drive value across non-Merchandise categories. You will establish, analyze, and refine the business's procurement strategy ensuring alignment with business goals. Make certain we do the right thing as an organization by optimizing our purchasing power, building, and maintaining strategic vendor relationships, and contract management.

What You'll Do

• Value Capture - Accountable and oversee development and execution of procurement strategies for marketing creative, production and talent categories. Responsible for achieving procurement savings (P&L, Capital, and Non-P&L) targets for these categories. Create and manage a multi-year pipeline of projects that will deliver value year over year.
• Sourcing Rigor - Actively promote a competitive bid culture for all marketing procurement projects by applying advanced levers and strong shift in how the team works.
• Category Management -Creation and execution of deep category strategies. Develop category management expertise that translates into actionable multi-year sourcing strategies.
• Team Development/Coaching - Collaborate with global team of category managers to become a high performing thought partner to the business who consistently delivers top-quartile value that is aligned with the business priorities.
• Procurement Technology - have a strong understanding and experience with using procurement technology (i.e. spend analytics, sourcing, eAuction, CLM) that will allow you and the team to be more efficient in the ways of working. Develop and maintain in-depth spend analytics, category segmentation and supplier profiling to enable opportunity mining and category management.
• Build and strengthen strategic relationships - successfully partner across functions (GTS, Finance, InfoSec, Legal, and Risk Management) and partner with senior internal stakeholders, external suppliers, and colleagues to drive results and facilitate complex change management across the enterprise.
• Leverage strong influencing skills - balance speed, different priorities and urgency while proactively considering new alternatives and driving critical thinking to optimize results.

Who You Are

• Experience - Demonstrated experience in Procurement or related, preferred experience in creative and production category management. Strong problem-solving & communication skills. Self-starter/proactive manager, curious learner, adaptability/agility to change, accountability, strong project manager, ability to manage multiple concurrent projects.
• Sourcing Capability - experience driving long-term results through category strategies, levering in-depth market knowledge, collaboration and influencing at all levels of a global organization. Category expertise in retail fashion/creative campaign production process (production houses, photo studios (e-comm & marketing shoots).
• Drive for Results - Demonstrated ability to effectively navigate and lead others in an ambiguous environment to achieve high levels of performance and deliver sustainable results to the organization. Strong analytical skills with ability to dig in and find cost savings opportunities and high attention to details and financial rigor.
• Excellent executive level communication and presentation skills.
• Change Leadership - Experience leading with and without authority to influence others and drive decision-making. Always driven by questions What If? and Why not?
• In-depth expertise in Category Management and related processes - Develop category knowledge and regularly leverage industry experts, associations, peers, and business partners to identify and benchmark best practices.
• Education - Bachelor's Degree or Masters Degree preferred, or equivalent years of experience. Six Sigma, CPSM or similar certification is a plus.

Benefits at Gap Inc.

• Merchandise discount for our brands: 50% off regular-priced merchandise at Old Navy, Gap, Banana Republic and Athleta, and 30% off at Outlet for all employees.
• One of the most competitive Paid Time Off plans in the industry.*
• Employees can take up to five “on the clock” hours each month to volunteer at a charity of their choice.*
• Extensive 401(k) plan with company matching for contributions up to four percent of an employee’s base pay.*
• Employee stock purchase plan.*
• Medical, dental, vision and life insurance.*
• See more of the benefits we offer.

*For eligible employees

Gap Inc. is an equal-opportunity employer and is committed to providing a workplace free from harassment and discrimination. We are committed to recruiting, hiring, training and promoting qualified people of all backgrounds, and make all employment decisions without regard to any protected status. We have received numerous awards for our long-held commitment to equality and will continue to foster a diverse and inclusive environment of belonging. In 2022, we were recognized by Forbes as one of the World's Best Employers and one of the Best Employers for Diversity.

US CandidatesPlease note that effective, June 30, 2022, Gap Inc. will no longer require any of its employees to wear face masks or require proof of COVID vaccination, unless required by local or state/provincial mandates or as part of Gap Inc's quarantine guidelines after being exposed to or testing positive for COVID. Therefore, please disregard any language in any job posting that refers to Gap Inc.'s face mask and proof of vaccination policy as said policy is no longer effective.

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