Associate Production Manager, Women's Active & Swim

The Associate Production Manager supports the Production Management 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, Planning, Allocation and Tech Services responsible for strategies to support financial and responsive Production Management. This role reports into a Sr Manager/Manager of Production Management.

• Develop and manage relationships cross functionally and with overseas partners
• Manage self development by scheduling training and educational opportunities (e.g., factory visits, system/IT training, forms and reports) and develop relationship with mentors, peers and all sourcing channels
• Hindsight Fabric Platform, and DDB  effectiveness in order to utilize the best strategies for the department
• Identify DDB opportunities and collaborate with xfunctional teams and GIS to finalize
• Need to understand T&A’s, timelines, and product pipeline
• Need to be able assess risk and liability
• Manage in season responsive dates and handoffs for all markets
• Manage in season late dels,
• Manage in season production/order changes
• Provide final booking direction to GIS
• Resolve open issues posts final bookings 
• Facilitate weekly production update with cross-functional team
• Partner with sourcing channels and internal cross-functional teams to manage calendar adherence
• 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 
• Review Open To Buy issues identified by merchandising and execute an action plan to achieve financial goals with manager input
• Execute Vendor Management Inventory (VMI) and DDB initiatives to react to business needs
• Prepare and execute Placeholder, chase and/or fast track strategies

• 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
• Self starter
• Computer skills: Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook, Access, web-based applications
• Effectively communicate in written and verbal form
• Detail oriented with strong follow through
• Have a sense of urgency in managing time and accomplishing tasks
• Demonstrate proactive problem solving skills
• 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
• Emphasis on driving and influencing business processes