About Old Navy
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.
About the Role
The Manager of Transformation in Inventory Management is responsible for supporting strategic initiatives that improve Old Navy's inventory management capabilities. They will manage project resources to execute new strategies, techniques, processes, and technologies. Using strong project management skills, they will work with transformation leadership to bring strategic initiatives to life with sound plans grounded in analysis and business insight.
What You'll Do
Strategic Realization
Support strategic visioning by effectively capturing and defining stakeholder needs and project objectives
Articulate inventory improvement opportunities into actionable plans supported by business leaders
Support new capabilities and ways of working through influence of, and partnership with, key stakeholders
Drive implementation of analytics and systems improvements, partnering closely with internal and external resources
Transformation and Change
Manage project activities for strategic initiatives
Create strategic approaches and frameworks
Define new and changed processes
Determine appropriate analytics techniques
Identify system requirements and functionality that supports the future ways of working
Define organizational roles and responsibility impacts
Determine training approach, structures, and resource needs
Conduct initiative pilots and measure results
Lead the full implementation of IM transformation changes across the company
Communicate transformation results and status
Project and Program Management
Create project plans for initiatives that align with the strategic vision and priorities of Old Navy
Identify resource needs by function and skillset for initiatives
Manage internal and external resources to ensure activity execution and success
Coordinate with IM Transformation leadership on issue resolution and progress reporting
Measure results and report on business impacts
Who You Are
Strategic Mindset: Demonstrates understanding and curiosity for innovation and operational strategy
Problem Solving & Analytics: Able to use rigorous logic, methods, and advanced analytics to solve problems with effective solutions
Organizational Savvy: Able to build constructive and effective relationships and use them to maneuver through complex situations
Influencing & Negotiation: Can present ideas and directions that lead others to action
Relationship Management: Able to build constructive and effective relationships with a broad and diverse group of business partners
Project Planning: Create complex project workplans that define the cross-functional activities and resources required to successfully complete the initiative
Process Management: Can effectively map processes and articulate and prioritize interdependencies
Systems Acumen: Experienced in systems implementations, from initial requirements through end-user rollout
Risk Management: Anticipate risks and identifies contingency plans and processes to prevent disruptions when risks occur
Results Oriented: Is passionate about achieving and tracking bottom-line business results
Possess strong organizational and time management skills
Demonstrates strong listening, written and oral communication skills
Bachelor's degree required; MBA or relevant Master's degree preferred
1-3 years of retail consulting experience or transformation equivalent
1-3 years of work experience in apparel retail
Experience with tools like R, XLSTAT, PowerBi, etc.
Experience with process diagramming techniques
Experience with advanced analytics
Familiar with organizational structures such as RACI/RAPID
Strong PowerPoint skills
Benefits at Old Navy
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 (https://corporate.gapinc.com/en-us/careers/gap-inc-careers/gap-inc-benefits) 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. This year, we've been named as one of the Best Places to Work by the Human Rights Campaign (https://www.hrc.org/resources/best-places-to-work-for-lgbtq-equality-2022) for the seventeenth consecutive year and have been included in the 2021 Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index for the fourth year in a row.
