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About the Role

Leverage consumer insights, mill strategies, and key trends to drive fabric development, innovation, costing, and positioning, fostering a 'Fabric First' mentality. Provide direction to internal Gap Inc teams and external partners based on cross-functional strategies.

Responsibilities

• Analyze fabric needs across the company.
• Communicate fabric recommendations to cross-functional partners for leveraging qualities across divisions.
• Track fabric development KPIs and brand discipline on seasonal developments.
• Partner with Product Development and Merchandising to ensure fabrics are within the pricing architecture.
• Identify fabrics that need cost engineering and communicate with the Mill management team.
• Drive fabric process discipline throughout the product-to-market calendar.
• Manage projects and program execution within R&D, ensuring quality of work.

Requirements

• Strong experience with fabric constructions, dye techniques, finishes, and garment construction/manufacturing/sourcing processes.
• Proven ability to influence and make decisions across geographies in a matrix environment where speed and cultural sensitivity is crucial.
• Ability to anticipate operational/program issues and develop preventative measures.
• Apply fully functional professional knowledge in R&D.
• Ability to travel globally.