Banana Republic Manager, Visual Merchandising Strategy & Operations Job at BoF C

Overview

Banana Republic is seeking a Manager, Visual Merchandising Strategy & Operations in San Francisco, CA. Base pay range: $114,900.00/yr - $152,200.00/yr. This role supports both the Creative and Visual Merchandising departments from a strategic perspective, owns and supports budget management, vendor payments, fleet information, department goals, and business analysis.

What You'll Do

• Support budget management for the Creative and Visual Merchandising teams
• Create initial budgets for projects by category to enable accurate tracking
• Track overall spending by project relative to budget
• Ensure team members are aware of and staying within budget constraints
• Track spending on Pcards monthly and communicate out
• Reconcile monthly Pcard and PO reporting
• Work with Senior Manager to identify capitalizable expenses

• Support vendor payment
• Work with vendors to establish appropriate payment methodologies, and ensure clear vendor understanding of the process
• Work with vendors and Sourcing to get vendors set up in our system
• Execute payments for project work in partnership with Creative and Visual Merchandising team members

• Manage key fleet information
• Own and manage store lists and store information to help inform decision-making across teams
• Create and implement mechanisms to support updating of fleet information
• Respond to ad hoc requests from the team regarding fleet characteristics, to drive their decision-making

• Help ensure achievement of departmental goals
• Help plan out team workload by creating timelines, establishing major project milestones, and tracking progress relative to milestones
• Drive decision-making as needed to ensure progress toward milestones
• Facilitate project status/update meetings across the department
• Create team-wide calendars to give a view of overall workload and identify potential issues in advance
• Hindsight activities to inform planning for future initiatives

• Special projects
• Work on special projects as needed and leverage department knowledge to support the Creative and Visual Merchandising teams

Who You Are

• 5+ years of retail and visual experience
• Extremely strong organization, communication, writing and presentation skills
• Strong analytical skills - experience distilling relevant insights from large amounts of data
• Ability to work independently, think creatively, be proactive and execute against tight timelines
• Proven ability to build strong working relationships and collaborate with all levels of management
• Ability to travel with creative and visual teams
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Adobe Creative Suite, and MAC OS

Benefits At Banana Republic

• 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.

Gap Inc. is an equal-opportunity employer and is committed to providing a workplace free from harassment and discrimination. We recruit, hire, train and promote qualified people of all backgrounds, and make employment decisions without regard to protected status. In 2022, we were recognized by Forbes as one of the World\'s Best Employers and one of the Best Employers for Diversity.

Salary Range: $114,900 - $152,200 USD. Employee pay will vary based on qualifications, experience, skill level, competencies and work location. We will meet minimum wage or minimum of the pay range (whichever is higher) based on city, county and state requirements.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Marketing and Sales
• Industries: Advertising Services