Assortment Strategist, Outlet

Old Navy; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 83,000 - 108,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Merchandise discount (50%)

Competitive PTO

Volunteer hours

401(k) with company match

Employee stock purchase plan

Medical dental vision insurance

Diversity & inclusion programs

Job summary

Old Navy in San Francisco is seeking an Assortment Strategist to shape market-specific merchandise plans and pricing. You will partner with Omni Merchandising, Product and Planning to define opportunities, quantify impact and guide seasonal investments that reflect local needs and currency dynamics.

You will influence assortment architecture, identify gaps, and drive incremental market-specific solutions while leveraging data to prioritize actions and optimize profitability.

Qualifications

• Experience in Buying, Merchandising or Merchandise Planning.
• Strong grasp of assortment, pricing, promotions, inventory and margin.
• Ability to turn insights into actionable recommendations.
• Collaborative with cross-functional teams to drive outcomes.
• Analytical and financial acumen to build business cases.

Responsibilities

• Develop market/channel POV on customer, landscape and opportunity.
• Identify market-specific needs versus broader Omni assortment.
• Translate insights into seasonal assortment and investments.
• Collaborate with Omni Merchandising, Product and Planning.
• Quantify opportunities and build business cases for investments.
• Develop pricing/value positioning for the market, considering currency.
• Monitor trends and translate into timely assortment recommendations.
• Support market-specific strategy within the Omni decision process.

Skills

Buying

Merchandising

Assortment Planning

Product Lifecycle

Pricing

Collaboration

Analytical Thinking

Communication

Job description

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.

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 Assortment Strategist is the commercial and product voice for a specific market or channel, such as Canada or Outlet. This role develops a deep understanding of the market’s customer, product preferences, competitive landscape, pricing dynamics, seasonality and commercial opportunities, and translates those insights into actionable assortment and investment recommendations. Working in close partnership with Omni Merchandising and Planning, the Assortment Strategist ensures market- and channel-specific opportunities are identified early, quantified and advanced through the seasonal product, assortment and planning process. While Omni Merchandising and Planning own the line assortment and financial plan, the Assortment Strategist brings a clear market point of view, identifies incremental growth opportunities and builds the commercial case to influence assortment, investment and pricing decisions. The role connects market insight, assortment strategy and commercial opportunity, ensuring the Omni assortment reflects the unique needs and growth potential of the market or channel.

What you’ll do

• Develop a clear point of view on the market/channel customer, competitive landscape and commercial opportunity.
• Identify market-specific needs versus the broader Omni assortment, including product, category, climate/seasonality, local holidays, price/value and channel behavior.
• Bring market insights into seasonal milestones and connect market/channel and Omni teams, translating local needs into actionable recommendations.
• Partner with Omni Merchandising, Product and Planning to shape assortment architecture, identify gaps and determine where incremental or market-specific solutions are needed.
• Identify and advance opportunities including incremental buys, market extensions, holiday/special product, exclusive or channel-specific assortments and additional depth in proven winners.
• Use sales, margin, inventory, sell-through, customer and competitive data to quantify opportunities, build business cases and prioritize investments based on return and risk.
• Develop a market-specific pricing and value point of view, incorporating customer expectations, competitive positioning, currency and market economics across price architecture, promotions and markdowns.
• Identify whitespace and emerging opportunities beyond the core Omni process, including local holidays, cultural moments, climate differences, product attributes and competitive dynamics.
• Monitor in-season trends, customer behavior, competition, pricing and promotions, translating insights into timely assortment and investment recommendations.
• Develop the seasonal market/channel strategy and ensure opportunities are incorporated into Omni decisions. Escalate material gaps and recommend actions when opportunities are at risk.

Who you are

• Experience in Buying, Merchandising, Assortment Planning or Merchandise Planning, ideally supporting Canada and/or Outlet.
• Strong understanding of merchandising fundamentals, including assortment, product lifecycle, pricing, promotion, inventory, sales and margin.
• Strong product, customer and commercial instinct with the ability to turn insights into actionable recommendations.
• Strong analytical and financial acumen, with the ability to interpret business data and build fact-based business cases.
• Ability to identify emerging product, customer and competitive trends and assess their market/channel relevance.
• Strong influencing, communication and presentation skills, with the ability to drive outcomes without direct authority.
• Highly collaborative, with experience partnering across Merchandising, Planning, Product, Pricing, Inventory Management and Finance.
• Curious, customer-focused and commercially minded, balancing strategic thinking with agility in changing market conditions.

Salary Range: $83,000.00 - $107,900.00

Employee pay will vary based on factors such as 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.

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 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.