Gap Manager, Brand Planning, GS

Gap; New York (NY); On-site; USD 114,000 - 148,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Merchandise discount

Paid time off

Volunteer hours

401(k) match

Employee stock purchase

Insurance: medical/dental/vision

Job summary

Gap Inc. in New York is seeking a Brand Planning Lead to manage end-to-end planning for the Gap/Gap Outlet business, partnering across inventory management, merchandising, site planning, and finance to drive data-based decisions. You will support weekly reviews and open-to-buy forecasting with leadership exposure.

The role requires strong commercial and financial acumen, a forward-looking view on trends, and the ability to influence multi-functional teams to meet targets and optimize performance.

Qualifications

• Strong commercial acumen and the ability to translate insights into action.
• Ability to proactively evaluate risks and opportunities and influence partners.
• Enterprise mindset with a forward-looking perspective on market trends.
• Strong financial acumen and retail math skills.

Responsibilities

• Review business results with brand IM lead and planning teams to optimize KPIs.
• Validate commercial plan strategy and guide future strategy with pricing and promotions.
• Lead monthly open-to-buy forecasting and publish receipt reconciliation data.
• Coordinate forecast inputs across tops-down and bottoms-up perspectives.
• Prepare for monthly forecast discussions with brand leadership.
• Identify risks and opportunities and recommend actions to hit targets.

Job description

About Gap

Gap has always been about optimistic American style. Starting with our very first store on Ocean Avenue in San Francisco, opened almost 50 years ago by Doris and Don Fisher. The thread that’s run through those five decades is the phenomenal people that make up our brand - our employees and our customers. People who are rooted in the legacy that makes Gap what it is, but who are also focused on the future. People who want to leave the world better than they found it.

We’ve built our brand on staying true to our roots while always being out in front of what’s next. If you want to be part of an iconic American brand, and help lead the way for where we’re headed, we’d love to have you join us.

About the role

The Brand Planning lead is an essential contributor to the end-to-end management of the Gap/Gap Outlet business, sitting at the intersection of investment strategy, product strategy, and customer experience. Through close cross-functional partnership across the inventory management, merchandising, site merchandising, company planning, and commercial planning organizations, the brand planning lead facilitates all key business processes, and works as a close counterpart to the brand IM lead to foster data-based decision‑making in weekly business management, monthly open‑to‑buy forecasting, and at key inventory investment milestones. This role provides significant exposure to leadership across the Gap/Gap Outlet organization, and helps provide, brand‑wide perspective, and recommendations on business performance, risks, and opportunities.

What you’ll do

In-Season

• Review business results in partnership with brand IM lead and divisional merchandise planning teams, and identifying actions to optimize KPIs
• Partner with merchandise planning, commercial planning, and pricing to validate commercial plan strategy, hindsight promotions, and guide future strategy
• Guide the merchandise planning team through the monthly open-to-buy process: provide timelines and forecasting guidance to the merchandise planning team; review forecast roll and identify risks + opportunities vs the finance forecast/budget; publish monthly receipt reconciliation data
• Work with company planning partners to hand off key forecast inputs (receipts, markdown conversion) and understand any variances between tops down/bottoms up forecasts
• Partner with brand inventory management lead to prepare for monthly forecast discussions with brand leadership
• Analyze business results and trend outlooks to identify emerging risks and opportunities, and recommend actions needed to achieve financial and operational targets.
• Provide forward-looking assessments of business performance, highlighting key drivers, risks, opportunities, and mitigation plans for leadership decision-making.

Pre-Season

• Guide the development of quarterly financial targets by division and department, to ensure that plans reflect recent business trends and long range plan priorities, and align with budget parameters
• Provide key insights to buy plan position throughout the planning cycle, and identifying risks and opportunities in the investment profile
• Communicate with company planning regarding buy plan rolls and variances to budget targets, and partner with IM and merchandising leadership to prepare for investment milestones
• Participate in SME groups and transformation work across key planning functions, to support continuous improvement in processes and tools

Who you are

• Strong commercial acumen with the ability to assess business performance, identify emerging trends, and translate insights into actionable recommendations that drive results.
• Ability to proactively evaluate risks and opportunities, develop scenario-based action plans, and influence cross-functional partners to deliver desired business outcomes.
• Enterprise mindset with a forward-looking perspective on market, customer, and business trends, balancing short-term performance needs with long-term growth objectives.
• Strong financial acumen and retail math skillset
• Ability to communicate clearly across functions, and collaborate effectively with a variety of cross-functional partners
• Extensive knowledge of all key planning responsibilities, and the ability to 'connect the dots' between them

Salary Range

$113,700.00 - $147,800.00

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 Gap

• 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.