Senior Fabric Innovation & R&D Manager

Gap Inc; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Gap Inc. in San Francisco seeks a fabric development leader to drive innovation, costing, and positioning using consumer insights, mill strategies, and key trends.

You will champion a fabric-first mindset across the product-to-market process and partner with Gap Inc teams in North America, plus Asia-based mills, to execute cross-functional strategies. You will collaborate with Product Development and Merchandising to ensure fabrics align with pricing architecture, identify cost-saving

Qualifications

• Strong experience with fabric constructions, dye techniques, finishes, and garment construction.
• Ability to influence decisions across geographies in a matrix environment where speed and cultural sensitivity are crucial.
• Ability to assess relatively complex situations and analyze data to make judgments and recommend solutions.
• Sound knowledge of R&D concepts and cross-functional processes across design, production, tech design, merchandising QA, sustainability, and sourcing.

Responsibilities

• Analyze fabric needs across the company and communicate recommendations to cross-functional partners for leveraging fabric qualities.
• Track fabric development KPIs and reporting to level-set expectations across functional areas.
• Partner with Product Development and Merchandising to ensure fabrics fit the V/G/B/B pricing architecture.
• Identify fabrics to cost-engineer and communicate with Mill management.
• Drive fabric process discipline through the product-to-market calendar from Mill Week to Fabric Alignment and Sampling.
• Build cross-functional partnerships and influence strategy for the division and team.

Skills

Fabric development

Data analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Global influence

Job description

Gap Inc. in San Francisco seeks a fabric development leader to drive innovation, costing, and positioning using consumer insights, mill strategies, and key trends.

You will champion a fabric-first mindset across the product-to-market process and partner with Gap Inc teams in North America, plus Asia-based mills, to execute cross-functional strategies. You will collaborate with Product Development and Merchandising to ensure fabrics align with pricing architecture, identify cost-saving