ABOUT GAP INC.

Our brands bridge the gaps we see in the world. Old Navy democratizes style to ensure everyone has access to quality fashion at every price point. Athleta unleashes the potential of every woman, regardless of body size, age or ethnicity. Banana Republic believes in sustainable luxury for all. And Gap inspires the world to bring individuality to modern, responsibly made essentials.
This simple idea—that we all deserve to belong, and on our own terms—is core to who we are as a company and how we make decisions. Our team is made up of thousands of people across the globe who take risks, think big, and do good for our customers, communities, and the planet. Ready to learn fast, create with audacity and lead boldly? Join our team.

ABOUT THE ROLE

This is a high-impact role with Gap Inc., reporting to the Director of Procurement, Professional Services. You’ll drive two procurement categories that sit at the heart of how we serve our customers and our employees – Payments Processing and Corporate Travel. Together, these categories represent significant spend and top-line impact, touch every Gap brand, and involve relationships with some of the most strategic and progressive partners in the retail and fintech ecosystem.
You will be the architect of category strategies that balance cost efficiency, innovation, and risk mitigation while enabling exceptional customer and employee experiences. This role is part of Gap Inc. Procurement’s broader NextGen transformation journey, and this is your opportunity to shape strategies in categories that are evolving rapidly, and influence stakeholders at all levels.
While these will be your primary categories, you’ll also have the opportunity to explore, support, and eventually take ownership of additional categories – broadening your expertise and cross-functional relationships, and positioning yourself for continued career growth at Gap Inc.
Category
Payments Processing – ecosystem is a complex, dynamic network spanning card networks, merchant acquirers, payment gateways, fraud prevention platforms, buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) providers, and value-added services. We process millions of transactions annually across several vendors.
Corporate Travel – program enables our global workforce to move seamlessly between our stores, distribution centers, and corporate hubs globally. Our partners include Travel management companies (TMC), airlines, hotels, rental car providers, etc. Key focus areas include cost efficiency, service innovation, compliance, and sustainability.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

• Drive value – Oversee development and execution of category strategies, and achieve value targets (P&L, Revenue, Capital and Non-P&L) for the categories, as applicable. Create and manage a multi-year pipeline of projects that will deliver value year over year.
• Manage categories – Develop actionable multi-year sourcing strategies and codify them into category playbooks that guide execution across the business. Own supplier relationships (performance management and contract negotiations).
• Build and strengthen strategic relationships – Partner with senior internal stakeholders across functions, procurement colleagues, and suppliers to drive results and facilitate complex change management across Gap Inc.
• Leverage procurement technology and advanced sourcing capabilities – Actively promote a competitive bid culture by applying advanced sourcing levers. Actively seek and apply industry best practices and innovative solutions to advance value creation. Leverage advanced digital tools and analytics (dashboards, AI-powered spend insights, eAuctions, CLM platforms) to drive sourcing decisions and value creation. Conduct category segmentation and supplier profiling to enable opportunity mining.
• Be a thought partner – Collaborate with peers and business stakeholders to identify additional white-space growth and efficiency improvement opportunities and devise sourcing strategies to execute them.