ABOUT BANANA REPUBLIC

Born from two California creatives fueled by their explorer spirits, Banana Republic has repositioned itself as a premium, experiential lifestyle brand for today’s modern world. Designed for a life where anything is possible, we use the finest materials with the latest fabric innovations to create timeless, versatile clothing, jewelry, shoes and handbags. Through our home and art collections, we extend beyond apparel and are a part of our customers’ lives at home.
We are creating memorable, immersive experiences online and in-store that build lasting relationships and solve our customers’ lifestyle needs. Our team is made up of passionate and curious storytellers who are pushing the boundaries to deliver consistent, quality product through an elevated customer experience. Sound interesting? Join us as on the BR journey as we create what’s next.

ABOUT THE ROLE

The Visual Strategy Manager will support both the Creative and Visual Merchandising departments from a strategic perspective. They will own and support budget management of the Creative and Visual Merchandising teams, support vendor payments, manage key fleet information, ensure achievement of department goals and perform 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 & communicate out
• Reconcile monthly Pcard & 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 to 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.