Associate Buyer Jobs

We are currently hiring for a Associate Buyer to join our Buying Team.

Why Oak?

OAK + FORT is a fashion and lifestyle brand that provides attainable luxuries consisting of modern essentials in full collections of womenswear, menswear, accessories, jewelry, beauty, and homeware. We are a female-founded and led business that is brought together by a passionate group of people with a natural bond over an aesthetic vision that radiates throughout our collections. From our first studio that opened in 2010 in Vancouver, BC, we now have 40+ locations across North America with a global e-commerce presence.

At the heart and core of it all, it’s our people that matter most. We offer a work ethos that is driven by endless passion, intellectual curiosity, and perennial creativity. Here you get the opportunity to influence our global strategy and growth, while working alongside incredibly talented people.

About the role:

The Associate Buyer is responsible for supporting with assortment planning; managing the data entry of the purchase order process and analyzing their current business category and inventory management. The Associate Buyer supports in ensuring buying dept meets its overall objective of "Right Product, Right Stores, Right Time".

Responsibilities:

Reporting, Analysis and Data Management:

• Creates and manages and integrity of line plans, buying worksheets, product attributes 
• Analyze business, including sales reports, to provide recommendations to Buyer on a weekly basis (reorders)  
• Responsible for maintaining all reporting including sales reports, OTB, worksheets, etc. to ensure accuracy and timeliness. 
• Partner with Planning and Logistics teams to monitor and track inbound receipts, call out product delays to Buyer for drop schedule adjustments 
• Managing and monitoring the eCommerce process including: content accuracy, out of stock items, analyzing and reacting to business needs, and communicating with e-commerce team with any issues; 
• Prepare analysis and deliver detailed seasonal post-mortem recaps to Senior managers, use sales results to create a strategy for future seasons and provide actionable recommendations 
• Manages accuracy between WFX and Netsuite through connector management, works with WFX to resolve issues and follow up on feature requests 
• Maintain item creation and product information accuracy in Netsuite 

Buying and Product Assortment

• Management of Purchase Orders – ensuring orders are created accurately and sent on-time 
• Obtain feedback on how the market responds to choices made and to market needs; seek customer feedback. 
• Partner with Director of Business Development to provide support with T-Mall online platform – preparing inventory, product lists, and suggestions 
• Conduct store visits on a frequent basis to ensure stores are receiving the right product mix for their location, customer and sales needs; 
• Determine initial product allocation of manufactured goods on a quarterly basis 
• Support in the preliminary product assortment planning and creation of Style Guidelines – preparing analysis and projections, suggesting reorders, providing recommendations for marketing roadmap and promotional plans 
• Consistently conduct competitor research, keeping up to date with trends and customer needs within the market 
• Support the buyer with order units, ensure monthly MU% targets are met, provide support as needed to achieve financial targets 
• Owns and manages the product assortment for the Jewelry department – providing projections to the Jewelry team, ensuring strategy is on-target 
• Follow current processes and procedures for buying based on Director’s direction; 

Pricing

• Regularly check slow sellers and propose markdowns; 
• Prepare and own the management of markdown lists for season sale events – Summer Sale, Warehouse Sales, Black Friday, Boxing Day 

Leadership

• Influence and provide mentorship to assistants 
• Recognize high performance and reward accomplishments 
• Coach underperforming areas and team members in order to achieve results required 

Others

• Other projects and responsibilities as assigned 

Why you’ll love it here:

• An opportunity be a part of our growth journey
• Extremely generous Employee Discount
• Dog friendly office
• Work amongst an exceptionally talented team
• Corporate bonus program
• Company-wide socials + events
• Ability to expand your skills set and work on high impact projects
• Extended Health and Dental Benefits
• Hybrid work model (schedules vary by team/function)
• 3 week's vacation starting and Summer Fridays (1/2 days)

Our Values:

• UNIQUELY YOU We practice acceptance through open-mindedness and personal responsibility.
• PEOPLE POWERED At the core of our brand we are powered by each other.
• CHANGE DRIVER We embrace change and never fear what’s next.
• SELF STARTER Entrepreneurship is the mindset that leads to endless curiosity and continuous improvement.
• ABOVE + BEYOND We strive for something greater than ourselves.

Our Hiring Process:

We strive to provide an outstanding experience to every individual who shows interest in our organization. Our goal is to ensure that you receive clear communication, regular updates and have a dedicated recruiter to support your hiring journey with us. We believe that every candidate journey should be unique, and that honesty, integrity and transparency is carried throughout.

Once you’ve submitted your application, here is what you can expect:

• We will respond to every application to ensure you know where you stand.
• Your application will be reviewed by our recruitment team.
• We will request references before moving to a final offer.
• Your first connection is a 30-minute phone interview with a recruiter.
• You can expect potentially two additional interviews with the hiring team.
• Only candidates that are selected for an interview will be contacted directly by a recruiter.
• A response confirming that we have received your application.

OAK + FORT is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We are committed to providing a respectful, diverse, and unique approach to hiring individuals in the communities in which we operate – allowing each person to be their authentic selves. Our hiring commitment applies to all candidates and employees regardless of race, ethnicity, citizenship, creed, place of origin, religion, sex, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, family status, marital status, disability, age, and any other protected characteristic.

Requests for accommodation due to any disability or any other protected characteristic can be made at any stage of the recruitment process and during employment by contacting our People & Culture team.

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