Why Oak+Fort?

OAK + FORT is a fashion and lifestyle brand that provides attainable luxuries consisting of up-to-date 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.

What You’ll Do : As the Associate Planner, you are responsible for meeting or exceeding sales and profit objectives for several merchandise categories and the execution of allocation and replenishment strategies. You will oversee the development of pre-season and in season financial plans that help drive merchandising initiatives to grow topline sales, ensuring profitability and maximizing inventory productivity.

What You’re Responsible For : Merchandise Planning

- Pre-Season and In-Season Sales and Margin planning/forecasting and open to buy management to achieve corporate goals and desired inventory turnover
- Build store and eCommerce goals by department
- Analyze historical data and current trends to identify risks and opportunities to the business and design action plans for maximum impact
- Perform consolidated gap analysis on initial forecasted plan to actual results
- Recommend seasonal merchandise flow strategies that support sales, profit, and customer expectations




- Provide in-depth analysis of product performance and make recommendations to maximize business opportunities
- Partner with Buying team to develop and execute quarterly product and inventory strategies to meet financial targets and corporate objectives
- Partner with Buying to develop assortment plans for different trading channels - reconcile tops-down category plan with bottoms-up at style-color level

Allocation Leadership

- Manage and track inbound and outbound of inventory by store drop schedule
- Build allocation strategies to align with store capacity and sales/inventory turnover goals
- Allocation planning supported by current and historical data - establish appropriate stock strategy and initiate inventory replenishment/re-balance plans for all business segments across Retail and eCommerce to maximize sales conversion
- Work along with allocation team on initial allocation and replenishment to the stores and ensure the flow of the inventory is aligned with corporate financial goals.
- Work with cross-functional teams to execute inventory transfers and product pulls

Reporting

- Manage weekly/monthly reports - Optimize the reporting process to ensure efficiencies within the team
- Develop and implement reporting tools to optimize allocations, assortment, inventory weeks of supply (WOS) targets, and achieve sales, contributing margin, and turns expectations

What We're Looking For :



You’ve had experience with :

- Previous proven experience in merchandise planning.
- Strong competency with Microsoft Excel (formulas, pivots, etc)
- Experience working with an ERP system, preferably NetSuite

You’re likely someone who :

- Comfortable working with data and reports, and you’ve used these skills to help make decisions.
- Ability to take initiative, stay organized, and follow through on your work, making sure key points are shared with the right people.
- Able to adapt well when priorities shift or situations are unclear.
- Can work independently while also contributing as part of a team.
- You care about doing your job well and bring enthusiasm to your work and life outside of work.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced retail environment

Why You’ll Love It Here :

- Extremely generous employee discount starting from day one
- Health and dental benefits
- Paid vacation time off
- An opportunity be a part of our growth journey
- Access to training and development programs
- Work amongst an exceptionally talented team

Our Values : ABOVE + BEYOND

We strive for something greater than ourselves.

SELF STARTER

Entrepreneurship is the mindset that leads to endless curiosity and continuous improvement.

UNIQUELY YOU

We practice acceptance through open-mindedness and personal responsibility.

CHANGE DRIVER

We embrace change and never fear what’s next.

PEOPLE POWERED

At the core of our brand we are powered by each other.

OUR COMMITMENT TO A HUMAN HIRING PROCESS

We are committed to hiring practices that are transparent, inclusive, and human-centered, because we know our people are at the heart of our success.

- Your first connec

📌 Associate Planner (Vancouver)
🏢 Oak+Fort - CAN HQ Support Office
📍 Vancouver