Associate Production Manager

1 month ago


Vancouver, Canada Oak+Fort - CAN HQ Support Office Full time

**Why Oak+Fort?**

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.

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As the Associate Production Manager, you'll be overseeing the operations and vendors to ensure our production process is optimized. This position also plays a strategic role in spearheading and implementing production strategies to support business growth and development. As the Associate Production Manager, you will also be responsible to ensure departmental KPIs are met.

**RESPONSIBILITIES**
- Implement a strategic production plan that meet company objectives
- Build, manage and maintain all factory relations
- Source and adopt new vendors to support business growth and development
- Optimize production strategies to allow for open to buy and in season reorders
- Problem solve any production related issues
- Oversee and manage production calendars to ensure deadlines are met
- Negotiate production lead times, cost and minimums with suppliers
- Analyze and build out vendor contracts and procedures
- Create vendor on-boarding processes
- Implement and oversee third party inspections for QC
- Develop and oversee material approval process to enhance standards
- Identify potential quality and production issues and make appropriate recommendations
- Own and manage all production related KPIs
- Partners with cross functional leadership to:

- Build and actualize the product calendar,
- Publish and maintain the vendor manual and all related processes
- Use, maintain and enhance company technology systems (WFX, NetSuite, etc)
- Other projects and duties as assigned.

**What you'll bring**:

- Previous experience in sourcing and production with special focus on: cut & sew as well as fully fashioned
- Proficient in excel - pivot tables, vlookups/xlookups, etc
- Analytical and creative
- Retail experience an asset

**Why You’ll Love It Here**:

- Extremely generous employee discount starting from day one
- Health and dental benefits (for eligible full-time positions only)
- Paid vacation time off (for eligible full-time positions only)
- 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 Hiring Process**:

- Your first connection is a 30-minute phone interview.
- You can expect potentially two additional interviews with the hiring team.
- We will request references + a background check before moving to a final offer.
- 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. Employee pay will vary based on factors such as qualifications, experience, skill level, competencies and work location._



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