Merchandising Manager - Full Time (Santa Clara - Valley Fair)

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.

What You’ll Do:

As the Visual Merchandising Manager, you will lead and support with new product launches, store visual merchandising directives and ensure the sales floor reflects the brand and culture. You will support with client service, sales, overall productivity, visual merchandising, and people management functions of your store. You will support adherence to store and district goals, operational excellence, alignment with company concepts and culture to drive maximum profitability and compliance with company goals and priorities.

What You’re Responsible For:

Sales Generation

• Meet minimum sales requirements based on store volume
• Provide exceptional client experience by executing OAK FORT Sales Culture
• Be a brand ambassador by keeping up with new arrivals, product knowledge, and
• wearing current merchandise
• Ensure store team processes cash desk operations with engagement, efficiency,
• and accuracy
• Respond and appropriately resolve customer complaints and service opportunities

Staff Development

• Source top candidates to build a high performing team
• Build our team by welcoming and supporting onboarding of new employees
• Build and maintain relationships with store team, peers, and relevant partners
• Support development of high performing staff to maximize productivity
• Provide timely feedback and active informal training to staff
• Inspire and motivate team through demonstrating leadership qualities
• Initiate and communicate team objectives and updates with Visual Merchandising Team and Management

Store Functionality

• Participate in execution of floor management as needed
• Utilize merchandising skillset through understanding of product density, adjacencies, and customer flow
• Promote brand aesthetic through ability to creatively merchandise
• Ensure the right quantity of stock is in the right place at the right time
• Maintain proper presentation of merchandise in accordance to corporate directives
• Efficiently and accurately support with shipping and receiving of merchandise
• Perform inventory counts upon corporate office direction
• Participate in stock room set-up and organization
• Support cleanliness and maintenance of physical store to create a safe and comfortable shopping experience
• Adhere to loss prevention policies to prevent external and internal theft

What We’re Looking For:

• Retail leadership and/or visual merchandising experience
• Experience in customer service, sales and clienteling
• Trendsetting, creative and fashion forward
• Ability to influence and drive results through others
• Strong business acumen
• Ability to communicate and coach effectively
• Adaptable and resourceful
• Focus on people development and career growth
• Present ideas and recommendations in a professional, organized, and logical manner

Why You’ll Love It Here:

• Bonus commission program
• Extremely generous employee discount starting from day one
• Health and dental benefits (for eligible positions only)
• Paid vacation time off (for eligible 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:

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 are carried throughout.

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

• A response confirming that we have received your application.
• Your application will be reviewed by our recruitment team.
• We will respond to every application to ensure you know where you stand.
• Only candidates that are selected for an interview will be contacted directly by a recruiter or hiring manager.
• 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.

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. Employee pay will vary based on factors such as qualifications, experience, skill level, competencies and work location.