Description

Join Yates and Co's Toronto office as a Design and Operations Coordinator.

Under the mentorship of the Senior Designer you will assist in creating and developing the in house line/brand from inception of ideas to producing garments. You will help by assisting and working cross functionally collaborating with product development, fit, merchandising, colour, sourcing and operations ensuring the team has the most up to date information

Yates and Co. is a small Toronto based Canadian company that sells and distributes Men's and Women's clothing across Canada. We have offices in both Toronto and Vancouver. This is an in person opportunity in our Toronto office.

What will you do?

1. Assist in communication and the development of a Canadian Designed Brand

Brand Communication

Concept board development

Assist in shopping the trend market

Seeking design inspiration including materials fashion colour and trade

Assist in reviewing the sample line

Communicate by email with overseas factories

Assisting Designer with putting together the new collection

Creating packages for factory development

Working through fittings with designer

Sample Management: Checking in samples, organizing sample sets (SMS, PPS, TOP), hanging, steaming, pricing, organizing binders, updating calendar and documents

Measurements & fittings

Inventory planning

Reviewing invoices to ensure pricing is accurate

Reviewing and analyzing reports throughout the season

Tracking sales into our system

Photoshoot coordinator

2. Customer Service

-Sample Management - tracking, receiving, pricing, steaming, and showroom set-up

Showroom organization and maintenance

Booking and confirming appointments

Managing call list and updating daily

Analyze, forecast, track sales using our software systems (AIMS, JOOR, Salespro)

Responsible for brand updates throughout the season Ex. style adds and drops. Including updating the system (JOOR and AIMS)

Assist in final buy submissions to the brand. Reviewing pending orders, push orders, tick backs and checking confirmations

Updating and adding new customers in system (AIMS, JOOR, Salespro)

Google drive management for all files received and related to the brand

Joor upload & linesheet assistance and organization

Process orders in a timely manner and send customers order confirmations

3. Operations

Manage new season upload in our AIMS/JOOR system

Manage ongoing in season AIMS/JOOR updates and changes

Reviewing, submitting and keeping track of credits for all brands

4. Marketing and Communications

-Eblasts - creating a Marketing calendar, creating eblast, pulling customer lists, sending, responding

Create product related marketing materials such as product knowledge packets

5. Processing Returns Authorization

Process RAs adhering to company return guidelines

Ensuring RAs for all brands are processed within 24-48 hours

Arranging pick ups from customers where necessary

Log RAs according to brands requirements and looping in Brand Manager when necessary

Responsible for receiving credits from the brands and ensuring they are accurate

6. Inventory & Repeats

-Manage all stock and inventory - keeping stock list accurate and stock shelves organized

Maintain the sample and stock room by organizing returned samples

Responsible for communicating with customers and processing immediate orders (order entry, picking and packing, shipping and receiving).

Must have:

Bachelor’s or College Education with a Sales, Marketing, Fashion, and/or Business focus

Comfortable with Microsoft Excel, Powerpoint, Word

Photoshop or similar

Able to use Facebook and instagram with ease

Excellent organizational skills

Excellent written as well as verbal communication skills

Attention to detail and numeracy

Able to multitask and stay focused

A team player that is flexible with a strong work ethic and the ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment.

Only applicants currently residing in Toronto will be considered.

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