Category Business Analyst - Home Décor

Canadian Tire; Toronto; On-site; CAD 53,000 - 88,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Profit Sharing

Career growth opportunities

Product discounts

Comprehensive benefits

Mental health benefits

Job summary

Canadian Tire is seeking a Category Business Analyst to bolster assortment planning and forecasting across the Décor category. You will work with the buying team to provide robust analyses, market insights, and data-driven recommendations that shape category strategies nationwide.

You will collaborate with Category Business Managers, examine product performance, and help tailor assortments to customer needs, ensuring alignment with financial goals.

Qualifications

• Analytical mindset with retail experience is preferred.
• Ability to collaborate, influence, and negotiate with colleagues or senior members.
• Strong presentation skills with adaptable communication.

Responsibilities

• Support Category Business Managers with robust analysis and key insights for assortment planning.
• Examine new and existing product lines to assess performance and customer alignment.
• Perform sales analysis and forecasting to meet financial goals and category objectives.
• Manage vendor processes to ensure smooth sourcing and relationships.
• Deliver market insights to keep Home Décor assortment trend-right and competitive.
• Prepare and present findings with tailored communication for different audiences.

Skills

Analytical mindset

Collaboration

Presentation skills

Negotiation

Vendor management

Education

Business degree

Commerce degree

Retail Management degree

Data & Analytics degree

Job description

The Décor business category combines creativity with data-driven decision making to deliver trend-right products that inspire customers and elevate their living spaces. As part of this team, you'll support category performance through sales analysis, assortment planning, forecasting, and market insights, helping shape strategies that drive growth and enhance the customer experience across Canadian Tire stores nationwide.

What You'll Do

The Category Business Analyst plays a direct role helping equip Canadians for the jobs and joys of life in Canada, by managing vendor processes, examining new and existing product lines, and performing analysis that better prepares us to meet the evolving needs of our customers. As a key member of our buying team you will be at the hub of our retail organization. You will support Category Business Managers in creating a compelling and relevant assortment for our stores by providing robust analysis and key insights that strengthen the brand with our customers and that deliver against the category level objectives and financial goals.

Responsibilities

• Support Category Business Managers with robust analysis and key insights for assortment planning
• Examine new and existing product lines to assess performance and alignment with customer needs
• Perform sales analysis and forecasting to meet financial goals and category-level objectives
• Manage vendor processes to ensure smooth product sourcing and supplier relationships
• Deliver market insights that keep the Home Décor assortment trend-right and competitive
• Prepare and present findings with tailored communication styles for different audiences

What You Bring

• Undergraduate and/or post-graduate degree in Business, Commerce, Retail Management or Data & Analytics
• Experience in retail in an analytical role is an asset — new graduates are welcome to apply
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate, influence, and negotiate with colleagues or more senior business members
• Strong presentation skills with demonstrated ability to adjust style and format as required

Benefits

• Salary range: $53,000 – $88,000 (typical hiring range: $53,000 – $70,000)
• Comprehensive benefits and retirement programs
• Performance incentives and continuing education programs
• Mental health benefits of $5,000 per year for eligible employees and their families
• Canadian Tire Profit Sharing
• Career growth opportunities and product discounts

Undergraduate or post-graduate degree in Business, Commerce, Retail Management or Data & Analytics. Experience in retail in an analytical role is an asset. New graduates are welcome to apply.