Market & Geographical Information System (GIS) Analyst

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

Benefits offered by this job

Store discounts

Triangle Learning Academy

Profit Sharing

Retirement and savings programs

Mental health benefits

Job summary

Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited (CTC) is seeking a Market & GIS Analyst to support the Real Estate group with sales forecasts, cannibalization estimates, and demographic analysis for capital investment decisions.

Reporting to the Manager of the Real Estate and GIS Decision Support team, you will work with regional development teams and help develop tools to enhance self-serve analyses. A degree in GIS/geography is required with 1–3 years of relevant experience.

Qualifications

• An undergraduate degree in GIS, geography, or a closely related field with GIS coursework.
• 1–3 years of experience in sales forecasting, cannibalization estimates, market plans, or customer analytics for a major retailer or consultancy.
• Experience with Esri GIS products and the ability to create informative maps that meet cartographic standards.
• Knowledge of data preparation, data analysis, and statistical tool sets.
• Working knowledge of Knime and Power BI; automation with Python; familiarity with Azure Synapse is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop market and location analyses including detailed sales forecasts, cannibalization estimates, competitor analysis, and demographic analysis.
• Assist in creating long-term real estate strategies incorporating store performance, demographics and macro-economic forecasts, and residential development.
• Assess historical project performance vs. plan and post-audit to identify opportunities for accuracy and efficiency.
• Prepare content and visuals to explain sales forecasts and related analyses for monthly Real Estate meetings.
• Explore opportunities to enhance processes by integrating new geospatial datasets and developing self-serve applications.
• Present reports and analyses to the Manager, AVP, and stakeholders across the organization.

Skills

Sales forecasting

Cannibalization analysis

Market planning

Demographic analysis

GIS analysis

ArcGIS Enterprise

Power BI

Python automation

Azure Synapse

Data preparation

Education

Undergraduate degree in GIS/geography

Tools

ArcGIS Desktop

ArcGIS Online

ArcGIS Enterprise

Knime

Power BI

Python

Job description

The Real Estate and GIS Decision Support team supports the decision-making process across CTC by providing geospatial data, analytics, insights, and GIS expertise. The team is looking for a Market & GIS Analyst to support the Real Estate group by providing sales forecasts, cannibalization estimates, long term market plans, and demographic analysis to support the capital investment decision-making process.

Reporting to the Manager of the Real Estate and GIS Decision Support team, the GIS Analyst will provide support to regional development teams as required, while also working collaboratively with other members of the team to develop new tools in support of the above functions.

Key Responsibilities

What you’ll do:

• Develop market and location analyses which include detailed sales forecasts, cannibalization estimates, competitor analysis, and demographic analysis.
• Assist in the creation of long-term real estate strategies by incorporating current and future store performance, long-term demographic and macro-economic forecasts, future residential development, and changes to the physical retail landscape.
• Assess historical project performance vs. plan and post-audit previous analysis to uncover opportunities to increase accuracy and efficiencies.
• Prepare content and visuals to explain sales forecasts and related analysis for monthly Real Estate meeting cycles.
• Look for opportunities to enhance the current process through the integration of new geospatial datasets, products, and developing applications to further enable self-serve.
• Present reports and analysis to the Manager, RE & GIS Decision Support; AVP, Retail & Real Estate Decision Support; and various stakeholders around the organisation.

Qualifications

What you’ll bring:

• A minimum of an undergraduate degree in geographic information systems, geography, or a closely related field that required equivalent coursework in geographic information systems.
• 1-3 years experience providing sales forecasts, cannibalization estimates, market plans/network strategies, or customer analytics for a major retailers or consultancy group.
• Experience with Esri’s suite of GIS products, including ArcGIS Enterprise, Online, Desktop, and mobile GIS; along with the ability to produce informative maps that follow cartographic standards.
• Knowledge and experience in data preparation, data analysis, and statistical tool sets.
• Working knowledge of Knime, PowerBI, automation with Python, and Azure Synapse considered an asset.

Compensation and Benefits

Our typical hiring range is between $53,000.00 and $88,000.00 CAD Annual.

The target salary range is between $60,000 and $70,000.00 CAD Annual. Salary decisions are also dependent on other factors such as your experience, job-related knowledge, skills and competencies, market location, industry benchmarks, internal equity and other role-specific requirements.

We offer competitive salaries and wages to CTC employees, as well as store discounts, supported learning through our Triangle Learning Academy, Canadian Tire Profit Sharing, and retirement and savings programs for eligible employees.

As part of our enhanced flex benefits program, we offer mental health benefits in the amount of $5,000 per year for benefits-eligible employees and their families, including total well-being, and mental health tools and resources for all employees.

About Us

Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited (“CTC”) is one of Canada’s most admired and trusted companies. With more than 90 Owned Brands, over 1,600 retail locations, financial services, exemplary e-commerce capabilities, and exciting market-leading merchandising strategies.

We dream big and work as one to innovate with purpose for our customers at every level of our business, investing in new technologies and products, and doubling down on top talent to drive the company forward.

Join us in helping to make life in Canada better through living and working our Core Values: we are innovators and entrepreneurs at our core, outcomes drive us, inclusion is a must, we are stronger together and we take personal responsibility.

It is an especially exciting time to join CTC and its family of companies where career opportunities are wide-ranging! Join us, where there’s a place for you here.

Our Commitment to Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging

We are committed to fostering an environment where belonging thrives, and diversity, inclusion and equity are infused into everything we do.

We believe in building an organizational culture where people are consistently treated with dignity while respecting individual religion, nationality, gender, race, age, perceived ability, spoken language, sexual orientation, and identification.

We are united in our purpose of being here to help make life in Canada better.

Accommodations

We stand firm in our Core Value that inclusion is a must.

We welcome and encourage candidates from equity-seeking groups such as people who identify as racialized, Indigenous, 2SLGBTQIA+, women, people with disabilities, and beyond. Should you require any accommodation in applying for this role, or throughout the interview process, please make them known when contacted and we will work with you to help meet your needs.