Senior Analyst, Enterprise Assortment Planning

Canadian Tire Corporation; Toronto; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading Canadian retail company is seeking a Senior Consultant for Enterprise Assortment Planning. This role involves providing strategic insights to drive assortment strategy, managing cross-functional collaboration, and preparing performance materials. Ideal candidates have over 3 years of experience in retail assortment planning and strong analytical and communication skills. Competitive salary and benefits offered.

Benefits

Store discounts

Mental health benefits up to $5,000

Profit sharing

Retirement and savings programs

Qualifications

• 3+ years’ experience in an assortment planning or consulting role within a retail organization.
• Proven track record of managing cross-functional projects.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic insights based on customer and business performance data.
• Support category guardrails based on research & insights.
• Prepare materials for monthly performance meetings led by the CCO.

Skills

Analytical skills

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Retail Math understanding

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Post-secondary university education in business or supply chain management

Job description

What you’ll do

Reporting to the Manager, Enterprise Assortment Planning, the Senior Consultant, Enterprise Assortment Planning will support all banners at CTC by providing strategic insights and recommendations to drive assortment strategy. This role involves working closely with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment on category strategies and guardrails.

• Strategic Insights & Recommendations: Providing strategic insights and recommendations based on customer and business performance data. Working with the banner planning functions and merchants.

• Framework Support: Assisting in refreshing the role and intent category management framework.

• Category Guardrails: Supporting the definition and validation of category guardrails (dimension, direction & ranges) based on research & insights from the Customer Strategy team.

• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Working closely with each functional team to quantify and refine category guardrails; ensuring cross-functional expertise is considered to address customer needs, validate assumptions, and align enterprise goals.

• Monthly Meeting Preparation: Assisting in preparing materials and insights for monthly performance meetings led by the CCO.

What you bring

The business is looking for someone who can build strong relationships and collaborate cross-functionally. In this role it is critical that you have strong analytical skills and attention to detail. You should be able to communicate recommendations clearly through multiple formats. We are looking for candidates who have a broad understanding of assortment planning principles and who are comfortable dealing with ambiguity. If you have experience in enterprise assortment planning within a retail environment, this is considered ideal. You should also possess a well-developed understanding of the business levers that influence retail success. The team is also looking for someone who has:

• Post-secondary university education, preferably in business or supply chain management

• 3+ years’ experience in an assortment planning or consulting role within a retail organization

• Strong understanding of Retail Math

• Proven track record of managing cross-functional projects

• Excellent oral and written communication skills

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About Us

Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited (“CTC”) is one of Canada’s most admired and trusted companies. With more than 90 Owned Brands, 1,700 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. 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. 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.