About the Role
The Senior Analyst, 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.
Responsibilities
- Providing strategic insights and recommendations based on customer and business performance data.
- Working with the banner planning functions and merchants.
- Assisting in refreshing the role and intent category management framework.
- Supporting the definition and validation of category guardrails (dimension, direction & ranges) based on research & insights from the Customer Strategy team.
- 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.
- Assisting in preparing materials and insights for monthly performance meetings led by the CCO.
Requirements
- Critical thinker with strong business, financial, and analytical acumen, comfortable operating in complex and ambiguous environments.
- Detail-oriented and process-minded.
- Collaborative approach and strong influencing skills that help build relationships across stakeholder groups.
- Ability to communicate insights clearly and effectively, translating analysis into actionable recommendations.
- Experience in enterprise assortment planning within a retail environment is ideal.
- Solid understanding of the business levers that drive retail success.
- Proven ability to manage cross-functional projects and influence outcomes through collaboration and data-driven insights.
Skills
- SQL
- Tableau (or comparable tools/languages)
- Advanced Excel expertise including formulas, pivot tables, databases, VBA, and macros
- Strong analytical skills
- Financial modeling skills
- Problem-solving skills
- Solid understanding of retail math and key performance metrics
- Excellent written communication skills
- Interpersonal skills
- Project management skills
Location
- Canada
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Minimum 3+ years of experience in data analysis, insights delivery, or consulting
Education Level
- University Degree; preference in Data Analytics, Finance, Strategy, or business-related discipline
Salary/Compensations
- $64,000 – $106,000 CAD
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits and retirement programs
- Performance incentives
- Continuing Education Programs
- Other perks to support your well-being
- Career growth opportunities
- Product discounts
- Competitive salaries and wages
- Store discounts
- Supported learning through our Triangle Learning Academy
- Canadian Tire Profit Sharing
- Retirement and savings programs for eligible employees
- Enhanced flex benefits program
- Mental health benefits in the amount of $5,000 per year for benefits-eligible employees and their families
- Total well-being, and mental health tools and resources for all employees
About the Company
- 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.
- 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.
Equal Opportunity
- 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.
- 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.
