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About the Role
The Space Planning Specialist is responsible for creating, analyzing, and delivering Planograms and merchandising programs that drive sales, enable efficient store operations, and enhance the customer experience. This role involves leading cross-functional teams, supporting store optimization through custom Planogram development, and translating data into space recommendations.
Responsibilities
- Plan, prepare, and execute pre-planning and kick-off meetings for the category merchandising line review process.
- Demonstrate working knowledge of category merchandising strategies and priorities, including research and competitive landscape analysis for Planograms.
- Identify Planogram point-of-purchase and fixture requirements before Planogram build.
- Analyze sales, margin, and space productivity data to recommend Planogram improvements that meet financial targets.
- Physically test, adjust, and perform quality control checks before finalizing and submitting Planograms.
- Create relevant store execution communications.
- Prepare materials for and participate in meetings, including Associate Dealer meetings.
- Ensure store testing and other category management support areas are organized and functional.
- Optimize store-specific Planograms using the internal Planogram generator, analyzing data to identify space allocation opportunities and validating recommendations.
- Coordinate custom Planogram production assignments, communicating priorities, timelines, and risks.
- Partner with Store Operations and Space Planning to improve tools, processes, and workflows, and create documentation and training materials.
Requirements
- Post-secondary (diploma or degree) education in a similar or related field or the business equivalent.
- Experience with JDA Space Planning, Blue Yonder, or comparable space planning applications.
- 2-5 years of merchandising experience in retail, marketing, and/or advertising.
- Minimum 1 year of visual presentation experience.
- Proficient with MS Office suite, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
- Strong analytical skills, with the ability to interpret sales, forecast, and space productivity data and translate findings into actionable recommendations.
- AI or Copilot experience is an asset.
- Knowledge of space management software such as JDA/Blue Yonder Space Planning or Spaceman is an asset.
- An understanding of Canadian Tire’s merchandising practices and principles is an asset.
Skills
- JDA Space Planning
- Blue Yonder
- Space planning applications
- Merchandising
- Retail
- Marketing
- Advertising
- Visual presentation
- MS Office suite
- Word
- Excel
- PowerPoint
- Analytical skills
- Sales data analysis
- Forecast data analysis
- Space productivity data analysis
- AI
- Copilot
- Spaceman
Location
- Canada
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 2-5 years merchandising experience
- Minimum 1 year visual presentation experience
Education Level
- Post-secondary diploma or degree
Salary/Compensations
- $53,000CAD – $70,000 CAD
- Our typical hiring range is between $53,000 and $55,000 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
- 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.
- 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.
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 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.