CEO Associate
About the role
Title: CEO Associate Location: Vancouver Compensation: $70,000 - $85,000 Reports to: Chief Executive Officer
The Opportunity You are naturally curious and ambitious. You want to understand how businesses work and how decisions are made. You are excited by the opportunity to work directly with a CEO and gain exposure to strategy, operations, retail, real estate, finance, leadership, and AI.
You are the type of person who enjoys solving problems, building systems, and finding better ways of doing things. You are comfortable taking ownership of projects, figuring things out independently, and learning quickly.
You are not looking for a traditional administrative role. You are looking for an opportunity to accelerate your learning, make a meaningful impact, and develop skills that will serve you throughout your career.
The Mission Increase the effectiveness of the CEO and accelerate EBITDA producing initiatives across JD Canada through AI, analytics, research, project management, and executive support.
This person will drive results across the following key pillars:
Growth Achieve the successful opening of new stores. Ensure a faster ramp-up of new locations.
Productivity Improve conversion and UPT Improve labour productivity. Increase reporting and forecasting accuracy. Reduce administrative work across the organization.
Profitability Improve inventory productivity. Improve markdown management. Support apparel category growth.
Organizational Scale Enable growth without proportional headcount increases. Create repeatable systems and processes. Implement AI-driven workflows.
Executive Effectiveness & Accountability Enable better and faster decision-making. Ensure better-prepared meetings and stronger follow-through. Track commitments made by the executive team. Maintain a CEO priority list and status dashboard. Follow up with direct reports on agreed actions and deadlines. Escalate risks, delays, and missed commitments. Prepare weekly summaries of progress against key initiatives. Ensure cross-functional projects continue moving between leadership meetings. Act as the "single source of truth" for strategic initiatives and ownership.
Responsibilities Executive Support (20-30%) Calendar management Travel coordination Meeting preparation Board and executive materials Action-item tracking Email triage
Analytics & Insights (25-35%) KPI analysis Conversion studies UPT analysis Labour productivity reviews Store performance diagnostics Competitor monitoring
AI & Process Improvement (20-30%) Build AI workflows Automate reporting Create decision-support tools Develop GPTs for departments Identify productivity opportunities
Strategic Projects (20-30%) Special project support Expansion support New store research Real estate analysis Special projects directly from CEO
Requirements Must Haves Sharp, agile thinker who can connect the dots quickly Exceptional written communication Naturally curious Strong analytical ability AI-native mindset Reliable and self-directed Comfortable working directly with CEO
Nice to Haves Education or equivalent experience within: business, engineering, computer science or economics Familiarity with data analytics and reporting
Not Important Retail experience Traditional EA experience Years of experience
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About JD Sports Canada
In 2021 JD Sports expanded into the Canadian market and you can now find us across British Columbia, Ontario, and Alberta. We combine the best of physical and digital retail to give a compelling consumer proposition with JD over 900 stores across 21 territories worldwide.
Established in 1981 with a single store in the North West of England, JD Sports is a leading sports fashion multi-channel retailer of branded sports and casual wear. We are proud to offer customers the latest products from globally recognised brands such as Nike, adidas, Puma andThe North Face, with strong private labels such as Pink Soda and Supply & Demand.
We inspire our people to reach for higher levels of performance. To achieve these standards, we only recruit the best! All of our colleagues are highly skilled, self-motivated and constantly pursue perfection. The opportunity to progress arise quickly for those with the right qualities and ambition.
We encourage our people to seek ways to improve our business by challenging how we merchandise, sell and manage the business, being creative and always thinking forward by suggesting alternative solutions.
Colleagues from all levels of the organisation come together to solve problems and seize all opportunities.
Our people are at the core of JD Sports and everything we do – could you be the nextcolleague to join the King of Trainers?
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CEO Associate
About the role
Title: CEO Associate Location: Vancouver Compensation: $70,000 - $85,000 Reports to: Chief Executive Officer
The Opportunity You are naturally curious and ambitious. You want to understand how businesses work and how decisions are made. You are excited by the opportunity to work directly with a CEO and gain exposure to strategy, operations, retail, real estate, finance, leadership, and AI.
You are the type of person who enjoys solving problems, building systems, and finding better ways of doing things. You are comfortable taking ownership of projects, figuring things out independently, and learning quickly.
You are not looking for a traditional administrative role. You are looking for an opportunity to accelerate your learning, make a meaningful impact, and develop skills that will serve you throughout your career.
The Mission Increase the effectiveness of the CEO and accelerate EBITDA producing initiatives across JD Canada through AI, analytics, research, project management, and executive support.
This person will drive results across the following key pillars:
Growth Achieve the successful opening of new stores. Ensure a faster ramp-up of new locations.
Productivity Improve conversion and UPT Improve labour productivity. Increase reporting and forecasting accuracy. Reduce administrative work across the organization.
Profitability Improve inventory productivity. Improve markdown management. Support apparel category growth.
Organizational Scale Enable growth without proportional headcount increases. Create repeatable systems and processes. Implement AI-driven workflows.
Executive Effectiveness & Accountability Enable better and faster decision-making. Ensure better-prepared meetings and stronger follow-through. Track commitments made by the executive team. Maintain a CEO priority list and status dashboard. Follow up with direct reports on agreed actions and deadlines. Escalate risks, delays, and missed commitments. Prepare weekly summaries of progress against key initiatives. Ensure cross-functional projects continue moving between leadership meetings. Act as the "single source of truth" for strategic initiatives and ownership.
Responsibilities Executive Support (20-30%) Calendar management Travel coordination Meeting preparation Board and executive materials Action-item tracking Email triage
Analytics & Insights (25-35%) KPI analysis Conversion studies UPT analysis Labour productivity reviews Store performance diagnostics Competitor monitoring
AI & Process Improvement (20-30%) Build AI workflows Automate reporting Create decision-support tools Develop GPTs for departments Identify productivity opportunities
Strategic Projects (20-30%) Special project support Expansion support New store research Real estate analysis Special projects directly from CEO
Requirements Must Haves Sharp, agile thinker who can connect the dots quickly Exceptional written communication Naturally curious Strong analytical ability AI-native mindset Reliable and self-directed Comfortable working directly with CEO
Nice to Haves Education or equivalent experience within: business, engineering, computer science or economics Familiarity with data analytics and reporting
Not Important Retail experience Traditional EA experience Years of experience
Not the right fit? Search for CEO Associate jobs in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
About JD Sports Canada
In 2021 JD Sports expanded into the Canadian market and you can now find us across British Columbia, Ontario, and Alberta. We combine the best of physical and digital retail to give a compelling consumer proposition with JD over 900 stores across 21 territories worldwide.
Established in 1981 with a single store in the North West of England, JD Sports is a leading sports fashion multi-channel retailer of branded sports and casual wear. We are proud to offer customers the latest products from globally recognised brands such as Nike, adidas, Puma andThe North Face, with strong private labels such as Pink Soda and Supply & Demand.
We inspire our people to reach for higher levels of performance. To achieve these standards, we only recruit the best! All of our colleagues are highly skilled, self-motivated and constantly pursue perfection. The opportunity to progress arise quickly for those with the right qualities and ambition.
We encourage our people to seek ways to improve our business by challenging how we merchandise, sell and manage the business, being creative and always thinking forward by suggesting alternative solutions.
Colleagues from all levels of the organisation come together to solve problems and seize all opportunities.
Our people are at the core of JD Sports and everything we do – could you be the nextcolleague to join the King of Trainers?