About the role
What you'll do
We are seeking an experienced Senior Data Analyst to empower our stakeholders with the insights they need to make informed decisions. This role involves developing a comprehensive suite of self-serve tools and reports, enabling quick and effective answers to any business question. As a key advocate for automation, you will create data assets and processes that ensure timely access to accurate information.
Supporting the Sport Chek banner, the ideal candidate will excel in all facets of data analytics—from extraction and transformation to visualization. Your expertise will be instrumental in driving innovation, fostering growth, and helping us achieve our strategic objectives.
The primary responsibilities of this role include:
- Provide the business with a full analytical service offering. This includes developing operational reporting, ad-hoc analysis, and data driven insights.
- Develop new tools and capabilities to drive inventory optimization and profitability, leveraging statical models where possible.
- Champion the Data Science resources of the organization to improve forecasting and predictive analysis.
- Support the development of data pipelines and data marts to support the analytical process.
- Be relied upon as an expert of the full merchandising process and associated data to help drive progress in the pursuit of our financial plans.
- Use modelling techniques to identify and quantify sales drivers, conduct what-if scenario analysis, and measure causal impacts.
What you bring
- Over 5 years of experience in an analytics-focused environment.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills.
- Ability to quickly understand and address business problems, identifying patterns and insights within both structured and unstructured data.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerBI, including a strong understanding of DAX expressions.
- Working knowledge of SQL and PySpark.
- Experience in Azure Synapse Analytics developing and optimizing data queries, as well as constructing notebooks and ETL pipelines.
- Familiarity with Alteryx, KNIME, or other low-code data transformation tools is considered an asset.
Who you are
- Creative problem solver who has the ability to work independently and in an ambiguous environment.
- Proactive and action oriented, willing to work with stakeholders to isolate problems and help develop solutions.
- Team player with a willingness to listen, collaborate, and work in a group setting to solve challenging problems.
- Value progress over perfection, using a growth mindset to continuously aim to help grow the business.
About Us
At Sport Chek, we want to find what moves you, and help build your career from there. As Canada’s destination for footwear, apparel, and sporting goods; we believe that sport and activity has the power to help shape your style, your relationships, and your mind. Along with colleagues across the Canadian Tire family of companies, you’ll be a part of a collaborative network of like-minded individuals who draw on their collective experience to best serve customers across all banners from coast-to-coast. 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.
About Canadian Tire Corporation, Ltd.
Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited ("CTC") is one of Canada's most admired and trusted companies. With world-class owned brands and exciting market-leading merchandising strategies, we are continually innovating with purpose: to be there for Canadians from coast-to-coast.
We are a group of companies that includes a retail segment, a financial services division and CT REIT. Our retail business is led by Canadian Tire, which was founded in 1922 and provides Canadians with products for life in Canada across its Living, Playing, Fixing, Automotive and Seasonal & Gardening categories. Party City, PartSource and Gas+ are key parts of the Canadian Tire network. Our retail segment also includes Mark's, a leading source for casual and industrial wear, Pro Hockey Life, a hockey speciality store catering to elite athletes, and SportChek, Hockey Experts, Sports Experts, and Atmosphere, which offer the best active wear brands. Our 1,700 retail and gasoline outlets are supported and strengthened by our Financial Services division and the tens of thousands of people employed across the country by our Company, local Dealers, franchisees and petroleum retailers. In addition, CTC owns and operates Helly Hansen, a leading technical outdoor brand based in Oslo, Norway.
CTC is an integral part of the communities in which we operate and our legacy of community support, through national and local programs, is initiated and executed by our Corporation, Dealers, franchisees, store operators and employees. Since 2005, our Canadian Tire Jumpstart Charities has been helping kids overcome financial and accessibility barriers to sport and recreation in an effort to provide inclusive play for all kids of all abilities.
For more information, visit corp.canadiantire.ca.
About the role
What you'll do
We are seeking an experienced Senior Data Analyst to empower our stakeholders with the insights they need to make informed decisions. This role involves developing a comprehensive suite of self-serve tools and reports, enabling quick and effective answers to any business question. As a key advocate for automation, you will create data assets and processes that ensure timely access to accurate information.
Supporting the Sport Chek banner, the ideal candidate will excel in all facets of data analytics—from extraction and transformation to visualization. Your expertise will be instrumental in driving innovation, fostering growth, and helping us achieve our strategic objectives.
The primary responsibilities of this role include:
- Provide the business with a full analytical service offering. This includes developing operational reporting, ad-hoc analysis, and data driven insights.
- Develop new tools and capabilities to drive inventory optimization and profitability, leveraging statical models where possible.
- Champion the Data Science resources of the organization to improve forecasting and predictive analysis.
- Support the development of data pipelines and data marts to support the analytical process.
- Be relied upon as an expert of the full merchandising process and associated data to help drive progress in the pursuit of our financial plans.
- Use modelling techniques to identify and quantify sales drivers, conduct what-if scenario analysis, and measure causal impacts.
What you bring
- Over 5 years of experience in an analytics-focused environment.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills.
- Ability to quickly understand and address business problems, identifying patterns and insights within both structured and unstructured data.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerBI, including a strong understanding of DAX expressions.
- Working knowledge of SQL and PySpark.
- Experience in Azure Synapse Analytics developing and optimizing data queries, as well as constructing notebooks and ETL pipelines.
- Familiarity with Alteryx, KNIME, or other low-code data transformation tools is considered an asset.
Who you are
- Creative problem solver who has the ability to work independently and in an ambiguous environment.
- Proactive and action oriented, willing to work with stakeholders to isolate problems and help develop solutions.
- Team player with a willingness to listen, collaborate, and work in a group setting to solve challenging problems.
- Value progress over perfection, using a growth mindset to continuously aim to help grow the business.
About Us
At Sport Chek, we want to find what moves you, and help build your career from there. As Canada’s destination for footwear, apparel, and sporting goods; we believe that sport and activity has the power to help shape your style, your relationships, and your mind. Along with colleagues across the Canadian Tire family of companies, you’ll be a part of a collaborative network of like-minded individuals who draw on their collective experience to best serve customers across all banners from coast-to-coast. 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.
About Canadian Tire Corporation, Ltd.
Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited ("CTC") is one of Canada's most admired and trusted companies. With world-class owned brands and exciting market-leading merchandising strategies, we are continually innovating with purpose: to be there for Canadians from coast-to-coast.
We are a group of companies that includes a retail segment, a financial services division and CT REIT. Our retail business is led by Canadian Tire, which was founded in 1922 and provides Canadians with products for life in Canada across its Living, Playing, Fixing, Automotive and Seasonal & Gardening categories. Party City, PartSource and Gas+ are key parts of the Canadian Tire network. Our retail segment also includes Mark's, a leading source for casual and industrial wear, Pro Hockey Life, a hockey speciality store catering to elite athletes, and SportChek, Hockey Experts, Sports Experts, and Atmosphere, which offer the best active wear brands. Our 1,700 retail and gasoline outlets are supported and strengthened by our Financial Services division and the tens of thousands of people employed across the country by our Company, local Dealers, franchisees and petroleum retailers. In addition, CTC owns and operates Helly Hansen, a leading technical outdoor brand based in Oslo, Norway.
CTC is an integral part of the communities in which we operate and our legacy of community support, through national and local programs, is initiated and executed by our Corporation, Dealers, franchisees, store operators and employees. Since 2005, our Canadian Tire Jumpstart Charities has been helping kids overcome financial and accessibility barriers to sport and recreation in an effort to provide inclusive play for all kids of all abilities.
For more information, visit corp.canadiantire.ca.