What you will do:

We are seeking an experienced and dynamic business leader to join the CTC Strategy Enablement team. This role is crucial in translating strategic vision into actionable initiatives, driving cross-functional alignment, and ensuring successful execution of the strategies for key customer occasions.

If you are passionate about putting customer insights at the centre of decision making and have a knack for turning vision into reality while delivering exceptional customer experiences, we encourage you to apply.

Key Responsibilities:

Strategic Planning:

• Define and refine the company's strategic vision to improve customer-relevancy during key customer occasions

• Translate high-level strategic goals into tailored strategies with actionable plans and initiatives that enable CTC to stand out as a leading retail organization

• Gather and analyze data, market trends, and industry benchmarks to inform recommendations that address specific business needs and deliver increases in market share

Customer-Centric Approach:

• Bring organizational focus and structured planning to customer occasions, integrating customer insights into the planning and execution of strategies

• Offer expert advice through the lens of the customer to make informed decisions, ensuring the prioritization of resourcing and work efforts aligns to customer-centric growth principles

Project Management:

• Oversee the development and execution of strategic plans from conception to completion.

• Develop detailed project plans, timelines, and resource allocation strategies.

Cross-Functional Collaboration:

• Collaborate with all levels of the organization and across various departments to ensure cohesive execution of strategies.

• Facilitate communication and information flow between teams to align efforts, acting as a liaison between executive leadership and functional teams.

Other Core Competencies:

• Performance Measurement**:** Ensure the organization delivers on share growth aspirations and meets customer needs, regularly assessing and reporting on the success of implemented strategies.

• Change Management**:** Pioneer new ways of working, breaking down organizational silos to ensure that the enterprise vision for the customer is realized.

• **Continuous Improvement:**Stay abreast of industry trends, best practices, and competitive landscape, to identify areas for improvement and opportunities for growth

• Team Leadership**:** Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing team by fostering a collaborative and inclusive team culture; Manage team performance, provide regular feedback, and support professional growth of team members

What you bring:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Management, or related field; MBA preferred.

• 7+ years of experience across functions including strategy development, consulting, merchandising, or marketing

• Proven track record of leading teams and managing complex projects.

• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and leadership skills.

• Superior influencing skills, with an ability to show up credibly and manage up

• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret research and make data-driven decisions.

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.