Our Commitment to Students

At Canadian Tire, we are committed to providing students with a supportive and collaborative environment that fosters knowledge sharing and offers key experiences to help them develop their capabilities through projects and objectives. We believe in setting specific and measurable goals that align with our business objectives to support learning and help students achieve their full potential. Our culture emphasizes learning from others, continuous improvement, agility, growth, and innovation, and we are invested in building a talented, diverse workforce for the future of Canada and Canadian Tire. Additionally, we are dedicated to building strong relationships with our student employees by engaging with them throughout their education and career pursuits and creating opportunities for ongoing communication and relationship building.

What you’ll do:

As a Merchandising Student, you will Support our Buyer team with all day-to-day functions for an assigned product category. In this role, we are looking for a Student eager to grow their career in the retail industry, who will:

• Deliver accurate execution of the tasks associated with seasonal style creation (vendor set-up style creation, master data management, purchase orders)
• Own the execution of marketing activities; creating pricing events, leading the ad proofing process and maintaining the tracker to ensure product compliance
• Monitor the categories’ online experience, ensuring assortment, content and promotions are creating a best-in-class experience
• Manage sample acquisition and distribution; this includes procurement, sample room maintenance, and submissions to marketing
• Build and maintain strong vendor and cross functional relationships through timely communication and follow up
• Manage all e-mail correspondence effectively and efficiently, escalating concerns where necessary
• Display financial understanding and utilization of basic retail math to help analyze your department’s business on weekly, monthly, and seasonal basis
• Stay current on system and reporting enhancements and changes to ensure efficiencies are maximized within the role
• Partner with various cross functional departments including but not limited to planning and allocation, marketing, product development, design, logistics and in store operations to ensure flawless execution of the product assortment and customer experience

What you bring:

• Currently enrolled in a post-secondary program in Retail Management, Fashion Design, Business Administration, or a related discipline
• Prior retail experience or experience in a customer-facing role is an asset
• Passionate about growing a career in the retail industry
• Strong Proficiency using MS Office Suite
• Strong business acumen, with the ability to understand operational challenges and identify analytical solutions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills
• Ability to explain analytical findings in clear, simple terms to non‑technical stakeholders.
• Organized and able to manage multiple priorities in a fast paced environment

About Us

At Marks, we want you to experience an extraordinary career in helping to lead our brand's evolution to be Canada’s number one destination for industrial and casual apparel and footwear. As one of Canada’s leading apparel retailers, and a valued part of the Canadian Tire family of companies, Mark’s stands out for its commitment to comfort, quality and style. Mark’s is a leader in product development, innovation and quality through its assortment of industrial apparel, footwear and accessories, with strong private and exclusive brands. 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.