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 Join our Product Innovation team to support key material and sustainability initiatives. This student role focuses on data management, in‑house testing, and helping build our baseline for responsible cotton adoption:

• Enter, organize, and analyze product and material data.
• Assist with textile performance testing using in‑house instruments (training provided).
• Research and document responsible cotton programs.
• Help build a baseline of cotton units that need to transition to responsible cotton sources.
• Support general team tasks, reporting, and documentation.

What You Bring

• Currently enrolled in a post‑secondary program in Science, Engineering, Textiles, Sustainability, Business Analytics, or a related discipline.
• Strong proficiency using Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint)
• Strong data/analytical skills and attention to detail.
• Prior Retail/Apparel industry experience a strong asset
• Strong interest in materials, sustainability, or product development.
• Comfortable learning lab equipment and testing procedures.
• Organized, curious, and eager to support innovative work.

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.