Senior Analyst, Enterprise Resource Planning

What you'll do

Canadian Tire Corporation is seeking a dynamic and strategic Senior Analyst, Enterprise Resource Planning to join the newly created Enterprise Financial Planning team. This position will coordinate the allocation of resources across our various retail banners, based on a newly implemented Role and Intent framework centered around our Customer Centric Growth model. The successful candidate will work closely with functional teams to define detailed resourcing plans and ensure budgets align with category plans, guardrails, and overall resourcing requirements.

• Coordinate the allocation of retail related resources across Canadian Tire Corporation’s retail banners. The candidate will need to work across all levels of the organization to ensure cohesive communication and implementation of resourcing strategies.

• Develop detailed resourcing plans in collaboration with functional teams, ensuring alignment with the Role and Intent framework as part of Customer Centric Growth model. Facilitate cross-functional meetings and workshops to gather input and develop comprehensive resource plans that meet organizational objectives.

• Confirm budgets align with category plans, guardrails, and resourcing requirements. Track and analyze budget utilization across banners, ensuring efficient allocation of resources and monitoring spend vs. plan.

• Analyze data to support strategic decision-making and resource optimization. Prepare regular reports, scorecards and dashboards for senior management.

• Partner with cross-functional teams including Merchandising, Marketing, Finance and Operations to ensure resources are allocated efficiently and act as a liaison between different departments to drive consistency in resource planning and deployment.

• Ensure that resource allocation decisions are made with a focus on enhancing the customer experience and driving growth.

• Identify opportunities for process improvements within the resource planning framework.

• Implement best practices to streamline resource allocation processes and enhance overall efficiency.

What you bring

• 3-5+ years in financial or retail planning, business strategy, or resource planning within retail, consumer goods, or similar multi-unit business environments. Experience working cross-functionally and across various levels of seniority an asset.

• A combination of relevant experience and education in Business Administration, Finance, Strategy, or a related field. A professional designation or progress towards it is considered an asset, but not required.

• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, for effective collaboration across teams. An ability to present complex analysis to non-technical audiences. Strong storytelling and data visualization abilities.

• Demonstrated ability to think strategically while managing operational details. Demonstrated experience in process mapping and improvement would be considered an asset.

• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex data and provide actionable insights.

• Proficiency in financial modeling, budgeting processes, and performance analysis tools.

• Highly proficient in Excel (advanced functions, scenario modeling) and comfortable with BI tools such as ThoughtSpot and Power BI. Strong variance analysis and KPI interpretation skills.

• Strategic thinker with a customer-centric mindset.

• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.

• Ability to work effectively under pressure and manage multiple priorities.

• Self-motivated and proactive with a strong sense of ownership.

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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.