Manager, Concept Renewal - Canadian Tire Corporation

Do you have a passion for design and customer experience? Do you want to be part of shaping the future of Canadian Tire’s in-store experience? The Store Design & Renewal Team is transforming the Canadian Tire Store network through creating and leading the Store Concept Strategy, Store Design, best in class Fixtures and POP development. The Concept Renewal team supports the development and execution of new store design and merchandising concepts throughout the project life cycle from initial strategy development, including day-to-day tracking, roll-out, testing, execution until the decommissioning phase.

Reporting to the AVP, Store Design and Concept Renewal, the Concept Renewal Manager is a results-oriented and pragmatic individual who helps to deliver new concepts and strategies to market on time while exceeding customer expectations. This individual will be responsible for managing and supporting multiple new renewal investigations (at times concurrently) in an often confidential environment while developing process, scope, accountabilities and detailed work plans.

What You'll Do

• Define, create and conduct analysis on performance thresholds and renewal metrics
• Create comprehensive project plans for implementing performance enhancement programs and initiatives at the store level
• Define business case, project scope, processes and detailed work plans for identified initiatives
• Manage multiple new renewal investigations with varying stakeholders and different groups
• Create and document processes for renewal strategies and projects
• Validate program objectives and monitor performance against critical success factors to measure success and adjust plans accordingly to drive results
• Monitor progress against milestones while engaging appropriate stakeholders throughout the life cycle of the project.
• Manage the improvement of cross-functional collaboration by supporting all activities that will be executed at the store level and provide clarification on priorities as well as issue resolution and escalation
• Ensure corporate alignment and corporate impact is understood and considered with all decisions
• Manage relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• Facilitate and manage large scale brainstorm sessions
• Manage the preparation of Senior Management, Dealer and Board of Director presentation. Updates are frequently covering many different work areas and require decision making analysis to be presented

What You Bring

• Strategic thinker; ability to see the big picture.
• Demonstrated ability at building strong internal and external working relationships
• Results focused. Acts with a sense of urgency
• 3-5 years of Project Management experience
• Self-starter who is comfortable working with ambiguity
• Excellent business acumen and solid understanding of business processes
• Superior communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to travel periodically
• Demonstrated ability to execute business strategies and initiatives that achieve financial performance and operational targets
• Strong facilitation, coaching and training capability
• Highly influential
• Innovative with a proven ability for continuous improvement; someone who is comfortable challenging the status quo

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 here for you.

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.