Operations Planner - Canadian Tire Corporation

Canadian Tire Vancouver Operations (VanOps) team members working with Vancouver Port terminals and local transloads to plan and secure reservations to dray over 50,000 FEU annually through the Vancouver gateway. Working with ocean lines to return Empties to local off dock / port terminal and ensure transload facilities are running efficiently and free of congestion. We support the movement of CN domestic moves from transload to rail head and maintain empty pools at two Vancouver transloads. During peak volume this movement must be monitored and maintained 24/7 as transloads are set at full production.

What You’ll Do

• Working with 4 major Vancouver port terminals and 4 Cantire transloads, plan and execute
• Work with an experienced and innovative group of Planners and dispatchers
• Planning and securing reservations to ensure MT Pool is monitored and maintained to support transload planned production.
• Analyze planning and movement to gain efficiencies and cost savings.
• Moving over 50,000 FEU smoothly and efficiently through the Vancouver gateway
• Daily dray to transloads with priority on level loaded dray and yard fluidity.
• Work with 2 Cantire transloads and CN Rail to move domestic CDAU from transload to Rail head

What You Bring

• Med to high level excel skills
• Experience in Dispatch / Planning preferred but willing to train the right candidate
• Team player dedicated to offering the best of their talent to support a Day / Night operation
• Experience with Vancouver port terminal systems, CN / CP Rail yard and systems
• Willing to work flexible hours to support our operation which runs from 0500 – 2400 6 days a week
• Weekend hours will be required.

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.