Carrier Planner

Canadian Tire Corporation • Mississauga, ON

4d • Onsite

About The Position

Help us boldly shape retail in Canada! Canadian Tire Corporation’s (CTC) rich heritage of serving Canadians from coast-to-coast dates back to 1922. Our vision is to become the #1 retail brand in Canada and we are focused on innovating and making important investments in our business, especially when it comes to our people. To reach our goal, we need the best talent to help us evolve and drive change across the business – and boldly help shape Canada’s retail industry. As we strive to be at the forefront of a complex and vastly changing retail industry, it is an exciting time to join the Canadian Tire family of companies.

Requirements

• Post-Secondary education in Business, Logistics or Engineering
• Transportation industry experience
• A general understanding of the Highway Traffic Act; Transportation of Dangerous Goods
• Good knowledge of transportation management systems (TMS) for example, JDA or Oracle
• Advanced Microsoft Excel (e.g. Macros, Pivot Tables) and Access (e.g. Macros, Queries, Reporting) skills
• Foundational Python programming skills, with experience using libraries such as Pandas and NumPy; willingness to learn more advanced tools (e.g., scikit learn).
• Experience building reports and dashboards using tools like Power BI, Tableau, or Excel.
• Exceptional attention to detail
• Must excel in a team environment, comfortable making objective decisions on the fly
• Ability to manage changing priorities in a fast paced, challenging environment with a great deal of autonomy
• Ability to work with complex and evolving systems and extensive and varied data

Responsibilities

• Work with complex systems and applications to tender work assignments, and update transportation activities being executed across Canada balancing cost and service
• Provide regular feedback on the quality of the transportation plan, and suggest improvements
• Establish and maintain good working relationship with third party carriers while ensuring desired service is provided at lowest cost
• Analyze key performance indicators to identify areas of concern, and work closely with internal and external stakeholders to rectify them
• Proactively work with stakeholders to ensure carrier capacity is available to support the operational demand for the successful execution of all shipments including inbound, outbound, Dealer returns and ad-hoc requests
• Provide feedback to the development of delivery template based on road, rail service offering and barge operations
• Maintain current knowledge of Canadian transportation acts and regulations, including transportation of dangerous goods

Benefits

• Career growth opportunities
• product discounts
• competitive salaries and wages
• store discounts
• supported learning through our Triangle Learning Academy
• Canadian Tire Profit Sharing
• retirement and savings programs for eligible employees
• enhanced flex benefits program
• mental health benefits in the amount of $5,000 per year for benefits-eligible employees and their families
• total well-being, and mental health tools and resources for all employees

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree