Senior Consultant, Enterprise Assortment Planning

Canadian Tire Corporation•Toronto, ON

6d•CA$64,000 - CA$106,000

About The Position

The Senior Consultant, Enterprise Assortment Planning will act as a strategic bridge between corporate strategy, banner planning, and retail merchandising. You will help shape how our categories come to life for our customers, balancing retail viability with financial performance.

Requirements

Retail-minded strategist with a solid foundation in retail business principles, financial math, and a passion for retail merchandising.
Post-secondary university education, preferably in Business, Retail Management, Commerce, or Supply Chain Management.
3+ years of experience in an assortment planning, retail buying, commercial strategy, or retail consulting role.
A strong understanding of Retail Math and financial key performance indicators (e.g., margins, inventory turnover, sell-through).
Demonstrated success managing cross-functional projects within a retail or consumer-goods environment.
Exceptional oral and written communication skills, with a proven track record of presenting recommendations to leadership.
A natural intuition for retail trends, customer behavior, and what makes a product assortment successful on the shelf or online.
Strong problem-solving abilities to spot sales trends, assortment gaps, and commercial risks using performance data.
The ability to navigate ambiguity and help us make bold, customer-focused moves in a rapidly evolving retail landscape.
An exceptional ability to translate complex data and category performance into clear, compelling stories for cross-functional stakeholders and senior leadership.
A relationship-builder who easily partners with merchants, planners, and operational teams to move initiatives forward.
Highly organized, ensuring accuracy in reporting while anticipating business needs before issues arise.

Nice To Haves

Direct experience or a deep understanding of enterprise assortment planning principles within a retail organization is considered ideal.

Responsibilities

Translating customer shopping habits and business performance data into actionable merchandising strategies.
Partnering closely with banner planning functions and merchant teams to optimize product assortments.
Helping refresh and evolve our category management and assortment frameworks to meet changing retail trends.
Collaborating with the Customer Strategy team to define and validate category guardrails (such as product breadth, depth, and pricing/assortment ranges) grounded in deep consumer insights.
Aligning merchandising, inventory, and enterprise goals to ensure our product choices truly address customer needs while protecting category profitability.
Assisting in preparing high-level visual and analytical materials for monthly performance reviews led by the CCO.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits and retirement programs
Performance incentives
Continuing Education Programs
Other perks to support your well-being
Career growth opportunities
Product discounts
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