Supply Chain Planning Analyst (18-month Contract)

Canadian Tire Corporation • Mississauga, ON

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Operations Planning Center (OPC) is CTC’s Supply Chain planning hub, working with integrated partners like Associate Stores, Suppliers, Forecasting and Replenishment, Execution Teams (DCs, Trans), Third Party Providers, and Carriers to plan efficient product flow across the network. The Capacity and Production Planning team aims to be recognized leaders in supply chain operations planning, facilitating growth, reliability, and cost-effectiveness. This role involves participating in the development of long- and short-term capacity plans, leading weekly communication and coordination to achieve goals within a specialized business discipline, and providing business intelligence to Supply Chain partners across the corporation. The role also focuses on enhancing planning processes, tools, and reporting, leveraging technical and business expertise to improve queries, reports, and information streams within the Capacity/Production Planning environment, impacting cross-functional teams. Building and strengthening relationships with Supply Chain partners is key, as is leading large-scale process improvement initiatives from start to finish, including system and process investigation, design, build, documentation, testing, rollout, and organizational change management. The role requires prioritizing and managing competing objectives to support both short- and long-term goals while maintaining stakeholder expectations, and mitigating operational risks by anticipating issues and communicating recommendations to management.

Requirements

• An undergraduate degree in Engineering, Applied Science, Business or similar discipline is preferred.
• Two or more years in logistics or supply chain related capacity is preferred.
• Thorough understanding of the principles of Logistics, Distribution and Forecasting & Replenishment.
• Strong PC skills with a knowledge of MS Access, Excel, Power Point, Word, Power BI and Co-pilot.
• Exceptional analytical planning and organizational skills, proven track record managing to strict deadlines.
• Ability and confidence to identify and cultivate relationships with key stakeholders of varied levels with strong project management skills.
• Ability to work with detailed data to create business information.

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of JDA F&R, PPA, AOM, IMS, PAL, and other OPC Applications is an asset.

Responsibilities

• Participate in the development of both long- and short-term capacity plans and take a leadership role in the weekly communication, coordination, and achievement of these goals within a specialized business discipline.
• Provide business intelligence, investigate options, and make recommendations to Supply Chain partners across the corporation, using skills and subject matter expertise to achieve organizational goals (i.e. capacity relief, OMSL targets, DC productivity, etc.).
• Leverage and further develop technical and business expertise to enhance processes, queries, reports and information streams within the Capacity/Production Planning environment, affecting cross functional teams such as DCs, Transportation, F&R, and Ordering Operations.
• Continue to strengthen and build relationships with Supply Chain partners to ensure smooth and consistent communications.
• Lead large-scale process improvement initiatives from induction through to implementation. Coordinate all required activities including both system and process investigation, design, build, documentation, testing, rollout, and organizational change management.
• Prioritize and cope with competing and changing objectives in support of both short- and long-term goals while maintaining stakeholder expectations.
• Mitigate operational risks to meeting CTC enterprise level goals and targets by pro-actively anticipating issues and barriers to change, as well as communicating recommendations to management to overcome these barriers.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits and retirement programs
• Performance incentives
• Continuing Education Programs
• Other perks to support your well-being
• Career growth opportunities and product discounts
• store discounts
• supported learning through our Triangle Learning Academy
• Canadian Tire Profit Sharing
• retirement and savings programs for eligible employees
• 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