Category Business Planner

1 month ago

Toronto, Canada CT Corporation Full time

**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.

Reporting to the Manager of Merchandise Planning (MMP), the Category Business Planner (CBP) is accountable for setting the annual plan, weekly financial forecasts and optimizing operational targets across a line of business (LOB). Working closely with the Merchandise Associate Vice President (AVP) and Category Business Managers (CBM), the CBP will utilize planning frameworks and tools to provide recommendations to deliver results on the financial plans/forecasts. Each CBP directly supports to a Merchandise AVP.

The CBP is responsible for acting as the key contributor to setting annual financial plans for specific business categories and managing the in-year planning process across various business groups. The CBP works on conducting on-going performance monitoring of financial metrics and communicates key findings to the CBM, AVP and MMP.

**What you’ll do**
- Achieving KPI goals through the analysis of current trends and historical data
- Providing recommendations to the CBM & AVP on how to optimize financial performance within the confines of the Canadian Tire operating model
- Providing effective planning support that includes the ongoing management of LOB and business category level weekly financial forecasts, annual planning, and setting monthly operational targets
- Analyzing and compiling data to help identify areas of financial risk and opportunity in forward looking forecasts/plans
- Building reporting solutions to provide on-going and ad-hoc support to merchandise buying teams
- Contributing to the growth of the department through participation in various process and system improvement initiatives as required
- Translating Annual Plan and operational metrics into goals for cross-functional stakeholders (promotional planning, supply chain, forecasting, replenishment, etc.) and working collaboratively with those teams to resolve operational hurdles in a frank and pragmatic manner

**What you bring**
- Post-secondary university education, preferably in business or finance
- 5 + years’ experience in a retail organization and/ or 2 + years’ experience as a Planner with another retailer
- Strong understanding of Retail Math
- Ability to manage in an environment of change and ambiguity to help us take bold, strategic moves in this rapidly evolving retail environment
- Critical thinking skills with the ability to analyze and visualize, to ensure continuous improvement across our entire business
- A collaborative team player style with superior influencing skills
- The ability to build relationships easily across various stakeholder groups to move initiatives forward

**#LI-UH1**:

- Canadian Tire and its family of companies are boldly shaping retail in Canada and we continue to deliver a positive experience for our customers. As one of the most trusted brands in Canada, our employees take pride in the work we do across the country. It’s more than the iconic triangle that keeps our employees around. From benefits and perks, to learning and development opportunities, to our commitment to Jumpstart - these are some of the many reasons why Canadian Tire Corporation is one of _Canada’s Best Managed Companies _. _
- To learn more about this team and the Canadian Tire family of companies follow us on _LinkedIn _. _

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