Associate Manager, Product Category

The Associate Manager of Taxonomy and Restrictions plays a critical role in optimizing site navigation and ensuring compliance with product restrictions across our digital platforms. This position is responsible for strategizing and maintaining website taxonomy, managing rule governance for add-to-cart and ship-to-home eligibility, and leading a team of Digital Consultants to deliver business requirements that enhance the customer experience

What you'll do:

• Develop and maintain taxonomy strategies to ensure consistent, intuitive navigation across all supported banners

• Oversee taxonomy change requests and filter optimization to improve product discoverability

• Manage digital rules through the Rules UI to meet legal requirements, business guidelines, and dealer network needs

• Ensure Online Restrictions inbox is maintained and triaged promptly

• Lead and coach a team of Digital Consultants, setting priorities and monitoring performance to meet evolving business needs

• Foster a customer-centric culture by integrating data insights into daily operations

• Act as a subject matter expert and liaison with Site Merchandising, Product Content, IT, and Data Governance teams

• Influence decisions on systems, processes, and strategies to support digital transformation initiatives

• Utilize analytics and industry insights to refine navigational strategies and drive conversion

• Support change management for new tools and platform migrations

What you bring

• Post-secondary education or equivalent in Business or related discipline

• Minimum 5-7 years' experience in Merchandising, eCommerce or Digital

• Strong working knowledge of digital and customer experience methodologies

• Absolute commitment to delivering consumer-focused initiatives

• Energetic, motivated, self-starter with the ability to function in an environment with a high level of ambiguity and change

• Experience working on cross-functionally driven initiatives; the ability to build partnerships across teams

We're always looking for great talent In addition to competitive pay, we offer:

• Comprehensive benefits and retirement programs

• Performance incentives, Continuing Education Programs

• Other perks to support your well-being

• Career growth opportunities and product discounts

Our typical hiring range is between 64,000 and $106,000 Salary decisions are also dependent on other factors such as your experience, job-related knowledge, skills and competencies, market location, industry benchmarks, internal equity and other role-specific requirements.

This posting represents an existing vacancy within our organization.

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.