Senior Consultant, Enterprise Assortment Planning
$64,000–$106,000 year
On-siteToronto, Ontario, Canada
Job Summary
Translate customer shopping habits and business performance data into actionable merchandising strategies. Partner with banner planning and merchant teams to optimize product assortments, refresh category frameworks, and define guardrails for product breadth, depth, and pricing. Collaborate across merchandising, inventory, and enterprise functions to align product choices with customer needs while protecting category profitability. Prepare high-level visual and analytical materials for monthly performance reviews led by the CCO. This role supports Canadian Tire's enterprise assortment planning, balancing retail viability with financial performance to drive market-leading merchandising strategies.
Required Qualifications
- Post-secondary university education
- 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
- A proven track record of presenting recommendations to leadership
- Strong problem-solving abilities to spot sales trends, assortment gaps, and commercial risks using performance data
- An exceptional ability to translate complex data and category performance into clear, compelling stories for cross-functional stakeholders and senior leadership
Desired Qualifications
- Retail Acumen: A natural intuition for retail trends, customer behavior, and what makes a product assortment successful on the shelf or online
- Analytical & Insightful Mindset: Strong problem-solving abilities to spot sales trends, assortment gaps, and commercial risks using performance data
- Strategic Creativity: The ability to navigate ambiguity and help us make bold, customer-focused moves in a rapidly evolving retail landscape
- Collaborative Spirit: A relationship-builder who easily partners with merchants, planners, and operational teams to move initiatives forward
- Detail-Oriented & Proactive: Highly organized, ensuring accuracy in reporting while anticipating business needs before issues arise
- Direct experience or a deep understanding of enterprise assortment planning principles within a retail organization
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