Program Delivery Consultant - Toronto, Canada - CT Corporation

CT Corporation

Verified Company

Toronto, Canada

3 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

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.

As a part of this exciting team you will also be responsible for project planning, schedule building, risk identification, project plan execution, business reporting, meeting management, project presentations, system maintenance, data entry, and process training & development.

To help define where and how we work, CTC has introduced Hybrid Workplace Personas.

While each role fits into a different persona category, this may evolve as employees progress in their career or business needs change.

The Program Delivery Consultant position is categorized as a Connector, which means that the incumbent will be working with a variety of colleagues and partners to achieve business outcomes that require a mixed use of virtual and CTC campus presence.

What you will do

Work with the Consumer Brands team (across Product Development, Branding, Packaging) and crossfunctional teams (Merch, Quality Assurance, PRO, LRO) to maintain critical project milestones of small to mediumscale projects against an established process
Maintain excellent working relationship with key project stakeholders
Build and track a project plan; hold stakeholders accountable to key milestones
Lead weekly/biweekly crossfunctional meetings to discuss project status, lead working sessions, facilitate discussion, identify project risks, ensure projects remain on track
Collect and report on project KPIs through Project Lifecycle Management (PLM) software
Develop, and execute against a communication plan that updates on project status weekly, milestone completion informs, and change to plan informs across multiple stakeholders at different organizational levels
Articulate benefits and risks of key decisions and options to help gain alignment and drive decision making across stakeholders
Perform project planning analysis to help quantify benefits of various project paths
Maintain some financial accountability for assigned projects through adherence to predefined Owned Brand strategy and objectives

What You Bring

Postsecondary education in Business Administration, Project Management or related field; Certification/experienced in Agile project delivery an asset
Minimum of 5 years experience, which includes experience managing smallsized projects
Highly effective relationship management skills with a track record of facilitating conversations with crossfunctional teams
Organized and detailoriented, able to tackle multiple projects with varying scope
Demonstrated ability to collaborate, influence and negotiate with colleagues at various levels of the organization
Superior leadership skills and presence; highly developed sense of accountability, passion and track record for delivering results
Strong written and oral presentation skills with demonstrated ability to adjust style and format as required to suit the audience
Strong business acumen skills; demonstrated expertise of retail marketing, consumer trends, brand management or product development
Expert proficiency of MS Excel, MS PowerPoint; MS Visio knowledge an asset
Some proficiency / exposure to Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) or similar software an asset
Core PM competencies:
Timeline, Scope, Risk/Issue management
Critical thinking, conflict resolution and effective mediation and influencing skills.
Strong leadership skill and comfortable in managing at all levels.
Knowledge of Canadian Tire Corporation environment and interrelated business units an asset
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 _. _