Forecast Analyst - Toronto, Canada - CT Corporation

CT Corporation

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Toronto, Canada

2 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.

Our Merchandising team is responsible for connecting our quality products and services with our customers. The team uses planning and forecasting frameworks and tools to ensure optimal financial results.

**What You'll Do
**Canadian Tire's Forecasting Analyst New Grad opportunity provides you with the chance to develop broad merchandising experience. It is an opportunity that is integral to the organizations success due to the critical impact of its outcomes on customer satisfaction and the business's bottom line. You'll work in a category business team and closely with other groups within Canadian Tire to ensure the forecasted demand results in optimal in inventory levels at our Distribution Centres and at our stores.

This program is designed with great challenges and major accountabilities, as the daily decisions you will make in this role amount to millions of dollars in inventory, and will directly impact the profitability of our organization.

You will have the opportunity to:

Introduce exciting new products while maintaining and developing our existing product assortments
Create and manage POS (point of sale) and Dealer Demand Forecasts in support of regular, promotional and seasonal planning strategies for their business. This includes active management of forecasts at aggregate and lower levels in accordance with annual and seasonal merchandising planning targets
Manage the forecasting of specific product lines within the Canadian Tire assortment, ensuring that market, competitive and assortment insights are incorporated
Conduct analysis of historical performance (consumer demand, Dealer demand, store and corporate stock levels) to build strength in your forecast
Collaborate with key stakeholders, such as buying teams, suppliers, marketing, associate stores and distribution

Who You Are
We are looking for New Grads with expected graduation of Spring/Summer 2023 that are:

Creative and courageous, with the ability to manage in an environment of change and ambiguity to help us take bold, strategic moves in this rapidly evolving retail environment
Action oriented, and comfortable taking calculated risks to better serve our customers and business
Outcome focused, critical thinkers with the ability to analyze and visualize, to ensure continuous improvement across our entire business
Collaborative team players with superior influencing skills, who build relationships easily across various stakeholder groups to move initiatives forward

If you're curious, ready to take on new challenges and open to doing things differently to help us evolve rapidly, then this is definitely the place to be.

What You Bring

You are an upcoming graduate, currently enrolled in a postsecondary program in Business, Commerce, Retail Management, Analytics, or a related discipline
Experience in retail or in an analytical role, is an asset.
Enthusiasm and curiosity with a cando attitude
Ability to work effectively with multiple stakeholders cross functionally, influencing and building strong relationships
Strong written and verbal communication skills

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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 _. _