Store Development Planner - Toronto, Canada - CT Corporation

CT Corporation

Verified Company

Toronto, Canada

1 week ago

Posted by:

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.

The Store Development Planner plays a key role in evolving the Canadian Tire Retail Store Network.

The Development Planner works with partners in Real Estate and Construction to influence the physical nature of Canadian Tire Retail's capital build projects, to ensure it enables key operational and strategic initiatives, as well as a world class shopping experience.

At Canadian Tire we work flexibility embracing 'Hybrid' whereby individuals utilize a combination of working at a CTC campus and or virtually in service of outcomes.

Determined by managers, decisions around work location will be made based on business and team needs and grounded in a desire to support individual well-being and personal needs.

Our goal is to empower teams and individuals to make the right decisions for them, and we expect that to look different for everyone.

What you'll do

Using AutoCAD to design the initial retail and warehouse floor plans to suit prototypical designed buildings, nonprototypical designed buildings and potential opportunities for space.
Designing the initial Auto Service physical space using market analysis, liaising with Operations and analyzing current and future performance metrics of the store
Providing architectural recommendations to Real Estate & Construction and architects on building decisions for any element that does not fit current retail strategy
Communicating and handoff to the cross functional teams in the form of first draft plans with initial Warehouse drawings, Retail drawings, Service Centre design, Garden Centre design, and information package of decisions made on the project to that point in time
Handoff of complete drawings with input from Cross Function Teams to Architect and Construction for the purpose of the creation of the Tender Set Drawings
Complete full review of Tender and Construction Drawings to ensure all physical aspects of the store have been incorporated into the drawings.
Investigating process analysis & improvement

What you bring
To be successful in this role, you will have progressive retail and/or architectural experience and demonstrated professionalism and leadership. You are highly motivated with commitment and passion to achieve results.

Our best Store Development Planners have the ability to adapt to changing work situations and demonstrate proven project management capability.

The business is looking for someone who has:

Exceptionally strong AutoCAD skills
5 years experience in the store planning field
Strong working knowledge of architectural drawings and the ability to interpret and make recommendations
Strong analytical ability and negotiation skills
Exceptionally strong priority setting and time management skills
Ability to deal with ambiguity
Knowledge of Canadian Tire Retail is an asset.

LI-FM- 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 _.