What you'll do:
Reporting to the Manager, Enterprise Assortment Planning, the Senior Analyst, Enterprise Assortment Planning will support all banners at CTC by providing strategic insights and recommendations to drive assortment strategy. This role involves working closely with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment on category strategies and guardrails.
The Senior Consultant, Enterprise Assortment Planning will be responsible for:
- Strategic Insights & Recommendations: Providing strategic insights and recommendations based on customer and business performance data. Working with the banner planning functions and merchants.
- Framework Support: Assisting in refreshing the role and intent category management framework.
- Category Guardrails: Supporting the definition and validation of category guardrails (dimension, direction & ranges) based on research & insights from the Customer Strategy team.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Working closely with each functional team to quantify and refine category guardrails; ensuring cross-functional expertise is considered to address customer needs, validate assumptions, and align enterprise goals.
- Monthly Meeting Preparation: Assisting in preparing materials and insights for monthly performance meetings led by the CCO.
What you bring:You are a critical thinker with strong business, financial, and analytical acumen, comfortable operating in complex and ambiguous environments. Detail-oriented and process-minded, you bring a collaborative approach and strong influencing skills that help build relationships across stakeholder groups. You communicate insights clearly and effectively, translating analysis into actionable recommendations. Ideally, you have experience in enterprise assortment planning within a retail environment and a solid understanding of the business levers that drive retail success.
- University Degree; preference in Data Analytics, Finance, Strategy, or business-related discipline
- Minimum 3+ years of experience in data analysis, insights delivery, or consulting (retail industry and assortment planning experience are strong assets)
- Proficient in SQL and Tableau (or comparable tools/languages) with advanced Excel expertise including formulas, pivot tables, databases, VBA, and macros
- Strong analytical, financial modeling, and problem-solving skills with a solid understanding of retail math and key performance metrics.
- Proven ability to manage cross-functional projects and influence outcomes through collaboration and data-driven insights
- Excellent written communication, interpersonal, and project management skills
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
Broadband Salary Range: $64,000 - $106,000 CAD.
Salary decisions are also dependent on other factors such as your experience, industry benchmarks, internal equity and other role-specific requirements. For critical roles, the compensation offering will be reviewed to ensure alignment with market rate and conditions and the unique value you bring to the role.
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This posting represents an existing vacancy within our organization.
We may use artificial intelligence tools as part of our recruitment process to assist in the initial screening of resumes. All hiring decisions, including candidate evaluation, selection, and disposition, are made by human recruiters.
