Partnerships Analytics, Data Scientist

About Us
Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited (“CTC”) is one of Canada’s most admired and trusted companies. With more than 90 Owned Brands, 1,700 retail locations, financial services, exemplary e-commerce capabilities, and exciting market-leading merchandising strategies. We dream big and work as one to innovate with purpose for our customers at every level of our business, investing in new technologies and products, and doubling down on top talent to drive the company forward. We offer competitive salaries and wages to CTC employees, as well as store discounts, supported learning through our Triangle Learning Academy, Canadian Tire Profit Sharing, and retirement and savings programs for eligible employees. As part of our enhanced flex benefits program, we offer mental health benefits in the amount of $5,000 per year for benefits-eligible employees and their families, including total well-being, and mental health tools and resources for all employees. Join us in helping to make life in Canada better through living and working our Core Values: we are innovators and entrepreneurs at our core, outcomes drive us, inclusion is a must, we are stronger together and we take personal responsibility. It is an especially exciting time to join CTC and its family of companies where career opportunities are wide-ranging! Join us, where there's a place for you here.

As a Partnerships Data Scientist, you will be responsible for providing analytical support to key clients within the business.  Specifically, you will become a significant contributor of actionable insights which will drive strategy, support with tactical initiatives, as well as improve efficiency within the organization. Your analysis and business intelligence tools will help promote and sustain the profitable growth of Triangle Partnership programs. You are the type of individual who can energize the people around you and inspire fellow employees and shareholders with your natural curiosity and problem-solving ability.

What will you do?

• Establish a strong understanding of financial and customer related data sources, with emphasis on delivering data driven solutions.
• Support the development of sound analytical models utilizing various data sources. Understand the statistical significance of various model outputs and how to interpret them for creating business value.
• Enhance analysis with the use of statistical methods to provide support for findings.
• Support cross functional teams with knowledge of data model applications and use cases.
• Extract, manipulate and interpret data to isolate on key trends. Summarize findings into concise and informative reports and presentations, which can be easily interpreted by business partners across the organization.
• Provide proactive analyses on areas of the business which are influenced by customer behaviour trends.

You will join an enthusiastic, fast-paced, and dynamic team at Canadian Tire. Sustained exceptional performance, innovation, creativity, insight, good judgment, and attention to detail are daily requirements.

What do you bring to the team?

• Sound knowledge of financial models
• Experience with extracting and working with large customer and retail data sets
• Flexibility, energy, and ability to work well with others in a team environment
• Draw meaningful conclusions/insights from large amounts of data
• Working knowledge of data management and design
• Passion for data, technology, and implementing technology for process improvement
• Flexibility, energy, and ability to work well with others in a team environment

What are your skills and experience?

• University Degree in Economics, Mathematics, Statistics, or other quantitative discipline
• Preferred Designation – CMA/CFA
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel & PowerPoint
• Advanced knowledge of SQL
• Experience in Retail or Banking Industry an asset in any of the following areas: marketing or sales support, operations, finance

How will you create impact?

• Collaborate across teams to create synergies and support with analytical solutions.
• Actively engage with data teams to continuously improve on data mart capabilities.
• Collaborate across teams to create synergies and bridge knowledge gap between data and analytics.
• Support teams with delivery of effective storylines.
• Actively engage with data teams to continuously improve on data mart capabilities.
• Manage project timelines through effective communication and feedback loops.

Our Commitment to Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging 
We are committed to fostering an environment where belonging thrives, and diversity, inclusion and equity are infused into everything we do. We believe in building an organizational culture where people are consistently treated with dignity while respecting individual religion, nationality, gender, race, age, perceived ability, spoken language, sexual orientation, and identification. We are united in our purpose of being here to help make life in Canada better.
 
Accommodations  
We stand firm in our Core Value that inclusion is a must. We welcome and encourage candidates from equity-seeking groups such as people who identify as racialized, Indigenous, 2SLGBTQIA+, women, people with disabilities, and beyond. Should you require any accommodation in applying for this role, or throughout the interview process, please make them known when contacted and we will work with you to help meet your needs.