Manager, Executive Operations & Strategy

Manager, Executive Operations & Strategy
Full Time Permanent
Toronto, ON (Onsite)
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.
 What you’ll do
Reporting to the AVP, Executive Operations & Strategy, the successful candidate will act as a key resource to the CTO and COO leadership team, serving as a force?multiplier for senior executives. The candidate will support the execution of our strategy by integrating cross-business activities, orchestrating the operating rhythm, supporting strategic processes, and ensuring decision?quality inputs reach the right room at the right time.

• Executive Management System planning cycle: maintaining the operating and reporting calendar and topic sequencing, gaining alignment, working with key executive stakeholders, and driving the strategic planning process linked to growth plans
• Board Strategic Planning Process: gathering and synthesizing information, preparing Executive and Board documents, assisting Executive and Senior Leaders on documents, and preparing Leaders for Board meetings
• Executive Communications: Preparing Executive updates, Board presentations and Dealer communications that tell a concise, compelling story and translate complex analysis into clear choices, risks, and implications; assist in the development of internal and external presentations and communications, preparing leaders with key messages; coordinating town halls, leadership offsites, dealer forums, and external speaking engagements; and liaising with Corporate Communications and key stakeholder for key message development
• Key Strategic Projects/Ad-Hoc: Supporting requests on behalf of the Senior Leadership Team; scoping loosely defined problems, quickly structuring analyses, bringing forward pragmatic recommendations, and working with cross-functional groups
• Cross Collaboration: Cultivating strong relationships and working closely with cross-functional teams, external vendors, and consultants to promote and execute the strategic plans

Who you are
We are looking for individuals who are:

• Strategic problem?solvers who can see around corners, connect dots across the enterprise, and lead without formal authority.
• Resourceful outcome?focused critical thinkers who can analyze, synthesize, and visualize insights to drive better decisions.
• Creative and courageous, comfortable operating amid change and ambiguity; and who default to action and figure things out.
• Financially fluent leaders with strong business and financial acumen who can interpret performance drivers, assess trade?offs, and guide executives with clear, data?informed recommendations
• Collaborative influencers who build relationships across levels and functions and can lead without authority.
• Inclusive leaders who elevate others, anticipate disruption, and sustain high performance.

What you bring

• 7+ years of professional work experience in business management, strategic planning, consulting, or related field; experience working directly with Senior Executives.  
• University degree in commerce, business, finance, or related discipline
• Experience interfacing with all levels within an organization, including Senior Executives
• Ability to think strategically, structure ambiguous problems, exhibit exceptional organization and project management skills, and can drive cross?functional execution.  
• Strong business and financial acumen; comfortable with budgets, business cases, KPI design, and trade?off framing.
• Executive presence with superior written, verbal, and presentation skills; ability to turn complex information into a clear, executive?level narrative.
• Proven ability to build productive business relationships with both internal and external partners
• Self?starter who thrives in a dynamic, evolving environment and maintains high standards under tight timelines.

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. 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.