Job Title: Development Manager
Location: Calgary, AB (Onsite)
Estimated Duration: Fulltime
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.
Development Manager
Job Description:
Reporting to the Associate Vice President, Real Estate Development (Western Canada), the Development Manager is a member of a multidisciplinary team. This team is responsible for site selection and real estate procurement for Canadian Tire and our related banners (Party City, Canadian Tire Petroleum, PartSource, Sport Chek, Pro Hockey Life, and Mark’s).
What you’ll do:
- Oversee all aspects of the municipal planning process for Canadian Tire across Western Canada (architectural and engineering design, land use planning, and zoning and entitlements)
- Lead the Western Development Team comprised of one direct report
- Engage and direct external consultants (lawyers, engineers, architects) to produce documentation and drawings required for internal processing and municipal approvals
- Work closely with key internal stakeholders to ensure corporate design standards are maintained
- Perform feasibility studies to determine the viability of development projects
- Develop, manage and report on project budgets and schedules, ensuring timely issuance of municipal permits and other regulatory approvals
- Direct the preparation of conceptual site plans working closely with internal Store Planning and Construction teams
- Liaise with government officials, and represent at municipal council meetings
- Proactively identify and manage project risks to ensure projects are delivered on time
- Participate in the development of business cases in support of site selection, and assist in the preparation of packages for presentation at strategy sessions, and to the Real Estate Committee
What you bring :
University or college level education in planning. Eligibility for Membership in the Canadian Institute of Planners or the Project Management Institute is desirable.
- A minimum of five to seven years of progressive experience in municipal approvals
- Strong Project management skills
- Expert knowledge of municipal infrastructure, by-laws and processes
- Excellent communication, presentation, and negotiation skills
- Ability to work within tight timelines and meet deadlines
- Strong organizational skills
- Capable of dealing with competing priorities
- Travel is a requirement
- Experience in retail real estate, land development and the construction is an asset
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.
The pay range that the employer reasonably expects to pay for this position is between CA$100,000 and CA$130,000
Our voluntary benefits offering includes medical, dental, vision and retirement benefits.
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