Associate Manager, Network Development

Job Title: Associate Manager, Network Development

Location: Toronto, ON (Hybrid)

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

Job 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 Canadian Tire Petroleum (CTP) Network Development team is responsible for the development, maintenance, and compliance of the CTP retail gas bar network, including 22 ONroute highway locations.  This role will be responsible for helping the Manager oversee the capital budget, project scoping, and working with vendors on various Network Development projects to ensure everything meets not only CTC brand standards, and that CTP business goals are achieved, and our stores are fully compliant and safe for staff and customers alike.

What you’ll do 

• • Oversee efficient deployment of the CTP (Canadian Tire Petroleum) capital budget on both site-specific and network-wide initiatives
  • Work with the CTP Operations team and CTREL (Canadian Tire Real Estate) to explore and execute new store and redevelopment opportunities
  • Assist with our partners on the ONroute business, Suncor, Irving Oil, and other partners for all operational issues that arise.
  • Work with our vendor to ensure our sites are compliant and have all necessary permits and licenses
  • Positive, productive communication with the Operations team including RBMs (Regional Business Managers) and FOMs (Field Operations Managers)
  • Work with Marketing & Merchandising colleagues to assist (or receive assistance) on any initiatives underway.
  • Work with CTREL to assess and execute various opportunities or closures.

Who you are
We are looking for individuals who are:

• • A business and/or technical background would be beneficial in the role
  • Excellent communication skills, both written and oral.
  • Ability to manage multiple deadline-driven projects.
  • Ability to foster strong, productive relationships with a core team of vendors and contractors
  • Skill in developing business plans and the creation of compelling arguments for same.
  • Collaborative team players with superior influencing skills, who build relationships easily across various stakeholder groups to achieve team objectives

If you’re curious, ready to take on new challenges and open to doing things differently to help us evolve rapidly, then this is definitely the place to be.

What you bring

• • Minimum 5 years of relevant work experience is required
  • Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Access, Excel, Word, PowerPoint
  • Strong knowledge of Office 365 tools – SharePoint, Co-Pilot
  • Proven talent for multi-tasking a variety of projects
  • Strong passion and energy to revitalize and expand the CTP offer
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both oral and written, required in developing and maintaining relationships with immediate team, stakeholders, consultants and contractors
  • An understanding of the Petroleum industry would be an asset
  • Having a Driver’s license would be ideal
  • Team player

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.