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Canadian Tire Business Analyst Student, Bolton DC (12 months) - Fall 2024 in Bolton, Ontario
Our Commitment to Students
At Canadian Tire, we are committed to providing students with a supportive and collaborative environment that fosters knowledge sharing and offers key experiences to help them develop their capabilities through projects and objectives. We believe in setting specific and measurable goals that align with our business objectives to support learning and help students achieve their full potential. Our culture emphasizes learning from others, continuous improvement, agility, growth, and innovation, and we are invested in building a talented, diverse workforce for the future of Canada and Canadian Tire. Additionally, we are dedicated to building strong relationships with our student employees by engaging with them throughout their education and career pursuits and creating opportunities for ongoing communication and relationship building.
What You’ll Do
The Bolton Distribution Center is the newest, fully operational facility within the CTR family of companies. The building has been operational for 5 years and is continually undergoing process improvements. The building ships product to all CTC stores within Canada. This team’s mandate is to ship product on time to stores at the lowest cost, while maintaining the highest quality and safety standards. Scope of work includes: reporting & analysis, data visualization, end-user tool development, process mapping, documentation & improvements. The successful individual will have exposure to Receiving, Production and Shipping processes.
Working directly with the Department Managers at the Bolton Distribution Center and front line staff, the successful incumbent will:
Analyze various topics as assigned, from simple to complex, presenting findings, including key information and issues, as well as potential solutions.
Publish regular daily/weekly/monthly/quarterly reporting to various stakeholders including but not limited to Bolton Distribution staff & leadership, senior management, Audit and Technology & Project Teams.
Identify and action opportunities to drive down supply chain costs and/or improve service, quality and safety by applying continuous improvement methodologies to Distribution and related processes.
Work with team to understand, validate and update business needs into Standard Work Documents with the support of area supervisors and staff
Complete time studies associated with material handling tasks to identify gaps in productivity, leading to process improvement opportunities
Contribute to identification, analysis, and recommendations of solutions (tools and processes)
Works within a team environment to construct, test and implement solutions
What You Bring
Working towards or recently obtained a post-secondary degree in Engineering, Data Analytics, Business, Mathematics or a relevant discipline
Experience in data analytics (i.e.SQL / MS Access)
Data Reporting & Visualization (i.e. Power BI, Excel)
Excellent interpersonal, presentation and communications skills (i.e. MS Office)
Assets: Experience with Big Data, Distribution Industry Knowledge, and Lean Methodologies
This is a hybrid role based out of the Bolton Distribution Center. Candidates must be available to work on-site a minimum of three days a week.
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.
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.
We are one of Canada’s most admired and trusted companies. With world-class owned brands and exciting market-leading merchandising strategies, we are continually innovating with purpose: to excite and serve Canadian customers from coast-to-coast. We are connected to communities, big and small, from coast-to-coast, offering products and services that reflect the diverse nature of every one of them. From sports to outdoors, automobiles to homes, we know and understand life in Canada like no other retailer can.
We are always on the lookout for curious, creative people who are able to navigate and excel in a rapidly evolving retail environment. If you’re ready to take on new challenges – be it in digital, IT, marketing, data & analytics, merchandising, or one of the many other roles we have – there is a place for you here, so apply today.