City : Toronto, ON

Category : Full time, Merchandising

Industry : Retail Goods

Employer : Canadian Tire

What you'll do:

Canadian Tire is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Manager, Automotive Data Infrastructure to join our dynamic team. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing and optimizing our automotive aftermarket parts fitment catalogue, ensuring data accuracy, and enhancing our stores and customers experiences. This role demands a thorough understanding of automotive parts, platforms, e-commerce, and data management, along with exceptional analytical and collaboration skills. 

• Create, manage, and prioritize catalog requests, capturing requirements for content and timing, aligning resources to deliver catalogs in the timeframe and format required

• Develop and maintain catalog infrastructure to ensure systems and processes are best-in-class to deliver market-relevant, accurate application and item attribute information

• Develop and implement processes to advance the continual improvement and accuracy of product fitment data and attributes for store and online/e-commerce platforms

• Be the internal owner and authority on the network of external resources for application and product attributes, including ACES/PIES application/fitment data

• Troubleshoots catalog application, product database, and interchangeability issues

• Develop, document, maintain, and optimize comprehensive and accurate aftermarket parts data flows between 3rd parties, vendors, and Canadian Tire and PartSource

• Be Automotive Data steward, being point person for organizational data initiatives

• Own relationships with 3rd party automotive data software partners, and work with them on collaborative improvement opportunities

• Project manage automotive data fitment software upgrades across all channels

• Work closely with suppliers and internal teams to obtain and verify product information in a timely manner

• Conduct regular audits of catalogue data to ensure accuracy, completeness, and compliance with industry standards (e.g., ACES, PIES). 

• Develop and manage processes for continuous data improvement and error reduction

• Stay updated on industry trends, technological advancements, and regulatory changes affecting catalogue content

• Provide support and training to internal teams on catalogue usage

• Help to establish and support data quality metrics and KPI’s for Automotive Data

• An understanding of business process design and reengineering is an asset

What you bring:

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in automotive aftermarket parts management

• Strong understanding of automotive parts and accessories, including industry standards and regulations (ACES, PIES)

• Experience with automotive parts data management systems

• Customer-oriented and understands how execution of plans will impact and support Category Management teams, stores and consumers

• Strong time and relationship management skills (able to execute multiple plans and timelines across several stakeholders)

• Knowledge of internal category management processes

• Merchandising cross functional experience

• Knowledge of Canadian Tire store processes and procedures

• Detail and results oriented

• Ability to work cooperatively within cross-functional teams

• Thoroughness and high attention to detail with strong technical acumen

• Business Acumen

• Process management & new process development skills

• Consulting and influencing skills

• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities. 

• Effective communication and interpersonal skills

• Excellent attention to detail and organizational skills

Hybrid

We value flexibility. We have adopted a hybrid work model whereby employees use a combination of working in office and virtually in service of outcomes. Each leader is empowered to decide what work is best achieved in person based on the unique needs of their team.

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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.