Manager, Daily Planning

What you'll do

The Operations Planning Centre is the central planning hub for Supply Chain Operations. An exciting, dynamic, team-oriented environment. The Manager of Daily Planning is responsible for the performance, development and success of a team of Operations Planners focused on creating the lowest cost, highest quality operational plans on a daily basis, seven days a week, within a critical path timeframe that achieves the goals and objectives of Canadian Tire Supply Chain.

The role requires a results-driven team player committed to continuous improvement. As an experienced leader with a proven track record for managing and developing employees, managing and improving complex processes, strategic planning and delivering measurable results, you thrive in a continuously evolving, fast-paced environment.

• Engage and motivate team members through effective leadership, direction, coaching, and guidance to achieve key Supply Chain service level and cost performance targets and maintain daily operations

• Manage team's performance to develop consistent, high quality, daily outbound, inbound, yard and direct ship plans, within the "critical path" timeframe, meeting SLA commitments to downstream stakeholders including Distribution and Transportation, and ultimately ensuring on-time shipments to Stores

• Manage Store expectations, providing information, guidance and insight into planning processes and decisions and supporting store requests on an exception basis while maintaining core planning principles and process discipline

• Lead as a change agent, engaging and supporting team in the development and implementation of projects and initiatives that contribute to the continuous improvement of processes and decision making within the team and the Operations Planning Centre utilizing Lean principles and sustaining mechanisms

• Lead the design, development, implementation and ongoing evaluation/improvement of the master schedule which defines all plan and delivery days for CTR stores and balances the outbound product flow through the Supply Chain.

• Manage and maintain cross functional relationships through open communication and collaboration with multiple cross-functional CTC teams

• Manage annual performance assessments, developmental plans and annual objectives for team members

• Maintain regular meetings with AVP, Team Leads, the team as a whole and with individual team members in support of effective communications to maintain consistent standards and processes as well as to support team member performance and development

• Provide a positive influence developing and maintaining a team environment, embracing and driving innovative solutions that support the performance of the team

• Model CTC Leadership Capabilities and team values.

What you bring

• Ability and passion to thrive in a fast paced "critical path" operational environment supporting the team's sense of urgency to meet daily targets.

• Proven leadership experience demonstrating the skills required to manage people, processes and information in a process-driven lean environment.

• Continuous Improvement management skills including Agile, Lean, Project Management, Change Management and Analysis.

• Highly developed verbal, written and presentation communication skills.

• Commitment to Customer Service utilizing excellent interpersonal and ambassadorship skills, with the ability to organize, communicate, negotiate and present information to all levels of the company.

• Confidence and composure dealing with changing/conflicting priorities and making effective decisions and prioritizing quickly in a highly dynamic environment, with a high tolerance for ambiguity.

• Excellent prioritization, organizational, analytical, conceptual, problem solving and execution skills.

• Ability to translate Company Vision, Mission and Values into appropriate objectives, actions and direction for department and staff.

• Flexibility in work hours and work days to provide leadership support for 7-day operations.

• Thorough understanding of the principles of Canadian Tire Logistics, Distribution and Transportation with a minimum 5 years in a Logistics or Supply Chain related capacity.

• Experience in Operations Planning, Logistics, Distribution, Transportation, Project Management an asset.

• Experience with Oracle Transportation Management system an asset.

• Degree in Applied Science, Business, Engineering or similar discipline.

• Recognized professional designation: P.Eng, APIC's, CITT, PLog, CPIM, Lean Green Belt, SAFe, etc.

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.