Forecasting Manager

What you'll do

The Forecast Manager will plan and direct Forecast Analyst responsibilities and activities; act as a coach/mentor, motivate staff and develop a team. This role will support the achievement of annual and seasonal plans, including inventory and service levels, working with Merchandising, Replenishment and Promo. The Forecast Manager will constantly be looking to improve the communication, understanding and accuracy of product level forecasts and inventory forecasts. As a manager this individual will have a team of high performing analysts that will receive the proper coaching, direction and communication required to perform their role.

• Building a team of high-performing individuals, including coaching, feedback and performance management

• Collaborating effectively with many different cross-functional teams, in a fast-paced retail/merchandising environment

• Ensuring that consistent product-level forecasting practices and processes are adopted across your team of analysts

• Monitoring annual/seasonal objectives and key performance indicators; identifying areas of opportunity and providing guidance on how to achieve results

• Continually improving processes and identify the need for changes to forecasting methodologies or tools

What you bring

• 5+ years experience in retail in a variety of merchandising, planning or supply chain roles

• Strong knowledge of forecasting principles and a passion for consumer products & retail

• Demonstrated experience managing the priorities and work of others

• Strong analytical skills with an understanding of cause & effect impacts

• Excellent communication skills with the ability to provide clear & concise explanations and establish consensus

• Outstanding Excel 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.

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.