What you'll do
The Merchandising team is responsible for connecting our quality products and services with our customers. The team uses planning and forecasting frameworks and tools to ensure optimal financial results. As a key member of the Merchandising team, you will be at the hub of our retail organization. You will be a part of the exciting future of retail with data ingestion and leveraging digital merchandising to expand the product portfolio, better preparing us to meet and serve the evolving needs of our customers.
Our best Analysts are progressive thinkers, with solid experience in retail merchandising/buying, and managing cross-functional partnerships. This group is masterful at project coordination and planning, and have highly accomplished quantitative, problem-solving and time management skills. To be successful in this role, you should have an analytical mindset with a strong understanding of utilizing data to create recommendations.
Manage new vendor onboarding and product setup for our online assortment
Identifying opportunities for improvement within our digital product assortments and internal processes
Collaborate and coordinate with the Merchandising and other Cross Functional teams to drive results
Identify and resolve data discrepancies related to product activation for the SportChek and Atmosphere Websites through systematic diagnosis and trouble shooting
Support Product activation for launches, promotions and important events
What you bring
Undergraduate and/or post graduate diploma/certificate in Business, Commerce, or Retail Management (considered an asset)
Experience in retail or in a digital role is an asset.
Demonstrated ability to collaborate, influence, and negotiate with colleagues or more senior business members
Strong communication skills with demonstrated ability to adjust style and format as required to suit the audience
Ability to tackle multiple tasks, of varying scope, with a high degree of organization and attention to detail
Action oriented, and comfortable taking calculated risks to better serve our customers and business
Collaborative team players with superior influencing skills, who build relationships easily across various stakeholder groups to move initiatives forward
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
At Sport Chek, we want to find what moves you, and help build your career from there. As Canada's destination for footwear, apparel, and sporting goods; we believe that sport and activity has the power to help shape your style, your relationships, and your mind. Along with colleagues across the Canadian Tire family of companies, you'll be a part of a collaborative network of like-minded individuals who draw on their collective experience to best serve customers across all banners from coast-to-coast. 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.