AVP Merchandising Platforms - Canadian Tire, Toronto

Position summary

Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited is seeking an experienced, strategic and delivery-focused Assistant Vice President to lead our Merchandising Platforms portfolio, with a focus on pricing, promotions and merchandise planning. This administration opportunity serves as a senior technology partner for Canadian Tire jobs Toronto candidates looking to make an impact across enterprise banners.

Day-to-day

The successful candidate will tackle complex technology initiatives across multiple corporate domains. Key responsibilities include:

• Owns a multi-year, enterprise-scale merchandising technology portfolio and roadmap spanning pricing, promotions, merchandise financial planning, product and replenishment platforms across CTR and secondary banners.
• Serves as the senior technology partner to the business teams across pricing and merchandising, translating business strategy and must-win goals into an integrated platform roadmap with measurable outcomes in price accuracy, speed to market, platform stability and value realization.
• Leads the transformation of legacy pricing platforms, including retiring mainframe-based pricing flows and simplifying a highly integrated pricing ecosystem to improve resiliency, accuracy and agility.
• Accountable for delivering the new enterprise Pricing & Promotions Engine as a foundational capability for consistent pricing across store and digital channels.
• Ideate, maintain, and deliver the AI-driven roadmap in partnership with key stakeholders, including expanding AI pricing capabilities across the enterprise banners.
• Proactively identify platform, integration and operational risks, and develop mitigation and contingency strategies.
• Manage multiple concurrent, highly interdependent programs across pricing, promotions and merchandising.
• Leverage best practices in agile and hybrid delivery models to drive transparency, velocity, and continuous improvement.
• Monitor and manage program KPIs, health metrics, and risks.
• Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing team of senior technology leaders and managers.
• Build strong cross-functional partnerships with Store Technology, Digital, Enterprise Architecture, AI & Data and Finance teams.
• Establish and maintain strategic relationships with key vendors, system integrators and service providers.

Who we're looking for

Candidates interested in administration jobs Toronto and Canadian Tire jobs must meet specific professional and educational requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Technology, or a related field required; MBA or advanced degree an asset.
• 10+ years of experience with retail merchandising platforms, including pricing and promotions systems, with at least 5 years in a leadership role.
• Senior technology leadership experience driving large-scale enterprise platforms, with significant depth in merchandising systems.
• Demonstrated experience leading pricing and merchandising transformation, including legacy modernization and implementation of an enterprise pricing and promotions engine.
• Strong understanding of AI, automation, and data capabilities applied to pricing and merchandising.
• Experience overseeing merchandising platforms within a complex, multi-banner business environment.
• Proven ability to partner with executive stakeholders and lead complex vendor ecosystems.
• Strong financial acumen, governance mindset, and experience managing large technology portfolios and operating budgets.