Marketing Integration Student (1-Year) – Marks Works Wearhouse

Role: Marketing Integration Student, Mark’s

Work Term: 12 months (May 2021 – April 2022)

Location: 205 Quarry Park Blvd SE, Unit 110, Calgary

Help us boldly shape retail in Canada
Canadian Tire Corporation’s (CTC) rich heritage of serving Canadians from coast-to-coast dates back to 1922. Our vision is to become the #1 retail brand in Canada, and we are focused on innovating and making important investments in our business, especially when it comes to our people. To reach our goal, we need the best talent to help us evolve and drive change across the business – and boldly help shape Canada’s retail industry. As we strive to be at the forefront of a complex and vastly changing retail industry, it is an exciting time to join the Canadian Tire family of companies.

• Work in an environment that supports, and fosters knowledge sharing and provides key experiences to increase capabilities through projects or objectives.
• There will be specific and measurable objectives/goals that will support learning & achieving relevant business deliverables.
• Continue to support Canadian Tire’s culture of learning from others, continuous improvement, agility, growth and innovation.
• Investment in the community to create a talented diverse workforce for Canada and Canadian Tire’s future.
• Building & strengthening student social engagement throughout their education and pursuit of their career through ongoing communication and relationship building.

Position Summary:

As the Marketing Planning & Integration Student, you will assist in the development and communication of seasonal, budget and other vital marketing plans, following up and holding key cross-functional stakeholders accountable for their contributions.

What you’ll do:

The Mark’s Marketing Planning & Integration Team is responsible for designing and driving customer-centric, best-in-class marketing delivery season to season. In this role, you will partner with Strategic Marketing, Promotional Planning, Digital, Content and key cross-functional teams (e.g. Ecommerce, Purchasing, Store Operations, PR, Partnerships, Triangle) to advance marketing’s strategic and operational capabilities, and strengthen the Mark’s brand.

As the Marketing Planning & Integration Student, you are responsible for assisting with the development and delivery of Mark’s marketing’s strategic annual plan and evolving the development of priorities into detailed seasonal plans, gaining organizational alignment, and overseeing end-to-end operational execution. You will be responsible for assisting with streamlining and gathering of inputs for each phase of the planning process – and for additional requests for information – to build materials for ongoing reviews.

You will assist with facilitating a cohesive annual financial planning process and pursuing monthly ad statement requests if/when issues arise, sharing out of information on an ongoing basis/as needed with key marketing stakeholders and FP&A, holding teams accountable to milestones.

Our best team members possess strong ability to positively influence new marketing stimulus and integration opportunities to drive brand priorities. You will work in a highly integrated and collaborative central marketing planning group.

Who you are: 

• Exceptional communication skills with the confidence and passion to share knowledge
• Creative thinker who is observant to seek new opportunities and perceptive to abstract ideas
• Goal driven individual to seek out continuous improvement opportunities
• The ability to take a collaborate approach to build strong relationships and have positive team experiences
• Flexible and dynamic individual who is able to adjust and prioritize accordingly to adapt to business demands and requirements
• Solid foundation of relevant technical skills
• Demonstrates behaviours of transparency, accountability agility and learning from others that will support your success
• Self-starter who is comfortable working with ambiguity
• Passionate for retail leadership and driving process innovation
• Analytical and a critical thinker

What you’ve done:

• Post-secondary education in Business, Marketing or equivalent
• Business knowledge and/or experience, preferably with a focus on strategic planning, marketing operations and/or process development
• Portfolio and/or project management knowledge and/or experience to manage intricate, complex workstreams
• Exceptional facilitation and interpersonal skills, influencing to drive results
• Budget management and analytical skillset

About Canadian Tire Corporation
Canadian Tire and its family of companies are boldly shaping retail in Canada and we continue to deliver a positive experience for our customers. As one of the most trusted brands in Canada, our employees take pride in the work we do across the country. It’s more than the iconic triangle that keeps our employees around. From benefits and perks, to learning and development opportunities, to our commitment to Jumpstart – these are some of the many reasons why Canadian Tire Corporation is one of Canada’s Best Managed Companies.

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