The Manager, Regional Pricing is responsible for expanding our regional pricing capabilities by enabling more responsive, demand-based pricing tailored to regional conditions. By institutionalizing rules-based governance for when and how regional pricing overrides base pricing, the manager will ensure clarity and consistency across teams with the goal of improving customer value perception and competitiveness in key regions where national pricing creates friction or underperformance.The Manager, Regional Pricing plays a critical role in the end-to-end delivery of regional pricing capabilities, including solutioning across people, process, and technology dimensions. This is achieved through close collaboration with cross-functional teams such as Pricing & Promotions, Merchandising, Planning & Strategy, Enterprise Capabilities, Finance and IT. They will lead the business through the vision build and delivery of solutions, including strategy definition, requirements gathering, integrated process design, implementation, change management, and sustainment transition. The ability to quickly understand, analyze, and synthesize diverse business information is critical to facilitate the clear articulation of end state vision and benefits and to ensure business requirements and solutions deliver on benefits.What You'll DoSupport the definition of regional pricing process, calendar, and RACI, aligned to the national approach, and the creation of guardrails for regionalized regular and promotional pricing, aligned to national guardrailsDetermine and set up regionalized data requirements, with cross functional data teams and data ownersCollaborate with the analytics team to develop necessary modelling, including store cluster algorithms to determine zones, and update regular and promotional forecasters and optimizers to drive selection of SKUs, price points, and promotional flightings for regional strategyWork with IT and end business users to Integrate regional pricing functionality (regional zones, SKUs, pricing, flightings) into existing pricing optimization processesCreate and lead comprehensive change management plans to support the implementation of new regional pricing capabilities and processesManage new operational processes required to support the ramp up of regional pricing capabilitiesIdentify existing processes that require adjustments to support the ramp up of regional pricing capabilities, working closely with cross functional teams to define requirements and prioritize workFacilitate meetings to design future state capabilities or processes, ensuring that all stakeholders are involved and their input is consideredDrive alignment sessions with senior management to gain support and approval for all levels of business capability and process designLead large and diverse cross-functional teams to capture detailed business requirements and ensure they are reflected in the future state designProvide support to cross-functional business clients to ensure their successful participation and support within a change and program environmentWhat You Bring5-10 years of work experience, preferably in a management roleStrong analytical skills with the ability to quickly understand, analyze, and synthesize diverse business informationAbility to grasp complex processes and systems, and translate them into actionable business solutionsProficiency in identifying and solving intricate problems by making informed trade-offs between scope, time, quality, and effectivenessCapability to design and implement integrated process solutions that align with strategic objectivesStrong understanding of pricing processes and associated accountabilitiesProven ability to build and execute projects and initiatives across a wide range of stakeholdersStrong relationship management skills at all levelsExceptional communication skills for senior management, Dealers, and cross-functional stakeholders, supported by the ability to effectively summarize informationUnderstanding of optimization and models is an assetAdvanced in the use of Microsoft Office products, including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint, while competence with Microsoft Project and Visio is advantageous#LI-AG2About UsCanadian 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 BelongingWe 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.AccommodationsWe 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.
