What you'll do
As an Executive Assistant, you will provide comprehensive administrative and organizational support to the SVP, Business Platforms. This role is ideal for a proactive, detail-oriented professional who thrives in a fast-paced environment and takes pride in supporting senior leadership.
Deliver daily administrative support to senior leaders, including scheduling meetings, coordinating on-site events, and managing communications.
Oversee intricate executive schedules leveraging Microsoft Outlook, providing feedback and suggestions on various time management techniques.
Manage all administrative aspects of meeting setup (A/V equipment, catering), guest logistics, expense reporting, travel arrangements, filing system improvements, and supply ordering.
Serve as the primary point of contact for vendors and internal stakeholders, ensuring timely and reliable responses.
Maintain financial and budget documentation using Excel.
Liaise and coordinate with senior executives, including board members, to ensure alignment on key initiatives and meetings.
Handle sensitive financial information with utmost confidentiality and integrity.
Support onboarding of new employees.
Coordinate team events and quarterly meetings.
What you bring
Experience: 5+ years supporting senior level executives in a fast-paced, professional environment.
Technical Skills: Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (particularly Outlook, PowerPoint, and Excel). Familiarity with SAP Concur and Copilot is an asset.
Communication: Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
Problem-Solving & Project Management: Ability to take ownership of tasks, think creatively, and resolve issues efficiently.
Independence & Initiative: Highly self-sufficient, dependable, and able to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
Relationship Building: Proven ability to establish valuable relationships within the organization.
Professionalism: Maintains discretion and confidentiality while working with senior leaders.
Adaptability: Positive attitude, resilience under pressure, and willingness to monitor emails occasionally outside regular hours.
Attention to Detail: Meticulous attention to detail.
We’re always looking for great talent! In addition to competitive pay, we offer:
Comprehensive benefits and retirement programs
Performance incentives, Continuing Education Programs
Other perks to support your well-being
Career growth opportunities and product discounts
Broadband Salary Range: $53,000 – $88,000.
Our typical hiring range is between $53,000 and $88,000. Salary decisions are also dependent on other factors such as your experience, industry benchmarks, internal equity and other role-specific requirements. For critical roles, the compensation offering will be reviewed to ensure alignment with market rate and conditions and the unique value you bring to the role.
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This posting represents an existing vacancy within our organization.
We may use artificial intelligence tools as part of our recruitment process to assist in the initial screening of resumes. All hiring decisions, including candidate evaluation, selection, and disposition, are made by human recruiters.
About Us
Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited (“CTC”) is one of Canada’s most admired and trusted companies. With more than 90 Owned Brands, over 1,600 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.
Skills Required
- 5+ years supporting senior level executives
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to handle sensitive financial information
- Ability to manage multiple priorities
What We Do
Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited (“CTC”) is one of Canada’s most admired and trusted companies. With world-class owned brands and exciting market-leading merchandising strategies, we are continually innovating with purpose: to be there for Canadians from coast-to-coast. We are a group of companies that includes a retail segment, a financial services division and CT REIT. Our retail business is led by Canadian Tire, which was founded in 1922 and provides Canadians with products for life in Canada across its Living, Playing, Fixing, Automotive and Seasonal & Gardening categories. Party City, PartSource and Gas+ are key parts of the Canadian Tire network. Our retail segment also includes Mark's, a leading source for casual and industrial wear, Pro Hockey Life, a hockey speciality store catering to elite athletes, and SportChek, Hockey Experts, Sports Experts, and Atmosphere, which offer the best active wear brands. Our 1,700 retail and gasoline outlets are supported and strengthened by our Financial Services division and the tens of thousands of people employed across the country by our Company, local Dealers, franchisees and petroleum retailers. In addition, CTC owns and operates Helly Hansen, a leading technical outdoor brand based in Oslo, Norway. CTC is an integral part of the communities in which we operate and our legacy of community support, through national and local programs, is initiated and executed by our Corporation, Dealers, franchisees, store operators and employees. Since 2005, our Canadian Tire Jumpstart Charities has been helping kids overcome financial and accessibility barriers to sport and recreation in an effort to provide inclusive play for all kids of all abilities. For more information, visit corp.canadiantire.ca.
