Who We Are
We’re RCL – Reitmans Canada Limited, home to three of Canada’s most recognized fashion brands: Reitmans, RW&CO. and PENN. For nearly 100 years, we’ve been part of the Canadian retail landscape, helping customers feel confident through fashion, style and self-expression.
Today, we’re building on that legacy while evolving for what’s next. With close to 400 stores across Canada and growing digital channels, RCL is navigating a fast-changing retail environment — creating a real opportunity to rethink how we work, build stronger people capabilities, and enable our teams to learn, adapt and lead through change.
Job DescriptionThis is an exciting time to join us — especially in Learning & Development. As our business evolves, building capability, strengthening leadership and creating practical learning experiences will be key to helping our teams succeed.
If you’re energized by change, passionate about developing people, and motivated by creating learning that makes work easier, better and more impactful, RCL could be a great place to grow your career while helping others grow theirs.
Role Overview
Great learning changes more than what people know — it changes what they can do.
Ready to bring your ideas, expertise and passion for developing people to a role where you can make a real impact? Come help us shape what learning looks like at RCL.
As our Learning & Development (L&D) Partner, you’ll help shape how people across RCL learn, lead and grow. You’ll design and facilitate simple, scalable learning experiences that build capability, support our transformation and respond to real business needs.
Working across Talent & Culture, you’ll partner with Talent Management & Organizational Development (TM&OD), Retail Optimization & OD, HRBPs, Change teams and business leaders to turn priorities and insights into learning people can put into practice.
Key Responsibilities
- Design scalable learning solutions that address priority business and talent needs, applying adult-learning principles and managing learning across Head Office, the Distribution Centre and our store operations.
- Facilitate engaging learning experiences that turn knowledge into practical behaviors, strengthen capability and support lasting adoption.
- Build leadership capability through learning experiences focused on accountability, ownership, enterprise thinking and people leadership.
- Partner across Talent & Culture and the business to translate talent, engagement and capability insights into relevant learning strategies.
- Manage our LXP platform, 360Learning, and measure the impact of learning by leveraging learning platforms, pathways and insights to improve access, engagement, adoption and effectiveness.
What You Bring
- 5–7 years of experience in Learning & Development or a related field, with hands-on experience designing and facilitating learning programs for different audiences, including leaders and frontline teams.
- Strong knowledge of adult-learning principles and instructional design, with demonstrated experience turning business needs into practical, engaging and scalable learning solutions.
- Experience supporting leadership development and capability-building initiatives, ideally within a changing or fast-paced organization.
- A collaborative, consulting mindset with the ability to build relationships, influence and partner across teams and levels.
- Comfort with learning technologies and digital learning approaches.
- Bilingual in French and English, with strong communication and facilitation skills to collaborate with teams and stakeholders across Canada.
What Will Make You Successful
You’re passionate about helping people grow and perform at their best. You bring together learning-design expertise, strong facilitation skills and business acumen — and you know how to translate complex needs into practical learning experiences people can use.
You think beyond the training session. You design for impact, adoption and lasting behaviour change.
Additional Information
What Sets Us Apart:
- Ultimate Flexibility*: Enjoy a hybrid work environment that ensures the perfect balance between work and personal life.
- Well-Being First: Access a comprehensive benefits program designed to take care of you.
- Flexible Time Off*: Paid leave, sick days, and vacation time to recharge and spend quality time with loved ones.
- Exclusive Discounts*: Enjoy 50% off regular-priced items from PENN. Penningtons, Reitmans, and RW&CO.
- Referral Rewards*: Refer your professional network and earn a bonus for helping us grow our talented team
- Growth opportunities*: Annual bonuses, career advancement, and tuition reimbursement to help you reach your professional goals.
*Certain conditions apply
Total rewards are aligned with your employment status, offering different perks depending on whether you're full-time, part-time, or under contract.
Reitmans (Canada) Limited is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse, inclusive, and accessible workplace where everyone belongs. If you are contacted for an employment opportunity, please advise us of any accommodation required throughout the recruitment process. All information provided will be kept confidential and used solely to support an accessible candidate's experience.
The use of Artificial Intelligence may be used for candidate screening purposes.
We thank all applicants. Only selected candidates will be contacted.
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Skills Required
- 5–7 years of experience in Learning and Development or a related field
- Hands-on experience designing and facilitating learning programs for leaders and frontline teams
- Knowledge of adult-learning principles and instructional design
- Experience translating business needs into practical, engaging, and scalable learning solutions
- Experience supporting leadership development and capability-building initiatives
- Collaborative consulting mindset with relationship-building and influencing skills
- Comfort with learning technologies and digital learning approaches
- Bilingual French and English proficiency
- Strong communication and facilitation skills
- Experience in a changing or fast-paced organization
What We Do
Why Reitmans (Canada) Limited At RCL (as we affectionately call ourselves), every moment of every day revolves around our customers and our love of fashion. We believe fashion empowers our customers to put their best foot forward when it matters the most. From the design table to the stores, we are always finding new ways to create memorable experiences, backed by a strong brand portfolio and powered by the most passionate people in the industry. We are proud of our almost one hundred years of history as Canada’s fashion retail icon, and we have a remarkable story to tell. Operating under three flagship brands – Reitmans, PENN. and RW&CO. – we thrive by demonstrating our passion for fashion. Our innovation and drive to constantly raise the bar on customer experience is complemented by our dedicated and talented team – our most important asset. Being RCL is all about caring for our people, working collaboratively and authentically, while inspiring performance. Our values come to life through the passionate people we hire, the charities we support and business relationships we create both in Canada and abroad. Come fashion your new career with us careers.smartrecruiters.com/ReitmansCanadaLteLtd/en
