Develop a clear understanding of SportChek’s visual merchandising vision and standards.
Partnering with head office and store teams to ensure corporate merchandising standards are communicated and successfully executed.
Coach, train and validate key initiatives and strategies elevating the customer experience and category growth to impact sales performance across the store network.
Reinforce and validate merchandising direction, focusing on signage and robust merchandising tactics to drive sell through and inventory turns.
Ensure ad compliance and set-up.
Act as the lead contact for the region related to visual merchandising questions or issues and provide visual solutions.
Focus on store performance building action plans into weekly store visits through the effective use of the RVM store visit report, photo validation and task management to positively impact store performance and presentation increasing sales performance across the store network.
Work collaboratively with the District Manager’s to develop action plans to deliver on the visual strategy instore.
Build common practices ensuring consistency of execution across all regions.
Support and build action plans for store teams related to store openings and revitalizations.
Ensure photos are collected from the region for key set ups, initiatives, seasonal changeovers and store openings.
Support visual merchandising research or test initiatives.
Monitor region for visual merchandising trends.
Understand trends and developments in the field of visual merchandising.
Promote a positive, solution focused store culture.
A Diploma in Visual Merchandising or Design or equivalent experience.
Minimum of one year of direct experience in visual merchandising.
Strong understanding of store operations.
A vehicle as the position requires travel from store-to-store within the region. You may also be required to travel to a new store location to oversee the pre-opening merchandising plan.
Passion for retail and visual merchandising
Exceptional communication skills.
Ability to implement change in a positive, proactive manner.
Aptitude for collaboration and developing strong relationships.
We’re always looking for great talent! In addition to competitive pay, we offer:
- Comprehensive benefits and retirement programs
- Performance incentives
- Other perks to support your well-being
- Career growth opportunities and product discounts
Our typical hiring range is between 50,000 and 65,000. Salary decisions are also dependent on other factors such as your experience, store size and market location, industry benchmarks, internal equity and other role-specific requirements.
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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
At Sport Chek, we want to find what moves you, and help build your career from there. As Canada’s destination for footwear, apparel, and sporting goods; we believe that sport and activity has the power to help shape your style, your relationships, and your mind. Along with colleagues across the Canadian Tire family of companies, you’ll be a part of a collaborative network of like-minded individuals who draw on their collective experience to best serve customers across all banners from coast-to-coast. 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
- Diploma in Visual Merchandising or Design, or equivalent experience
- Minimum one year of direct visual merchandising experience
- Strong understanding of store operations
- A vehicle for travel between stores within the region
- Exceptional communication skills
- Ability to implement change in a positive, proactive manner
- Aptitude for collaboration and developing strong relationships
- Passion for retail and visual merchandising
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.
