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At Canadian Tire, we are committed to providing students with a supportive and collaborative environment that fosters knowledge sharing and offers key experiences to help them develop their capabilities through projects and objectives. We believe in setting specific and measurable goals that align with our business objectives to support learning and help students achieve their full potential. Our culture emphasizes learning from others, continuous improvement, agility, growth, and innovation, and we are invested in building a talented, diverse workforce for the future of Canada and Canadian Tire. Additionally, we are dedicated to building strong relationships with our student employees by engaging with them throughout their education and career pursuits and creating opportunities for ongoing communication and relationship building.

What You’ll Do

Apply AI to Store Operations problems by partnering with Store Ops, Business Analysis, and cross‑functional teams to identify high‑value use cases for Copilot and other approved AI tools (e.g., task prioritization, performance signals, execution tracking, insight generation).
Design and test mission‑based workflows that connect enterprise priorities to frontline execution, supporting automated prompts, insights, and performance feedback loops for store leaders and teams.
Develop prototype performance frameworks that integrate data, objectives, and behaviours—translating strategy into simple, operationally relevant guidance for stores, with a roadmap toward scalable automation.
Enable decision‑making and execution by translating AI‑enabled insights into prompts, priorities, and actions for Store Ops leaders and frontline teams (not static dashboards or recurring reports).
Document learnings and recommendations from pilots and trials, including adoption barriers, change management considerations, and opportunities to further embed AI into Store Operations rhythms.
Operate within responsible AI guidelines, ensuring tools are applied ethically, transparently, and in alignment with enterprise Copilot governance and training standards.

What You Bring

Undergraduate degree (or near completion) in Business, Analytics, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field.
Strong analytical and problem‑solving mindset, with the ability to translate data, insights, and priorities into clear, practical actions.
Working familiarity with Microsoft 365 tools, with demonstrated interest or early experience using Copilot or AI‑assisted productivity tools.
Curiosity for how technology, behaviour, and performance intersect in a frontline retail environment.
Ability to work in ambiguity, supporting test‑and‑learn pilots while maintaining structure, documentation, and follow‑through.
Clear written and verbal communication skills suited for both operational partners and senior leadership audiences.

What Makes This Role Unique

This role blends analytics, product thinking, and change enablement—it is intentionally hands‑on, experimental, and execution‑focused, rather than a traditional business intelligence or reporting role.
Hands‑on exposure to applied AI in retail Store Operations, not theoretical or experimental work.
Direct involvement in shaping how performance management and execution discipline evolve at Mark’s.
Opportunity to influence future enterprise tooling and capability decisions through grounded, real‑world pilots.
High visibility with senior Store Operations leadership during a defined, outcome‑oriented contract period.

Why Join Mark’s

At Mark’s, we focus on making work simpler, clearer, and more impactful for our frontline teams. This role is an opportunity to help define how AI can meaningfully support that ambition—turning strategy into action, and data into better decisions, in the flow of retail work.

Hybrid

We value flexibility. We have adopted a hybrid work model whereby employees use a combination of working in office and virtually in service of outcomes. This role is required to be in person for 4 days a week at the Calgary head office.

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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 Marks, we want you to experience an extraordinary career in helping to lead our brand's evolution to be Canada’s number one destination for industrial and casual apparel and footwear. As one of Canada’s leading apparel retailers, and a valued part of the Canadian Tire family of companies, Mark’s stands out for its commitment to comfort, quality and style. Mark’s is a leader in product development, innovation and quality through its assortment of industrial apparel, footwear and accessories, with strong private and exclusive brands. 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.

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