AVP Merchandising Platforms
Canadian Tire
This full-time AVP Merchandising Platforms role at Canadian Tire is based in Toronto, ON . It leads the technology portfolio behind pricing, promotions and merchandise planning.
You act as the senior technology partner to the Customer Strategy, Analytics and Merchandise Planning and Merchandising teams. The work covers legacy pricing platform transformation , a new enterprise Pricing & Promotions Engine and AI-enabled pricing across banners.
About the Role: AVP Merchandising Platforms
You own a multi-year, enterprise-scale merchandising technology roadmap that spans pricing, promotions, merchandise financial planning, product and replenishment platforms across CTR and secondary banners. You turn business strategy into a platform roadmap with measurable outcomes in price accuracy, speed to market, platform stability and value realization.
The portfolio includes some of the enterprise's most complex and Dealer-impacting programs. You retire mainframe-based pricing flows, simplify the integrated pricing ecosystem (corporate pricing, enterprise services, store systems, POS and digital) and deliver the Pricing & Promotions Engine for consistent pricing across store and digital channels.
You also lead a team of senior technology leaders and managers, work with Store Technology, Digital, Enterprise Architecture, AI & Data and Finance, and hold vendors and system integrators accountable for delivery quality. Compliance with relevant regulations, standards and controls applies to every merchandising and pricing platform.
Benefits and Salary
The posting does not state a salary. Canadian Tire describes competitive salaries and wages , store discounts , learning through the Triangle Learning Academy , Canadian Tire Profit Sharing and retirement and savings programs for eligible employees.
The enhanced flex benefits program includes mental health benefits of $5,000 per year for benefits-eligible employees and their families, plus well-being and mental health tools and resources for all employees.
Job Details
Job Type: Full time
Company: Canadian Tire
Location: Toronto, ON
Requisition ID: JR166227
Date Posted: October 14, 2026
Responsibilities
The duties fall into three areas: strategic leadership and platform management , delivery across several interdependent programs, and team and vendor leadership .
- Own the multi-year merchandising technology portfolio and roadmap covering pricing, promotions, merchandise financial planning, product and replenishment platforms.
- Translate business strategy and must-win goals into an integrated platform roadmap, as the senior technology partner to the pricing and merchandising business teams.
- Lead the transformation of legacy pricing platforms, including retiring mainframe-based pricing flows and simplifying the pricing ecosystem to improve resiliency, accuracy and agility.
- Deliver the new enterprise Pricing & Promotions Engine , which enables new incentive types for the enterprise.
- Ideate, maintain and deliver the AI-driven roadmap with key stakeholders, expanding AI pricing capabilities across banners and applying AI and automation to pricing operations.
- Identify platform, integration and operational risks early (pricing accuracy, failover and resiliency, impacts on Dealer and store operations) and develop mitigation and contingency strategies.
- Manage multiple concurrent programs, sequencing releases, environments and store rollouts to protect business continuity, using agile and hybrid delivery models.
- Monitor program KPIs, health metrics and risks, and elevate through steering committee, the Dealer Working Group and executive forums.
- Lead and mentor a team of senior technology leaders and managers, and stay accountable for succession and talent health.
- Negotiate contracts, licensing and capacity commitments with vendors and system integrators, and manage their performance.
Requirements / Skills
The role asks for a Bachelor's degree and 10+ years of retail merchandising platform experience, at least 5 of them in leadership. The rest centres on large-scale pricing and merchandising transformation, AI and automation knowledge, and working with executives and vendors.
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Technology or a related field (required); an MBA or advanced degree is an asset.
- 10+ years with retail merchandising platforms, including pricing and promotions systems, with at least 5 years in a leadership role .
- Senior technology leadership of large-scale enterprise platforms, with depth in pricing, promotions, merchandise planning, product and replenishment systems.
- Experience leading pricing and merchandising transformation , including legacy or mainframe modernization and implementing an enterprise pricing and promotions engine.
- Strong understanding of AI, automation and data applied to pricing and merchandising, including AI-driven price optimization.
- Experience overseeing merchandising platforms in a complex, multi-banner business ; Dealer or franchise model experience is an asset.
- Proven ability to partner with executive stakeholders and lead complex vendor ecosystems.
- Strong financial acumen , a governance mindset, and experience managing large technology portfolios and operating budgets.
Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Technology, or a related field required; MBA or advanced degree an asset. 10+ years of experience with retail merchandising platforms, including pricing and promotions systems, with at least 5 years in a leadership role.
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