What you’ll do:
The Category Business Analyst – Wheeled Goods supports SportChek’s Canadian retail operations by managing vendor processes, analyzing product lines, and providing insights that help meet customer needs. This role supports Category Business Managers in developing relevant store assortments aligned with financial goals and brand strength. The analyst also helps optimize cross-functional processes to enhance collaboration and operational efficiency across merchandising, planning, marketing, and supply chain teams, reviewing new and existing product lines across wheeled goods, including cycling, inline, and action sports, and completing analysis that helps us better meet the evolving needs of our customers.
As a key member of our buying team, you will be at the centre of our retail organization. You will support Category Business Managers in creating compelling, relevant assortments for our stores by providing robust analysis and key insights that strengthen the brand with our customers and deliver against category-level objectives and financial goals. You will also contribute to the development and optimization of cross-functional processes that improve collaboration across merchandising, planning, marketing, and supply chain teams. Your work will help drive operational efficiency, streamline decision-making, and support alignment across the business to deliver a seamless customer experience.
What you bring:
- Undergraduate and/or post-graduate degree in Business, Commerce, Retail Management, Data & Analytics, or a related field.
- Retail experience in an analytical role is an asset; new graduates are welcome to apply.
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate, influence, and negotiate with colleagues and senior business partners.
- Strong presentation skills, with the ability to adapt style and format to suit the audience.
- Passion for cycling is preferred.
- Technical knowledge of bike building, repair, and maintenance is considered an asset.
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 $70,000. 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
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.
