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Canadian Tire Manager, Employee Communications in Toronto, Ontario
What you'll do
Reporting to the Associate Vice President, this Manager will manage employee communications is responsible for ensuring communications to employees are consistent with the Canadian Tire’s strategic direction, values and company brand.
Develop and execute employee communication strategies to help increase employee engagement.
Lead a team to ensure all client communication deliverable items are executed on time, with accuracy and to stakeholder satisfaction.
Engage in regular dialogue with Canadian Tire business leaders and stakeholders to maintain an understanding of the current communications environment, challenges, and support requirements.
Work with cross-functional partners to tell our brand, corporate, and culture stories to employees. This means being a sought-out and reliable communication expert on creative ways to tell our story and to help build brand ambassadors with employees.
Help ensure proper and consistent positioning and increased understanding of the company brand, values with strategy with employees.
Manage the communications strategy and execution to support regular and adhoc reporting and work with internal clients to develop materials.
Creative development, writing, proofreading and editing for a wide variety of written and presentation materials, including Workplace posts and remarks for senior leadership.
Continually measure the effectiveness of communications channels and recommend opportunities for improvement and additional value.
Research and stay current on emerging trends, best practices and opportunities in the field of communications with the goal of improving the execution of communications.
Regular and ongoing feedback, coaching and career development of direct reports.
Develop effective relationships with internal clients, vendors and suppliers to ensure delivery of quality, cost effective and timely services across the corporation.
What you bring
Six to eight years of progressive communications management experience.
Dynamic ability to communicate messages and a strong understanding of communications.
Ability to build and maintain strong relationships with business leaders, business units and client groups.
A strategic thinker/planner with a demonstrated track record in employee communications, employee engagement, issues management and problem solving, including seeking, creating and championing creative communication solutions.
Demonstrated expertise in planning and implementing strategic employee communication programs.
Experience working with executives in a communication coaching/counsel capacity.
Highly developed interpersonal communication style; self-starter with the ability to balance multiple projects and priorities; team player.
Experience managing and coaching direct reports.
Post secondary education in Communication, Public Relations, Journalism or related degree/diploma.
Exceptional writing, editing, proofreading and presentation skills.
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. Each leader is empowered to decide what work is best achieved in person based on the unique needs of their team.
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About Us
Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited (“CTC”) is one of Canada’s most admired and trusted companies. With more than 90 Owned Brands, 1,700 retail locations, financial services, exemplary e-commerce capabilities, and exciting market-leading merchandising strategies. We dream big and work as one to innovate with purpose for our customers at every level of our business, investing in new technologies and products, and doubling down on top talent to drive the company forward. We offer competitive salaries and wages to CTC employees, as well as store discounts, supported learning through our Triangle Learning Academy, Canadian Tire Profit Sharing, and retirement and savings programs for eligible employees. As part of our enhanced flex benefits program, we offer mental health benefits in the amount of $5,000 per year for benefits-eligible employees and their families, including total well-being, and mental health tools and resources for all employees. Join us in helping to make life in Canada better through living and working our Core Values: we are innovators and entrepreneurs at our core, outcomes drive us, inclusion is a must, we are stronger together and we take personal responsibility. It is an especially exciting time to join CTC and its family of companies where career opportunities are wide-ranging! 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.