Canadian Tire

Our Commitment to Students

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

The Sports Analyst Student will be paired with a full-time analyst to support national Sport organizations and Own the Podium with their analytical challenges. Tasks will include gathering historical performance data using automated collection tools, providing analytical support to lead analysts, building models to allow Sport organizations to make better data-driven decisions around athlete development, the development of interactive tools and reporting, and communicating these results and insights directly to our Sport organizations.

• Build and maintain large sport performance databases using automated data collection tools
• Use Python to data mine large quantities of historical Olympic/Paralympic and senior-level performance data
• Create statistical models and performance metrics to evaluate future athlete potential
• Develop interactive tools/dashboards for Canadian Sport Organizations

What You Bring

• Working towards a University degree in an analytical field e.g. Applied Math, Statistics, Comp Science or a relevant discipline
• Demonstrated superior analytical, mathematical, and problem-solving skills
• Knowledge of statistics and statistical modeling
• Programming experience (e.g. Python/SAS/R)
• Good working knowledge of Excel (Excel VBA)
• Data visualization development using Tableau is an asset

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.

About Us

At Canadian Tire Services Limited/Canadian Tire Bank, it is it is our mandate to continue to create innovative and rewarding financial solutions for our customers. Our growing suite of products and services showcase the dynamic contributions from our employees and our success is driven by a strong vision, loyal customers, and our ability to build teams that reflect the diverse customers and communities in which we live and work. 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.