City : Laval

Category : Special Project Jobs

Industry : Retail

Employer : Alimentation Couche-Tard

JOIN OUR TEAM 

Our mission is simple: we make journeys easier and more enjoyable for our customers. We want to lift their spirits by delivering little boosts along the way.  We care about our people and our communities, and we look for ways to uplift people first. Wherever your journey’s going, we can help you get there.  

Department: Project management

Location: Laval, Quebec

Couche-Tard has an ambitious $1 billion global cost optimization and transformation program. The program includes a total of approximately 300 initiatives in several areas including: construction, maintenance, IT, marketing, store operations and fuel transportation. The successful candidate will lead several projects and report to the Program Director.

WHAT YOU’LL DO 

Here are just a few ways that you’ll help make journeys better:  

• Work closely with stakeholders and executive team members in defining project objectives, scope, strategies, and plans.

• Support the executive team in innovation and in the creation of new ideas for optimization.

• Organize and facilitate project tracking meetings to measure and communicate project progress.

• Identify and manage project risks and issues.

• Act as an advisor and coach to stakeholders when required.

• Ensure that all projects are delivered on time by defining activities, deliverables, effort, resource requirements, project timelines and estimating budgets and controlling project costs.

• Build and maintain close relationships with internal and external clients.

• Prepare project charters and the various documents that make up the project management plan.

• Collaborate with other project managers in the organization to define and improve project management processes, tools and documents.

• Measure project performance using appropriate systems, tools, and techniques.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED 

We want you to join our team! Here’s what we’re looking for: 

• Ability to promote analytical and conceptual thinking in relation to activities, moving beyond numbers to strategy.

• Ability to seek information and encourage stakeholder alignment at all levels.

• Ability to effectively deal with ambiguities in all aspects of work, including business direction and strategy.

• Demonstrated experience leading enterprise-wide processes across multiple business units and functional areas.

• Ability to deliver required messages and decision making to the full audience, including senior management, and in all formats (e.g., written, oral, presentation development and presentation).

• Good understanding of project processes and development methodologies

• Ability to understand and lead project improvements from start to finish

• Ability to drive organizational adoption and readiness for implementation with a focus on results and growth

• Strong interpersonal, communication and planning skills, as well as critical thinking and decision-making skills

• Ability to manage large and complex projects (multi-million dollar)

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, information technology, or other field relevant to the position

• Minimum 7-10 years of experience as a project manager

• PMP (Project Management Professional) training is an asset

• Extensive knowledge of financial management or planning

• Excellent knowledge of investment evaluation techniques

• Excellent knowledge of project management and project portfolio management

• Experience in leading enterprise-wide processes

• Proficiency in standard project tools

Language skills:

• Fluent English, spoken and written

• French is an asset.

WHY WORK WITH US

Our store and office employment opportunities offer you quick career growth with an international company, plus a dynamic work environment that puts people first. Wherever you are in your journey, we have a place for you.  Here’s some of the exciting perks we offer: 

• Complete benefits packages (medical and dental);

• Possibility of enrolling in a pension plan with employer contributions or a stock purchase plan;

• Employee discounts in stores and with multiple of our partners;

• Paid time off plan including vacation, sick days and personal days;

• Work in a collaborative, dynamic and high performing team;

• Learning opportunities to develop new skills and to evolve professionally in a fast-growing company;         

• Work from home – Temporarily due to COVID-19.

INTERESTED?

Send us your resume by email to candidatglobal@couche-tard.com with the following position number in the subject line R211325.

Internal candidate? Apply via Workday.

Couche-Tard places great importance on diversity in the workplace and is committed to the principle of employment equity by encouraging applications from designated groups, i.e.: women, Aboriginal people, people with disabilities and visible minorities.

We thank all applicants for their interest in this position; only those selected will be contacted.

Couche-Tard / Circle K valorise la diversité et de l’inclusion et vise à créer un milieu de travail sain, accessible et gratifiant qui met en valeur la contribution unique de nos employés au succès de notre entreprise. En tant qu'employeur qui s'engage à respecter l'équité en matière d'emploi, nous encourageons les candidatures les plus diverses afin de pouvoir nous doter d’un effectif varié et représentatif de nos clients et des communautés que l’on sert. Des accommodements sont disponibles sur demande pour les candidats qui participent à tous les aspects du processus de sélection.