Steven Van Roestel is an accomplished Supply Chain executive with over 25 years experience in delivering strategic and operational excellence in one of Canadas largest retailers Canadian Tire Corporation.

Steven is the Vice President of Transportation. In this capacity, and in collaboration with partners and senior teams, has built a multi year supply chain strategy focused on automation, robotics, digitization AI and ESG in Transportation and Distribution. Within the Transportation industry Canadian Tire continues to lead innovation in ESG & automation with ocean, transload, rail, courier and trucking leaders.

Prior to his current role, Steven was the VP Distribution Operations for Canadian Tire Corp. In that capacity he led 14 customer facing DC, 20 offsite warehouses, in Canada and the US, through COVID, automation, robotics and ESG strategy.

Previous senior roles with Canadian Tire included Financial Services Reverse Flow, eCommerce Operations, Planning, DC Operations and Express Auto Parts. Steven holds a Bachelor of Mathematics from the University of Waterloo and sits on multiple Advisory Boards.