BI Data Analyst
Motion · Birmingham, AL · 1 wk ago
On-siteInformation TechnologyFull-time
Job Duties
- Builds should-cost models for key categories based on commodity indices, labor, transportation, and overheads
- Maintains the Procurement Gains Tracker, ensuring accurate documentation and alignment of savings, cost avoidance, and rebate realization by wave and by category
- Supports Category Managers in building strategic fact packs including market sizing, supplier concentration, pricing benchmarks, and share of wallet
- Conducts variance analysis to identify margin leakage, supplier underperformance, or pricing gaps
- Designs, develops, and optimizes data models for the business unit and other departments
- Enhances business insights and decision making with robust, intuitive data visualizations
- Leverages transactional data from enterprise resource planning (ERP) applications to extract, transform, and model into reporting and analytics solutions
- Coordinates incremental creation and structure of QVD files from disparate data sources
- Identifies the most impactful layout and presentation of key performance metrics in easy to use self-service dashboards
- Partners with the IT team to develop security standards for BI applications and usage of QVD files containing sensitive financial information
- Partners and develops relationships with cross-functional leaders to improve processes and documentation, and recommends changes that lead to the adoption of world class processes
- Proactively seeks out opportunities to increase business knowledge and create visibility within the organization
- Generates new ideas to streamline processes and collaborates with other departments to create operational efficiencies
- Establishes and implements best practices for data modeling & visualization
- Ensures data accuracy
Requirements
- Typically requires a bachelor's degree in information systems and three (3) to five (5) years of related work experience or an equivalent combination
Qualifications
- Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite
- Advanced SQL and experience with a variety of relational databases
- Strong analytical skills and the ability to propose positive business solutions
- Reliability, organization and attention to detail
- Excellent written and oral communication, including presentation skills
- Knowledge of database design techniques and advanced SQL skills required
- Proficiency in Python, R, or other statistics platform preferred
- Professional presence with excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to interact with management at corporate and department levels
- Forward-thinking in implementing tools and techniques to improve analytics, driving better business decisions
- Self-motivated and able to independently manage multiple responsibilities concurrently
- Ability to collaborate within a team, managing team dynamics and relationships
- Strong partnership skills, across all levels of management, with ability to influence and challenge decisions and processes
- Driver of results, developer and influencer of peers
Skills
- BI tool certification preferred
Benefits
- Healthcare coverage
- 401(k)
- Tuition
- Reimbursement
- Vacation
- Sick
- Holiday pay