Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization
Are you enthusiastic about driving excellence in reporting and analytics capabilities to enhance transparency and visibility across the entire supply chain organization? Do you enjoy leveraging SQL to answer critical business questions and deliver insights that aid in decision-making? If you have strong front-end visualization experience and wish to make a meaningful impact on the adidas supply chain, this role could be the perfect fit for you. The position of Manager SC Business Intelligence is tailor-made for those looking to make a significant contribution.
As part of the Supply Chain Intelligence team, we are actively seeking an experienced Manager of Supply Chain Business Intelligence to build and enhance reporting capabilities, ensuring standardization, harmonization, and scalability. Your role will be instrumental in creating visibility that promotes proactive management of our business operations. Join us in shaping the future of supply chain excellence at adidas.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop scalable reporting solutions and visualize data using BI tools such as Power BI.
- Utilize SQL queries to extract, transform, and load data while ensuring a single version of the truth by actively standardizing and harmonizing data.
- Translate business requirements into technical specifications for the Data Transformation team, including data points, architecture, and models.
- Ensure that relevant metrics are timely developed, validated across markets, and documented to enhance transparency. Generate detailed and up-to-date documentation in Confluence.
- Manage the deployment of reporting capabilities including optimizing dashboard performance, conducting thorough data validation, and onboarding the Supply Chain reporting user community.
- Coordinate and actively contribute to user acceptance testing and change management for newly developed reporting capabilities, ensuring successful rollout and adoption across SCM Markets and key stakeholders.
- Conduct root cause analysis to assist the business in addressing key management questions.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- BI Expertise: Develop and maintain insightful dashboards and self-service reports using Power BI. Possess strong skills in DAX, data modeling, and report performance optimization, utilizing advanced tools to accelerate report performance (e.g., DAX Studio, Tabular Editor).
- Data Proficiency: Manage the end-to-end process of gathering, extracting, and transforming data across sources using relevant tools (e.g., SQL, Python). Ensure data quality and harmonization to empower other teams.
- Analytical Skills: Demonstrate strong analytical, diagnostic, and problem-solving skills. Able to identify root causes, recognize patterns, and translate insights into actionable recommendations.
- Operational Insight: Understand KPIs, operational processes, and the necessary trade-offs needed to balance speed and accuracy.
- Communication: Present confidently to both technical and non-technical audiences to convey insights and project updates.
- Collaborative Style: Exhibit the ability to work collaboratively across teams to support user acceptance testing, data validation, and user education for new reporting capabilities, engaging stakeholders at all levels.
- Growth Mindset: Embrace feedback and setbacks as learning opportunities, constantly seeking to improve tools, processes, and personal development.
Requisite Education and Qualifications
- Minimum of 5 years of hands-on experience in reporting and analytics, including front-end visualization and tools such as SQL and Python.
- Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Logistics, Planning, or Information Systems from an accredited institution.
- Proven experience in a business intelligence role with a strong understanding of business intelligence concepts, tools (e.g., Power BI and SQL), and methodologies.
- Good understanding of supply chain principles and operating practices, logistics terminology, basic finance, and management of cross-functional interdependencies.
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