Ready to lead an award-winning team? As an ALDI executive, you are responsible for driving and implementing the key initiatives that keep our customers happy and ensure our business model evolves with the needs of the company. Immerse yourself in a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement with our growing and thriving organization.
Are you a dynamic and experienced professional looking to make a significant impact in the retail industry? Join the ALDI team, where we’re seeking a talented Director of Data and Analytics to lead the charge in advancing our data capabilities and in developing reporting solutions that fully leverage our SAP ERP landscape. This role offers a unique blend of strategic leadership, national and international partnerships, and process optimization to maximize our impact to the business. If you’re ready to take your career to the next level, have a deep understanding of data structures and reporting capabilities, and would enjoy shaping the future of our organization, apply today.
Position Type: Full-Time
Starting Salary: $227,250
Salary Increases: Year 2 - $244,000 | Year 3 - $266.750 | Year 4 - $298,000
Work Location: Batavia, IL
This role is eligible to participate in ALDI’s Hybrid Work Program, which allows remote work up to 2 days per week (i.e., work remotely up to 2 days per week; work in-office at least 3 days per week).

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or a related field required.
• A minimum of 7 years of progressive external experience in Finance, Data Analytics, or Computer Science and retail operations required or at least 4 years of relevant experience at ALDI.
• ALDI District Manager Division, Executive Manager AHEAD District Manager, National Services Manager or Director experience required for internal candidates.
• Completion of the ALDI LEAD (Leadership Enhancement And Development) program (for internal candidates) or equivalent combination of external leadership experience and training required.
• Master’s Degree in Finance, Computer Science, Data Engineering or a related field preferred.
• Experience managing a department required.
• A minimum of 5+ years of project management experience preferred.
• Experience in data and analytics including dimensional modeling, ETL, reporting tools, development of data products, data governance, data warehousing, data protection, and/or structured and unstructured data preferred.
• Or, a combination of education and experience providing equivalent knowledge.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Work may be performed in an office, remote office or a combination of both where a computer and office equipment may be used as needed to perform duties.
• Regularly required to sit, reach, grasp, stand and move from one area to another.
• Constantly and repeatedly use keyboard/mouse.
• Occasionally required to push, pull, bend, lift and move up to 25 lbs.

Must be able to perform duties with or without reasonable accommodation.

• Works closely with business leaders to provide insightful reporting solutions that enhance company performance and supervisory needs.
• Oversees the design and implementation of data management systems, including data warehouses and master data management solutions, and makes strategic decisions to support effective data collection and analysis.
• Drives projects and tasks to completion through decision making, effective prioritization, resource allocation, and cross-functional collaboration to ensure successful project outcomes.
• Leads the business planning and budgeting process for their area. Participates in planning activities, communicates business resource requirements and adheres to established cost thresholds for their area.
• Drives successful delivery of analytics initiatives by assessing risk, cross-functional alignment with stakeholders, and ensuring transparency in planning and execution processes.
• Provides strategic guidance to senior management on reporting-related decisions, ensuring alignment with organizational objectives.
• Makes decisions regarding resource allocation and project prioritization to optimize reporting processes.
• Recruits, relocates, and recommends qualified employees for their team; determines the appropriate training methods/courses for new hires.
• Determines the salary levels for newly hired or transferred employees reporting to them according to the established company wage structure.
• Understands the overarching company strategy while communicating and modeling the core values of the organization to create a sense of teamwork and membership among employees.
• Establishes, communicates and evaluates job responsibilities and performance expectations to their team to ensure mutual understanding of desired results.
• Partners with business units to identify data-driven opportunities for innovation, optimization, and value creation through the leveraging of data and analytics.
• Consults with leadership on the implications of company decisions on data and analytics.
• Consults with cross functional stakeholders to prioritize competing demands.
• Partners with leadership to evaluate initiatives focused on cost savings and productivity improvements.
• Works with global teams to align data governance objectives with business goals, ensuring consistency and alignment across international operations.
• Leads workshops and training sessions to enhance the understanding of data analytics and use case methodologies across the organization.
• Works closely with senior management and cross-functional teams to provide insights and recommendations based on reporting analytics.
• Consults with executives on the development of their team’s strategy.
• Makes recommendations to executives on how to improve, design, and streamline applicable policies, procedures, and practices.
• Manages external consultants accordingly.
• Liaises with directors in other ALDI countries to facilitate the sharing of best practices.
• Drives projects covering a breadth of data analytics solutions, collaborating cross-functionally to build innovative data and analytic products, services, and processes for stakeholders.
• Leads initiatives to enhance reporting capabilities, including the integration of advanced analytics and visualization tools.
• Drives cross-functional collaboration to ensure alignment with internationally and nationally defined objectives.
• Drives the local implementation of global data and analytics products, ensuring solutions meet local requirements while aligning to international standards.
• Establishes and enforces data standards, best practices, and guidelines for data collection, storage, and usage across the organization.
• Collaborates with business units to identify data-driven opportunities for innovation, optimization, and value creation.
• Partners with all regional and functional business owners to understand and incorporate their strategic initiatives in planning exercises and in alignment with national and international goals.
• Executes the company’s data management strategy, data analytics usage, and data governance.
• Reviews the actual performance of business initiatives compared to projected results.
• Partners with Global data teams to align data governance objectives with business goals.
• Drives projects and tasks to completion through effective prioritization, resource allocation, and cross-functional collaboration.
• Drives the local rollout of global data and analytics products, implements the strategy of deploying modern reporting solutions and consistent reporting methodologies within the country.
• Leads the development and implementation of reporting strategies, frameworks and standards to ensure consistency and accuracy across all reporting outputs.
• Directs their team by ensuring that all projects and tasks meet business needs as well as expectations for quality and service.
• Establishes team objectives that align with the overall company strategy.
• Participates in International, National and Specialist Committees as a subject matter expert to establish best practice and business consistency.
• Identifies and develops company-wide and individual initiatives for their team.
• Complies with ALDI privacy and security requirements and policies if job responsibilities include possible access to confidential and/or sensitive information.
• Other duties as assigned.