Senior Data Analyst

at  Mother Parkers Tea Coffee

WHO IS MOTHER PARKERS?

We are one of the largest tea and coffee manufacturers in North America, with a mission to create a better beverage experience for our customers. As a leading customer solutions provider to some of North America’s largest retailers and foodservice chains, we use state-of-the-art technology and new product innovation to help our customers grow their business and deliver superior products to their clientele. Our team of coffee and tea experts are deeply passionate about what we do, proud of our 100+ years of business success, and excited about building a future with endless possibilities. Come join our team and work among the best, collaborate with high performers, and contribute to challenging work every day!

THE ROLE:

Our Commodities Procurement team is looking for a highly organized and analytical individual to join their team as a Sr Data Analyst. In this role, you will bring best practices and focus on system capability and automation; process development and improvement; refinement of cost analysis and forecasting models; key departmental reporting; and risk management compliance in a fast-moving procurement environment. You will also be responsible for delivering value-added business analytics as well as reporting meaningful financial and operational metrics that lead to insightful, accurate business decision-making and operational efficiencies.
We are looking for someone who has the desire to understand business drivers, initiatives and blockers; has strong organizational and communication skills; and can prioritize work effectively. You will help to elevate the team’s performance by taking initiative, being persistent and creative, and have a passion for continuous improvement.

WHAT YOU GET TO DO:

• Conduct requirements analysis and translate data into informative and actionable reports, dashboards and KPI’s across the Procurement Department.
• Maintain and develop new approaches to automate internal and external data retrieval, customer/vendor reporting and operational process.
• Interface with cross-functional teams to build centralized/custom data analytics tools to enhance the business process.
• Own and develop queries and data visualizations for ad-hoc, recurring, troubleshooting requests and projects. Create exploratory data analysis, reports, dashboards to surface data for different stakeholders.
• Through data led analysis, provide insight to optimize long-term cost saving growth and support related strategic initiatives (both ad hoc analytics and on-going reporting).
• Coordinate with IT to efficiently perform activities related to integration of data and systems.
• Simplify complex analyses and create clear and concise stories to motivate the department and company to make better data-driven decisions.
• Prepare presentations on department performance, risk management performance and cost savings initiatives.
• Challenge the Procurement Leadership Team on best practices and opportunities.
• Build and maintain departmental savings and inventory budget as well as latest estimate models.

WHAT YOU BRING TO THE ROLE:

• Strong understanding of enterprise resource planning (ERP) and supply chain modules including (but not limited to) Master Planning, Procurement and Sourcing and, Inventory Management (preferably in Microsoft AX/D365).
• 3 years+ of Power Business Intelligence (Power BI) experience working on dashboards and data visualization along with good understanding of BI architecture.
• Intermediate knowledge of Robotic Process Automation (RPA) and relevant tools is preferred.
• Intermediate knowledge of Machine Learning and AI, including regression, classification, clustering, time series analysis, NLP, and optimization, is preferred.