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Description: Role Purpose The BI & Analytics Lead will be the bridge between business leaders and the Data Warehouse/Analytics teams. This role ensures Americas has trusted, consistent data and delivers insights that drive decisions across Finance, Sales, Supply Chain, Marketing, and Operations. Acting as a Data Product Owner, the BI & Analytics Lead will define the data/analytics roadmap, prioritize requests, and ensure adoption of dashboards and advanced analytics. Key Responsibilities • Business Partnering • Engage with stakeholders to understand reporting and analytics needs. • Translate business requirements into structured data and BI deliverables. • Facilitate workshops to align on KPI definitions (“one version of the truth”). • Data Product Ownership • Maintain and prioritize the Americas analytics roadmap, balancing quick wins and long-term value. • Manage reporting backlog and coordinate with Data Warehouse and BI developers. • Validate dashboards and reports before release to ensure accuracy and business relevance. • Analytics Delivery & Adoption • Drive delivery of self-service Power BI dashboards across functions. • Promote adoption through user training, demos, and support. • Monitor usage and collect feedback to continuously improve products. • Foundations for Growth • Build and maintain a KPI glossary and data catalog for Americas. • Establish governance processes for data requests and definitions. • Support advanced analytics initiatives (forecasting, pricing, customer insights). AI Readiness & Innovation • Identify and prioritize business use cases where AI/ML can create measurable value (e.g., demand forecasting, margin optimization, customer insights). • Partner with the Data Warehouse team and business users to ensure data pipelines are AI-ready (clean, governed, accessible). • Pilot AI/ML features in the Microsoft ecosystem (Power BI Copilot, Azure, Dynamics AI) and evaluate business impact. • Educate business stakeholders on AI-driven insights, ensuring outputs are explainable, trusted, and actionable. • Collaborate with Global Data & Analytics to align Americas AI initiatives with enterprise strategy and governance Requirements: Qualifications & Skills • Experience: • 5+ years in BI, analytics, or data product roles. • Proven experience engaging directly with business stakeholders. • Hands-on knowledge of Power BI (or equivalent BI tools). • Familiarity with data warehouses, SQL, and data modeling concepts (not necessarily building, but understanding). • Skills: • Excellent communication skills; able to explain data to non-technical leaders. • Strong business analysis and stakeholder management. • Ability to prioritize, negotiate, and manage a backlog of requests. • Comfortable bridging technical and business worlds. • Preferred: • Experience with Microsoft ecosystem (Power BI, D365, Azure Data Lake/Factory). • Exposure to predictive analytics / machine learning use cases. • Prior experience as a Data Product Owner, BI Lead, or Analytics Business Partner.

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