Analytics Systems Development Manager
Salisbury, Maryland, United States Job ID 77285 Job Category Information TechnologyPerdue Foods has a goal of becoming the most trusted name in premium proteins by creating products for consumers and for retail and foodservice customers around the globe while changing the way animals are raised for food. It is part of Perdue Farms, a fourth-generation, family-owned food and agricultural business deeply rooted in tradition yet with a forward-thinking mindset. We believe that success starts with our people, and our culture is built on a foundation of teamwork, integrity, and respect, where every voice matters and everyone is encouraged to contribute to our shared goals. We are dedicated to creating a supportive, inclusive environment where associates feel valued and inspired to make an impact, both within the company and in the communities we serve. From promoting growth and development to prioritizing work-life balance, we’re committed to helping our team members thrive. That's Perdue.
Summary
Our Corporate Finance team is growing! We are looking for Analytics Systems Development Manager skilled in data modeling for Analytics and familiar with Financial reporting. This position develops, enhances, and supports efforts related to business reporting and analytics. This role will lead the migration of the Perdue financial analytical platform from SAP BW & Oracle Essbase to Snowflake, Dataiku, and PowerBI. This position will play a lead technical role on the FP&A Financial Systems team to build data models, including data sources, transformations, and integrations, in the Perdue analytics toolset.
The salary range for this position is $97,000 - $145,000 per year, based on experience and qualifications with annual bonus available (variable depending on performance).
In addition to the base salary, Perdue offers a competitive benefits package, including medical/Rx, 401(k) with employer match after 1 year, critical illness, accident insurance, dental, vison, life insurance, optional group life insurance, short-term and long-term disability protection, flexible spending accounts and paid time off.
This position is based at Corporate Headquarters in Salisbury, MD.
Principal and Essential Duties & Responsibilities
- Leads the design, development, and implementation of sophisticated analytics systems. Leads analytic projects involving Data Analysts, Business Users, I/T, and 3rd party resources as required.
- Works closely with stakeholders to understand their needs and translate them into system and modeling requirements. Understands data requirements, data sources, and proper structures to support development of analytics in a full life-cycle environment.
- Develops and implements analytical and predictive models to help discover various breakthrough opportunities from internal and external data and content sources.
- Support the creation of meaningful, digestible data visualizations to share findings, trends, and opportunities.
- Work closely with the Analytics Center of Excellence to implement best practices for analytics systems development.
- Ensure analytics systems are compliant with company policies, and the analytics and metadata catalog is maintained, organized, and meaningful.
- Provide or arrange training and knowledge transfer sessions with FP&A, Finance, and other Perdue analytics users to ensure an efficient and qualified user base in the use of Perdue Analytic tools, data models, and meta data.
- Prepare and present regular reports to senior management on the progress and status of analytics projects and systems.
Minimum Education
- BS degree or equivalent work experience in Information Technology, Finance, Accounting or related discipline plus 10 years related work experience. Some minor travel to manufacturing plant sites or to attend training.
Experience Requirements
- An understanding of various data warehousing concepts including enterprise data, data staging, data transformation, and multidimensionality.
- High level understanding of SAP S/4 HANA FI module integration with other SAP business processes including: SD – Sales & Distribution, MM – Materials Management, CO – Product costing, PP – Production Planning, QM – Quality Management.
- Experience in building, implementing, supporting, and achieving user adoption of analytics and analytics applications Experience with Alteryx, Dataiku or similar ETL tools.
- Experience in Microsoft Office Suite including creation of Excel spreadsheets and MS PowerPoint presentations.
- Experience in project planning including creation of resourced project schedules with understanding of critical path planning.
- General transactional ERP datasources Strong systems solution and analytics and reporting skills.
- Strong business and technical leadership and facilitation skills. An understanding of finance and accounting processes for manufacturing companies.
- Good communication skills - vergbal, written and presentation.
- Ability to resolve conflict.
Experience Preferred
- MS degree is preferred
- Experience in SAP ECC/HANA Data modeling for analytics in a cloud environment
- Project management skills including milestone setting, issues tracking, communicating status updates
- Experience in CPG, protein, or manufacturing industries is a plus.
Environmental Factors and Physical Requirements
- This position is primarily sedentary and is office-based.
Perdue Farms Inc. is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.
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