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Senior Data Analytics Consultant

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Job ID 285601 Date posted 05/07/2024 Location : Wayzata, Minnesota Category  Data Job Status  Salaried Full Time

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Job Purpose and Impact

The Senior Data Analytics Consultant will be a member of the Cargill Global Data Function’s Analytics Excellence team and engage in and lead activities related to maturing Cargill’s ability in consuming data and analytics in support of value outcomes.  This will include supporting and leading initiatives related to Analytics Excellence & Governance, Digital and Data Literacy, Digital Transformation and connecting data to value.  In this role, you will balance strategic thought leadership with delivery while remaining current with relevant digital technologies (Ex. AI, GEN AI etc..), data practices, analytics techniques & self-service tools, and industry trends. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify digital and data related challenges and value opportunities to enable learning innovative solutions that improve decision-making and drive efficiencies.

Key Accountabilities

  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams in leading and enabling to identify digital, data and analytics related solutions that improves decision-making and drives efficiency and innovation.
  • Apply strategic thought leadership and business knowledge to deliver insightful recommendations to mature data and analytics consumption and shape, build out and measure the success of consumption.
  • Provide and deliver coaching, education and training on new solutions or techniques to foster improved digital and data consumption and improve opportunities to derive new value opportunities from data.
  • Mentor and coach team members and users to access, consume and advise on digital solutions and analyze data using a variety of tools and coordinate the assistance from subject matter experts in the creation and delivery of learning content.
  • Create documentation, training materials, media content and tracking to enable digital and data literacy initiatives.
  • Explore new or optimal data sources to drive effectiveness and efficiency, promote digital and data skills and analytics usage across Cargill, encourage visibility and reusability of data and analytics solutions and support data challenges and persona-based learning programs.
  • Perform advanced analysis on business / industry trends, and internal and external data to identify new opportunities to improve business decision making and provide oversight and support for ongoing activities in fostering a data-driven culture.
  • You will serve as an expert in your field and work with limited direction, using additional research and interpretation to identify issues/problems. You may provide direction to lower-level team members and be a key contributor.
  • Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

  • Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience
  • Minimum of six years of related work experience

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

  • Master's degree in related field
  • Relevant work experience in leading and enabling digital and data transformation initiatives, digital and data learning programs, Business Intelligence including self-service analytics, governance frameworks and developing data, analytics, and digital strategies.
  • Product management skills, including experience in managing projects and coordinating with subject matter experts.
  • Ability to evaluate the impact of digital and data initiatives on driving improved performance, productivity, engagement, and customer satisfaction.
  • Knowledge of the latest trends and technologies in digital innovation, such as artificial intelligence, advanced analytics, cloud computing and cybersecurity.
  • Proven experience connecting digital, data and analytics to realized business value opportunities.
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills
  • Proven coaching and mentoring skills.
  • Problem-solving skills and experience identifying process improvements.
  • Ability to simplify complex topics for non-technical stakeholders.
  • Intermediate to advanced knowledge of self-service analytics tools including one or more of the following (Power BI, Tableau and KNIME)
  • Data Analysis experience and working knowledge of SQL.
  • Proficiency in Data and Analytics Governance and Data Quality Management.

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