Data and Analytics Lead - Source to Pay

 ROYAL CANIN ’s MISSION IS TO TRANSFORM EACH CAT AND DOGS HEALTH AND WELL-BEING BY PUSHING THE LIMITS OF NUTRITION AND KNOWLEDGE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PET PROFESSIONALS. 

To make our ambitions a reality, Royal Canin is undertaking a major business transformation focusing on end-to-end business processes, people, and data, enabled by technology. Through this transformation we are aiming to reinvent our core processes, adapting our data models and tech platforms while focusing on enhancing the experience for users, customers, and our Associates. 

What are we looking for? 

We are hiring Data and Analytics Engagement Lead for Source to Pay process area. Engagement lead will work closely with global process owners, business process owners, change experience teams and data and analytics teams to challenge, harmonise, standardise and where needed adapt / deliver reporting requirements. 

• The role would require individuals to closely collaborate with various functions while maintaining focus on delivery, deployment and adoption of reporting in the markets. 

• Experience in business intelligence and more importantly appreciation of functional domains is essential to be successful in this role. 

• Exposure to understanding definitions and delivery of KPIs in procure to pay and sustainability processes areas would be ideal. 

• The role requires candidates to know about data architecture, data modelling with a great understanding of KPIs.

• To be successful, you'd need to have excellent functional understanding of Source to Pay functional area with BI exposure, instead of being a technical BI expert. 

What will be your key responsibilities? 

• You will engage business and data owners to develop data strategies, to build data acquisition roadmaps and to identify external data opportunities. You will manage collection, assessment and integration of the data assets. Drive change to align strategic needs into data acquisition. 

• You will be responsible for ensuring data architecture of data model is fit for purpose for reporting needs. 

• You will inform design of source agnostic integrated data model for reporting. 

• You will highlight areas of data management, distribution and consumption patterns for architecture. 

• You will understand data models in source to pay process and ERP systems such as SAP. 

• You will have a sound understanding of Microsoft Azure Analytics Tech Stack. 

• You will collaborate with change experience managers for business readiness for critical milestones. 

• You will engage with process owners to catalogue reporting requirements. 

• You will document reporting requirements and translate functional requirements to system requirements to support development of reports. 

• You will be an advocacy in self-service and thereby support with deployment and adoption of this within the business. 

• You will collaborate closely with the EOS teams to ensure the smooth deployment of reports across digital core and edge systems, including service introduction. 

What can you expect from Mars? 

• Work with over 140,000 diverse and talented Associates, all guided by the Five Principles. 

• Join a purpose driven company, where we’re striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today. 

• Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University. 

• An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus.

This role is a project-based transformation role and has a current expected end date of 3 years. As we move closer to the date, we will work with you to explore other opportunities for employment within the Mars family of companies. If a suitable alternative role is not available at that time, your employment will end.

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