YOUR OPPORTUNITY We have an exciting Business Data Analyst opportunity in our Merriam, Kansas office. The Business Data Analyst understands and leverages analytical platform strengths to help business achieve strategic and tactical goals. Develops, maintains, and supports data analytical systems, providing insight into business performance. Actively engages in the business data developmental lifecycle to deliver professional and timely products utilized by the business. Facilitates project meetings, including kickoff, status updates, and stakeholder meetings. Plan, direct, and coordinate the project tasks and deliverables to the project team. Fosters a positive project culture and motivates team members to achieve project goals. ABOUT US At Seaboard Foods, we create the most sought-after pork. A top U.S. pork producer/processor and leading exporter to 30 countries, we are committed to bringing excellence to the table, seeking a better way to produce wholesome pork and connect every step between our farms and family tables. More than 5,400 employees in five states work on our farms, feed mills, and processing plants to produce Prairie Fresh® pork, ensuring the well-being of our animals, the environment, our employees, and the communities we call home. Our commitment to sustainability is reflected in our renewable gas projects on our farms creating renewable energy. Owned by Seaboard Corporation, a Fortune 500 company, and nominated as one of the "Best Places to Work" by Kansas City's Business Journal, we have a dynamic culture where our employees can contribute and understand why they matter. RESPONSIBILITIES & TASKS Responsible for actively engaging with cross-functional technical and product management teams to prioritize tasks/work effort by understanding scope, requirements, level of effort, and pipeline, and clarify tradeoffs when changes are made to that plan. Manage project documentation and report on project status, backlog, and resources. Create, document and support data visualizations from a wide variety of platforms (Tableau, Power BI, SSAS, Cognos Analytics) Understand basic SQL syntax and data analysis principles. Translate those principles in a data visualization development environment. Help foster and strengthen relationships with members of IT and business owners. IT and analytics work together to resolve data issues, ensure data availability/accuracy, and determine the ability to which the data can be analyzed. Implement security policy best practices, including ongoing review of provisioning process, licensing, user access and structure setup. Assess new features and tools regarding supported BI platforms. Review server and content performance. Analyze, test and upgrade analytics tools annually and fine tune all general applications to proactively address system issues. Ensure data integrity, acting as subject matter expert when there are questions, and working on improvement projects. CORE COMPETENCIES FOR SUCCESS IN ALL ROLES: instills trust, communicates effectively, action oriented, ensures accountability, and drives results. CRITICAL COMPETENCIES for this role tech savvy, drives vision and purpose, manages complexity, and collaborates. REQUIREMENTS To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty/function satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the work environment, knowledge, skills, and/or ability required or preferred. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions as listed below. Required Masters or Bachelor's Analytics Degree, Information Technology, or Computer Science background required Applied knowledge of Agile methodology and the ability to actively engage with business and IT members on project pipeline is required. 1-3 Years Experience in Power BI is required. Ability to master data management and business intelligence (Tableau, Power BI, etc.) integration and development is Required. Strong communication skills, presentation skills and ability to communicate and strategize with various levels of management/stakeholders required Preferred 2 years of experience in BI Development or related fields (information technology, business developer) preferred. Experience in AzureDev Ops preferred. Ability to manage complex data environments to generate seamless business reporting tools and KPIs is preferred. Demonstrated dynamic technical problem-solving skills, taking unique and customized development requests to ground and execute deliverables to executive management is required. Demonstrated competence in various business processes to ensure appropriate logic and execution of deliverables is required. Ability to manage and prioritize multiple projects at one time is required. WHY SEABOARD FOODS? Medical, vision & dental benefits upon hire 401K with company match Paid Time Off & Company Holidays Wellness Program Tuition reimbursement Employee pork purchase program For a complete list of our benefits please visit our career site: https://www.seaboardfoods.com/careers/why-sbf/ Seaboard Foods is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, gender identity, protected veterans' status, status as a disabled individual, or any other status protected by law.
