Director, Operations Analytics

About The Job

Quality, efficiency, and safety all play a big role in our work at Danone. Manufacturing the best products and supplying them to meet demand is a key driver for the Supply Chain team. We are currently looking to hire a Operations Analytics Director based in Broomfield, CO or White Plains, NY!

The Director of Analytics provides thought leadership and acts as a subject matter expert in leading a team for designing and recommending appropriate analytical approaches and methodology in addressing key issues within the End-to-End Supply Chain. The Director of Analytics leads the data-analytics teams in research, development, and implementation of appropriate data systems that lead to improved business performance and achievement of overall business goals. In time, this role will expand scope to include additional operations areas.

The Director of Analytics additionally builds a profile of data and analytics by providing clear data and analytics stories and spreading them across the business. In this capacity, the Director of Analytics will also play a mentorship role to key data analytics and data warehousing personnel, ensuring constant improvement in their professional skills, guiding in the execution of their duties upon request.

The role of the Director of Analytics is a highly collaborative one. The Director of Analytics will work closely with the internal departmental heads across Operations, executives, and other partners such as Information Technology (IT) in an effort to create long-term strategies & guarantee the delivery of high-quality execution of the diverse array of project deliverables.

The Director of Analytics also has the responsibility to stay informed and keep up with the latest industry trends and best practices that he subsequently imparts on the data warehousing and data analytics personnel for constant growth and optimal departmental and business performance.

The Director of Analytics also has a role to play in building, maintaining, and improving the existing business intelligence and analytics tools across Operations. The Director of Analytics additionally leads measurement framework development and defines the business KPIs alongside senior data and analytics leadership.

Responsibilities

• Analytics Strategy Development, Governance / Priority-Setting, Execution, Team-Management
• Experience collaborating with multiple functional areas to create business insight by applying data visualization principles to create interactive dashboards.
• Technical expertise including data analysis, data mining, machine learning, & programming.
• Governance of business needs and prioritization of projects.
• Establishing data analytics best practices.
• Assisting in data science projects, that can include insights across multiple functional areas within Operations. (Example Network planning and manufacturing impacts on each other)
• Communicating business insights and project goals.
• Creating a data strategy, the defines people, processes, and technology governance to drive Operations to a more data driven decision organization.
• Delegating tasks and responsibilities to data analytics team members and holding team members accountable for completing assignments by deadline.
• Comfortable communicating with their direct reports as well as various levels within the organization, up to Chief Operations Officer.
• Mentoring and training direct reports.
  
  

The base compensation range for this position is $130,000 - $175,000 commensurate with experience. Danone North America additionally offers a performance-based bonus and has a strong benefits package including Medical, Dental, Vision, Prescription Drug Coverage, 401k Plan, Wellness Program, Life Insurance, Tuition Reimbursement, Flexible Time Off, and Paid Parental Bonding Leave, among other benefit plan options. To give our employees flexibility, Danone is a hybrid work environment.

About You

Preferred Candidate Qualifications

• 5 years’ Experience managing teams, along with influencing cross-functional partners & executive leadership.
• Undergraduate degree in business, supply chain management, information systems, engineering, or other quantitative/STEM discipline.
• 12 – 15 years of relevant work experience wrangling, transforming, and harmonizing data.
• Data intake, manipulation, & visualization skills.
• Solid understanding of modern data architecture and data pipelines.
• 5- 7 years Project management experience including strong organizational skills and a willingness to regularly interface with project sponsors and senior leadership.
• Experience in Consumer-Packaged Goods industry a plus.
• Relevant exposure to supply chain/operations and associated datasets.
  
  

About us

At Danone North America, you’ll work with some of the best-known food and beverage brands in the world like Activia, Silk, Two Good, Oikos, evian, and Happy Family. You’ll be part of one of the largest Certified B Corps™ in the world, working together to make sure our brands create real benefits for people, communities, and the planet. We have 6,000 employees across the U.S. and Canada. Come join our movement for a healthier world One Planet. One Health BY YOU.

Danone North America doesn’t just welcome what makes you unique, we value it. We’re proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. All hires to our team are based on qualifications, merit and business needs. We recruit, employ, train and promote regardless of race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, veteran status, genetic characteristic or any other protected status. Faithful to our values of openness and humanism, all of our employees share in the commitment to engage one another with dignity and respect. http//www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf

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Salary : $130,000 - $175,000