SAP BW/BI Solution Architect

SAP BW/BI Solution Architect. Lindt & Sprungli (North America) Inc. Kansas City, Missouri. Responsible for leading SAP BW/BI analytics solution implementations and product adoptions, fostering trust and building strong relationships with functional departments. Analyze, design, develop, and support initiatives to deliver SAP BW solutions, empowering end users with reporting capabilities and enabling advanced reporting development and data analysis by power users and Business Intelligence analysts. Implement solutions in alignment with business needs, leveraging SAP product capabilities effectively. Understand business requirements and lead design discussions to ensure solutions meet those needs in a standardized manner, maximizing the utilization of SAP product capabilities. Lead hands-on development and implementation of BW/BI solutions, focusing on complex business units such as Retail Store Operations, Product Distribution and Supply Chain, and Financials. Collaborate with business stakeholders to identify Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and define reports and dashboards to track them effectively. Define technical and functional standards, ensuring delivered work meets technical, functional, performance, and business requirements, as well as adheres to best practices. Provide daily operational support for BW/BI applications and infrastructure, including platform support, monitoring, capacity and utilization management, application security, end user support, training, and documentation. Develop and document technical architecture, system design, and other technical aspects of the implementation to ensure clarity and maintainability. Execute and lead the testing process, including unit and integration testing, to ensure the quality and reliability of the implemented solutions. Aid in the management of third-party vendors, ensuring alignment with project objectives and adherence to quality standards. Provide support to management regarding strategy and roadmap planning in the BW/BI area, leveraging expertise to drive continuous improvement and innovation. Partner with functional leaders to shape analytics strategies aligned with business objectives. Serve as the primary liaison for functional departments, providing clear direction and accountability to ensure the delivery of analytics solutions that drive business success. Showcase the capabilities of SAP BW/BI to maximize its impact on decision-making processes. Play an active role in shaping demand for analytics solutions and defining analytics roadmaps. Manage analytics project delivery and vendors effectively to ensure alignment with strategic objectives. Mentor and provide support to Analyst (SAP BW/BI). $140,000.00-$175,000.00 per year. Requires: Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a closely-related degree. Employer will accept either a 3- or 4-year bachelor's degree. 8 years of experience in any IT role performing data warehousing and business intelligence with emphasis on business requirements analysis, application design, development, testing, implementation, and maintenance. Demonstrated experience in ensuring the data architecture and reporting strategy supports the business requirements. Demonstrated experience using SAP BW and SAP Bl tools (e.g., Analysis for Office, Business Objects). Demonstrated familiarity with new SAP technologies, such as SAP Analytics Cloud, SAP Datasphere, SAP BTP, etc. Demonstrated experience in complex SAP environments. The person in this position may work from any location within normal commuting distance to a Lindt & Sprungli location within the United States (Kansas City, MO; San Leandro, CA; or Stratham, NH). Travel up to 20% of the time to Lindt & Sprungli locations within the United States. Mail resumes to Jordan DeFlon, Lindt & Sprungli (North America) Inc., 4717 Grand Avenue, Suite 700, Kansas City, MO 64112 or email jdeflon@lindt.com.

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