BI Programmer (Birst/Salesforce)

Proteus Europe is searching for a BI programmer with experience in Birst to start a 3 to 6 month contract role on or before 1st September 2017. This role will be based in Antwerp, Belgium.

Our Client:-
Our client designs and engineers connected products and solutions for automakers, consumers, and enterprises worldwide, including connected car systems, audio and visual products, enterprise automation solutions; and connected services. Audiophiles from every generation call on our client to deliver the best in sound in the studio and on the stage, at home and on the go.

Their portfolio of legendary audio brands includes AKG®, Harman Kardon®, Infinity®, JBL®, Lexicon®, Mark Levinson®and Revel®. More than 30 million vehicles on the road today enjoy an enhanced driving experience, thanks to their audio and infotainment.

They extend the same spirit of innovation to the world's leading performance and sporting venues, providing everyone with the best seats in the house.

Your New role:-

We are seeking an experienced Reporting and Analytics Program Manager within our Harman Connected Services Analytics team to lead the definition and delivery of Reporting and Analytics solutions.
- This role will be part of a core Analytics team that will be onsite at customer site providing Thought Leadership and Program Management support.
- The ideal candidate will have excellent architecture and program management skills and ability to work in a complex, fast-paced environment.
- This PM must also have a strong background and significant experience in delivering Business Intelligence and analytics solutions.

Key Qualifications
- Engage with business stakeholders to define roadmaps, negotiate program scope and timelines
- Define and drive programs and projects relevant to the delivery of BI, reporting, and analytics capabilities
- Drive the definition of business requirements for reporting, dashboards, analytics and ad-hoc reporting
- Manage and deliver BI projects with a high level of predictability, quality and client satisfaction
- Own and drive the complete project life cycle from a business perspective - including scoping, business analysis, user acceptance testing, and support
- Be able to manage projects in both an agile and waterfall methodology
- Provide proper level of structure and governance to the program, while adhering to all the standard project methodologies, templates and processes within the organization
- Lead project communications, release planning, change management and post-go-live support activities

Your Skills and experience:-

Essential Skills:-
Minimum of 10-15 years of work experience desired with track record of high performance
Masters Degree Or MBA Preferred

- Excellent understanding of business intelligence, reporting and analytics technologies, concepts, architectures and methodologies
- Excellent project management skills and experience in a complex, fast-paced organization - defining project charters and business cases, scoping, communications and full life cycle project management
- Strong business analysis skills - capturing and documenting requirements, understanding business impacts and tradeoffs, conducting interviews and workshops, proposing solutions, documentation and process mapping, etc.
- Strong data and BI analysis skills - detailed analysis and definitions of KPIs, measures, business logic and calculations, hierarchies and aggregations, source system analysis, reporting requirements, etc.
- Strong familiarity with operational processes, systems and data in multiple areas of operations - such as Supply Chain Planning, logistics, Channel Operations, product operations, etc.
- Working experience and background in multiple operations functions strongly preferred
- Experience in designing and delivering BI/data warehousing/analytics solutions from the business perspective
- Defining and executing data validation strategies, user acceptance testing, and release plans
- Strong familiarity with BIRST and Salesforce

Desirable Skills:-
- Very strong analytical and problem solving skills
- Strong communication, facilitation and presentation skills - ability to bridge between technical and non-technical audiences
- Ability to work successfully in a highly matrixed and global organizational model
- Must be self managed, highly motivated and have a strong drive for results
- Must be willing and able to deal with a high level of complexity and ambiguity
- Demonstrated teamwork as well as leadership and influence skills
- Strong process focus, able to see opportunities for improvement in the business

Proteus Europe operates in partnership with our candidates by building strong and lasting relationships at all levels.

If you apply for this role, we will:

- Contact you within one week to discuss your current situation and suitability for this role.
- Keep searching for other suitable positions should this role not be right for you.
- Keep you informed at every stage of the recruitment process.
- Actively follow up with our client on your behalf to gain useful feedback throughout the process.