Senior Expert - Reporting & Analytics

COMPANY OVERVIEW

Holcim is planning to spin-off its North American Business to unleash its full potential, capitalizing on North America’s oversized growth in construction led by the modernization of infrastructure, a surge in advanced manufacturing and AI operation and the growth of resilient cities.

Holcim plans to list the new company on the NYSE by the end of the first half of 2025 and establish its operations headquarters in the US to be fully dedicated to serving the North American market and pursue a growth strategy across the region.

The newly listed company will become North America’s leading building solutions company, with industry-leading market position to meet its customers’ greatest ambitions with the most advanced building solutions from foundation to rooftop.

ABOUT THE ROLE
We are looking for a Senior Expert - Reporting and Analytics to join our team and support our newly implemented SAP Analytics Cloud Platform. This role will be tasked with developing dashboards, visualizations, grid-style reports, and other types of deliverables in SAC. This role will interact with team members throughout North America and may work in a remote or hybrid fashion depending on the applicant's preference. SAP Analytics Cloud is our visualization front-end that is integrated with Datasphere, our main data warehousing platform.

WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING

• Design, build, and maintain dashboards, visualizations, and grid-style reports in SAP Analytics Cloud.
• Implement scripting, where necessary, to provide a clean and crisp user experience for the aforementioned deliverables in SAP Analytics Cloud.
• Partner and build rapport with key stakeholders across North America to solve complex business problems and help the business operate more efficiently wherever possible.
• Gain an understanding of the various product segments in North America to develop standardized reports for cross-functional use across the business.
• Serve as SME for the SAP Analytics Cloud platform.
• Communicate data modeling and data schema requirements to the Datasphere developers and other support team members.
• Stay up to date on changes and updates in the SAP Analytics Cloud software via following the SAP Product Roadmap and attending trainings, seminars, and other offerings by SAP as necessary.
• Maintain an understanding of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and other key company metrics to be able to create and validate the necessary calculations to deliver user requirements in dashboards, visualizations, and other deliverables in SAC.
• Proactively identify potential issues or areas for enhancement to support the company in maintaining a Best Demonstrated Practice in their Reporting, Data, and Analytics Initiatives.
• Ensure that all reports, dashboards, and other deliverables are developed with accuracy, performance, and scalability in mind to deliver the best end-user experience possible.
• Other duties as assigned.

RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER JOBS

• Collaborate with IT, Finance, Commercial, and other teams to understand the diverse needs of the organization when it comes to reports that can serve as the single source of truth for everyone.
• Collaborate with SAP Analytics Cloud Administrators, Datasphere developers, and other support team members to deliver requirements for the organization.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

Education: Bachelor's degree or years of equivalent experience.
Additional Education Preferred:
Field of Study Preferred: Information Technology, Analytics, Data, Finance/Accounting, or related field of study.
Required Work Experience: 8-10 years of experience.
Required Training/Certifications: Certifications in SAP Analytics Cloud, Datasphere, SQL, or Python are a plus.
Licenses Preferred: SAP Licenses/Certifications related to SAP Analytics Cloud and Datasphere.
Required Computer and Software Skills: Experience in any number of the following tools (understanding that Datasphere and SAP Analytics Cloud are the tools that our team actively uses). Since the popularity of certain BI and Data Warehousing solutions change over time, and all BI and Data Warehousing tools are conceptually similar, training will be offered as necessary should the applicant have general experience in BI and Data but not SAP Analytics Cloud and Datasphere specifically.

SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC), Datasphere, SAP Business Planning and Consolidation (BPC), SAP Business Objects, PowerBI, Tableau, Qlik, SQL, Python, Scripting, APIs, JSON, OData connections, SAP HANA Databases, etc.

Travel Requirements: 20%.
Additional Requirements:

• Highly visible senior role that requires independence and ability to make decisions using one’s own expertise.
• Strong knowledge of BI, Data Warehousing, and related best practices including knowledge of SQL, Python, ETL/ELT, scripting, and other coding languages commonly used by BI/Data professionals.
• Experience in working with Datasphere or BW HANA, third-party data sources, or other data warehousing platforms.
• Demonstrate a commitment to communicating, improving, and adhering to health, safety and environmental policies in all work environments and areas. Promote a culture of safety and exhibit these behaviors.
• Successful candidates must adhere to all safety protocols and proper use of Holcim approved Personal Protection Equipment ("PPE"), including but not limited to respirators. Subject to applicable law, employees that are required to wear respirators must be clean-shaven where the respirator seal meets the face in order to pass the qualitative and quantitative fit tests.

YOUR LAFARGE EXPERIENCE
At Lafarge, there is endless opportunity for you to play your part. Whether you’re in a technical, managerial, or frontline role, you can shape a career that works for you. With us, you’ll have the chance to embrace the passion we share for our planet. You’ll be encouraged to seek out diverse perspectives, share your ideas, and build the skills and connections you need to perform at your best. Because it’s only when we work together in a culture where everyone thrives that we can build the world we all want to live in.