Senior IT Project Lead - Data & Analytics

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Job Category:
Information Technology Solutions

Location:

Oostkamp, West Flanders, BE

Job Requisition

IT Center EMEA counts 3 departments: IT Planning (PLAN), IT Development (BUILD) and IT Infrastructure (RUN). IT Development has 2 competence centres:
Madrid and Oostkamp. You will be part of IT Development in Oostkamp.

This department consists of 20 internal colleagues strengthened with external consultants and an offshore team. The group is young and dynamic with a good team spirit and open communication. We implement innovative IT solutions for our 7500+ Daikin group colleagues all over Europe & Middle East.

In support of Daikin Europe’s ambitious business strategy on
digital transformation
, we have designed a
Data & Analytics Strategy
based on our Modern Data platform (Azure Databricks Lakehouse + Microsoft Power BI)including big data with advanced analytics and ML/(Gen)
AI capabilities.

We are looking for an enthusiastic
Data & Analytics Project Lead to coordinate and promote our initiatives related to data insights, business intelligence, (Gen)
AI and is in charge of the company’s Power BI governance covering all business areas.

After an extensive introduction and training period, your main challenges will be:

• In cooperation with the colleagues of IT and the international key users, you will
  analyse the requirements
  on management reporting, data insights and data science in a wide range of business areas (manufacturing, logistics, finance, supply planning, sales, master data, R&D, HR,…).
• You are in charge of the company-wide Power BI platform Governance (+3000 users). You guide the community of business data stewards, inspire and train them and in this way further boost a data-driven culture within Daikin Europe group.
• You will explore
  latest functionalities related to report visualisation and Microsoft Fabric
  . You’ll
  run proof of concepts
  to gain experience, drive innovation and proof business value.
• You will be assigned to
  lead analytics projects
  . In doing so, you take into account every step of Daikin’s “Project management methodology” to deliver high-quality IT solutions towards business. This will require you to
  coordinate a team of internal & external IT colleagues and developers
  .
• You will work closely together with the
  Business Analytics
  team, which is our business counterpart in our Analytics Centre of Expertise. In this role, you strongly support the
  standardisation & promotion of the pan-European reports & analytics solutions and are in charge of our joint Daikin Europe Governance Framework
  .
• You are prepared to
  present
  your area of expertise towards key users and management.

For this, you will not only need to follow and explore thefuture evolutions & trends on analytics(predictive/prescriptive BI, real-time/embedded analytics in S/4

HANA…), but also further conceive the
Power BI Governance Framework
for the years to come.

• You have a
  master’s degree
  as economist, engineer, computer scientist or equal.
• 5+ years of relevant experience in data analytics, architecture or (Power)
  BI isa strong plus.
• You have an
  analytical & innovative spirit
  and interest in the company processes; you strive to an optimal use of data in the company.
• You are established pragmatically, with a strong focus for the most recent
  IT innovations
  .
• You have a
  solution-oriented
  mind-set and a drive to continuously improve your area.
• You have the necessary self-discipline to make and follow-up a planning.
• You are a
  team player
  and try to establish and keep a good relationship with both your IT and business colleagues. You have
  good communication skills
  and are not afraid to
  present
  to groups.
• You are prepared to
  occasionally travel
  to Daikin group companies in Europe.
• You have analytic and communicative skills in
  English
  , Dutch will be a plus.

At Daikin you can count on a varied job, with an international market leader which encourages people to work together and develop. We can offer you a permanent contract. From the very beginning you can count on thorough training and intensive support. Your competitive salary is complemented by a package of extra-legal benefits.

Colleagues get the possibility to work from home 2 days every week.