Business Intelligence Manager

About Us

Rural King is America’s Farm and Home Store, providing essentials to the communities we serve. With a wide array of necessities ranging from food and feed to farm and home products, Rural King serves over 150 locations across 17 states and is constantly expanding
. Our annual sales exceed $2.5 Billion
, and our heart beats in Mattoon, IL, home to our corporate office, distribution center, and flagship store.

One thing our customers appreciate is our unique shopping experience, complete with complimentary popcorn and coffee
. It's just one way we show our appreciation for their support.

At Rural King, we value our associates and strive to create a positive, rewarding workplace. We offer growth opportunities, competitive benefits, and a people-first environment where dedicated individuals come together to serve rural communities passionately. Join us, and you'll find not just a job but a chance to grow professionally
, contribute meaningfully, and make a difference in the lives of those we serve.

How We Reward You

401(k) plan that provides a 100% match on the first 3% of your contributions and 50% of the next 2%

Healthcare plans to support your needs

Virtual doctor visits

Access to Centers of Excellence with Barnes Jewish Hospital and Mayo Clinic’s Complex Care Program

15% Associate Discount

Dave Ramsey’s Smart Dollar Program

Associate Assistance Program

RK Cares Associate Hardship Program

24/7 Chaplaincy Services

Company paid YMCA Family Membership

As a Manager, Business Intelligence, you will help develop and lead our newly established BI function - driving best practices, governance, and usability for enterprise-wide reporting. This is a critical role as we transition to a standardized and scalable BI solution. If you have experience standing up a BI function from scratch, a strong background in communication, data modeling, reporting, dashboard development, troubleshooting data issues, and a passion for turning data into actionable insights, we want to hear from you!

BI Platform Leadership & Development

• Working with the business, develop and implement a comprehensive BI strategy to evolve from basic reporting into a sophisticated analytics framework, aligning with broader organizational objectives.
• Collaborate and advocate for the business by harvesting analytics needs and empowering users with self-service reporting capabilities.

• Lead the implementation and adoption of Looker as our core BI tool, including working with the implementation partner to add operational data to the data warehouse, adding new data elements and metrics in Looker, and building new reporting.
• Design and deploy tailored reporting solutions and executive dashboards, to ensure consistency and accuracy of reports across the company.
• Design, maintain, and evolve the reporting components, definitions, and governance for business reporting.
• Develop and enforce standards for reporting to eliminate duplication and inconsistencies.

Reporting & Dashboards

• Establish a-service BI platform, enabling departments to independently access and analyze data, reducing dependency on IT for report generation.

• Working with the business, develop, validate, and maintain standardized reports and dashboards for key business teams (Merchandising, Supply Chain, Operations, etc.).
• Build reporting templates and enable business super users to build templates and frameworks that can be leveraged across different teams.
• Ensure data accuracy, reliability, and consistency. Advocate for the integrity of the numbers and the systems/processes that exist to validate the numbers and data. Act as the administrator of the single version of the truth for the business.
• Define role-based access controls to manage data visibility for business users.

• Champion and promote the adoption of the platform across departments, ensuring it aligns with their data analysis needs.
• Collaborate with partners and stakeholders to define reporting requirements, automate workflows, and enhance data visualization capabilities.

Business Partnering & Support

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand reporting needs and business processes.
• Develop training materials for all BI tools,…