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IKO Industries Ltd. is a market leader in the manufacturing of roofing and building materials. IKO is a Canadian owned and operated business with production facilities worldwide and has many years of unparalleled success in the roofing materials industry. Quality, integrity, and trustworthiness are the values that underlie this success, and we have built this company by hiring people who hold these values. People like you!
Job Description
The IKO Global IT department is looking for a passionate, inquisitive, detail oriented and highly customer-focused Business Intelligence (BI) Business, Analyst
Experience working on driving benefits and adoption with new business processes and features of delivered technology solutions is a key requirement.
The Business Analyst will participate in the whiteboard vision and execution of the end-to-end technology roadmap plans.
The Business Analyst should be a technologist at heart, and passionate about the opportunity to play a pivotal role in the vision of an established business with an eye to growth and enablement through technology.
The role will be a key advocate within IKO driving the value to support our stakeholders globally.
Key Responsibilities
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Partner with IKO stakeholder teams across business units (i.e., sales, finance, and supply chain) to develop necessary analysis and documentation in a collaborative way, communicating effectively and efficiently with production, managerial, and executive teams.
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Participate and lead in business process review workshops and perform a detailed analysis of business requirements to ensure projects have a proper impact and adoption
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Partner directly with various stakeholders to conduct an analysis of business user needs, develop a deep understanding of requirements, and translate them into user stories.
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Serve as a thought leader for technical business processes, developing forward-thinking systems prototypes that promote increased efficiency and productivity on multiple levels.
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Partner with the IKO project team and participate in the rollout of the MS Power BI solution globally.
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Develop training curriculum and deliver end-user training to drive adoption and utilization for all users
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Develop use case scenarios and participate in testing activities
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Identify opportunities to improve business process processes that positively impact the business
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Adhere to project schedules, action logs, and dashboard reporting maintaining a list of ongoing and future activities
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Travel within North America and Europe might be required
Skills and Qualifications
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5+ years’ experience as a Business Analyst, on large and complex technology projects in the Manufacturing industry, which include delivery to support Sales, Finance, Supply Chain, and Operations
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Prior working experience in a Sales and/or Marketing role is an asset
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Minimum 3 years experience with a BI tool preferably with Microsoft Power BI
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Experienced with SDLC methodology run projects from Requirement Gathering, Design, Testing, Documentation Training through Implementation and Post Live Support
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Experienced with global environments and deployments across multiple geographical regions, such as North America and Europe is an asset.
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Ability to translate business requirements to technical solutions while identifying gaps
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Extensive experience with data visualization and analytics
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Excellent communicator, highly analytical and proficient in technical writing capabilities
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Knowledge of current technologies and software applications such as specialized Business Intelligence software, SQL query language, Microsoft Access, SharePoint, and other database applications
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Experienced with large ERP applications preferably JD Edwards; Salesforce is an asset
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IT Business Analyst certification is an asset
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University Degree is required
Additional Skills
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Business process flows and modeling
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Strong analytical and critical thinking skills
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Have an open/partnering mentality and comfortable challenging ideas with the goal to deliver the best solution
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Curious and actively inquisitive about the outside world and learning about new ideas for improvement
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Benefits of Employment: IKO recognizes that its success is due to the strength of its employees. A primary goal of IKO is to promote individual employee’s sense of accomplishment and contribution so that employees enjoy their association with IKO. The Company invests in its employees so that they are the most knowledgeable in the industry, and undertakes great efforts to nurture loyalty to, and teamwork at, IKO. We are pleased to offer competitive compensation, health care, a progressive and challenging workplace and a commitment to teamwork and integrity.
Diversity and Equal Opportunity Employment: IKO Industries Ltd. is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to diversity and inclusion and are pleased to consider all qualified applicants for employment without consideration to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status or disability. IKO Industries Ltd. encourages and welcomes applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.