at W.W. Grainger, Inc. in Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
Job Description
Work Location Type:Remote
As a leading industrial distributor with operations primarily in North America, Japan and the United Kingdom, We Keep The World Working by serving more than 4.5 million customers worldwide with products delivered through innovative technology and deep customer relationships. With 2023 sales of $16.5 billion, we're dedicated to providing value for customers, fostering an engaging culture for team members and driving strong financial results.
Our welcoming workplace enables you to learn, grow and make a difference by keeping businesses running and their people safe. As a 2024 Glassdoor Best Place to Work and a Great Place to Work-Certified company, we're looking for passionate people to join our team as we continue leading the industry over our next 100 years.
Position Details:
The primary goal of the Data Enablement team is to ensure data availability and governance, analytics support for various Grainger teams, business applications development and ongoing maintenance. The leader of the Data Enablement team will be responsible for managing strategy and stakeholder relationships, as well as spearheading process improvement initiatives and pipelining (Cl/CD) and collaborating with Grainger teams to support application development architecture.
The Data Enablement team is responsible for: Advancing Governance, Cloud ETL, Security and Documentation, as well as building and deploying flawless applications.
You will report to the Director, Reporting & Analytics.
You Will:
Develop and enforce systems for managing Frameworks for Information Governance, Work Intake, and Solution Builds
Jira/GitHub/Confluence tools as a central workflow resource for the teams
Establish Cl/CD for tool deployments
Build Frameworks and Enforce Governance across all applicable platforms
You Have:
Bachelors or Masters degree in Data Analytics or Data Engineering
3+years experience in Data Engineering, Master Data Management, Data Enablement or Digital Content Strategies and App Development
AWS
Experience with business operations and B2B
Technology experience in Customer Information, Data Governance and Analytics, and data quality technologies
Progressive thinking on approaches to Data Enablement
History working with large datasets, ontologies, metadata management, and data models
MS Power Platform, Python, Jira, GitHub, Confluence experience required
MS, MIS, or Data Analytics education or equivalent
3 to 7 years experience in Data Engineering, Master Data Management, Data Enablement or Digital Content Strategies and App Development
1-5 years managing a team of individual contributors or leaders is a plus
Experience with business operations and B2B
Technology experience in Customer Information, Data Governance and Analytics, and data quality technologies
Progressive thinking on approaches to Data Enablement
History working with large datasets, ontologies, metadata management, and data models
MS Power Platform, Python, Jira, GitHub, Confluence experience required
Position can be based in Lake Forest (hybrid, 3 days a week onsite) or remote for out of state candidates with quarterly travel to Lake Forest.
Rewards and Benefits:
With benefits starting day one, Grainger is committed to your safety, health and wellbeing. Our programs provide choice and flexibility to meet our team members' individual needs. Check out some of the rewards available to you at Grainger
Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans
Paid time off (PTO) and 6 company holidays per year
Automatic 6% 401(k) company contribution each pay period
Employee discounts, parental leave, 3:1 match on donations and tuition reimbursement
A comprehensive set of emotional, financial, physical and social wellbeing programs
We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.
We are committed to fostering an inclusive, accessible environment that includes both providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities during the application and hiring process as well as throughout the course of one's employment. With this in mind, should you need a reasonable accommodation during the application and selection process, please advise us so that we can provide appropriate assistance.
Grainger is an Equal Opportunity Workplace and an Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.
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