BI Application Manager

Who we are

IRCA Group, an Advent portfolio company, was founded in Italy in 1919, and it is a leading international B2B provider of high-quality semi-finished ingredients such as chocolate, decorations, creams, inclusions, nuts and pistachios, pastry mixes, gelato ingredients, and other essential solutions for industrial clients or other independent artisanal producers.

With more than 2.400 employees, 22 production facilities worldwide, and €1 billion in revenues, IRCA Group has a solid track record of growth and international expansion.

What do we offer

• An international and inclusive environment, with opportunities to work on global projects and collaborate with colleagues worldwide
• Career growth opportunities, including possibilities abroad
• Flexible and hybrid working arrangements

The role

We are seeking a BI Application Managerto join our Delivery (Build) Team with the goal of reducing reliance on external vendors by bringing knowledge and its management in-house. The role requires strong ability to engage with various key users, understand their needs, and guide them toward effective solutions. In addition to providing user support, the successful candidate will play an active role in implementing technological strategies in the analytics domain, in alignment with corporate guidelines.

What will you do

• Monitor and maintain BI systems to ensure optimal performance and availability.
• Analyze and resolve incidents, data inconsistencies, and system errors within BI applications.
• Collaborate with key users to gather requirements and translate them into actionable BI solutions.
• Develop and maintain dashboards, reports, and data models to support business needs.
• Implement enhancements and updates to BI tools in alignment with corporate standards.
• Ensure data integrity and security across all BI platforms and processes.
• Participate in continuous improvement initiatives to optimize BI processes and system efficiency.
• Coordinate the work of external providers, optimizing their effort in an efficient and effective manner
• BI Governance and Demand Management
• Collect, assess, and prioritize business requests related to reports, dashboards, and data models.
• Ensure alignment of BI initiatives with the IT roadmap, architectural standards, budget and governance rules.
• Act as the coordination point between business stakeholders, the BI team, and external vendors or AMS.

Requirements

Background

Bachelor’s degree in relevant discipline (Business Administration, Management Engineering, Information Technology, Computer Science). 3-8 years of working experience

Tech skills/tools

• BW/4 platform to be known for end-to-end handling:
• LSA++ data modeling
• ABAP ETL
• HANA ETL (HANA transformations, Transformation on Calculation Views, etc...)
• interface via OpenHub structure
• Reporting layer
• Process Chain automation and monitoring
• AFO as main tool to access reporting data:
• workbooks created for some areas
• normal access directly to BEx queries
• HANA Studio for data modeling
• knowledge of Power BI as reporting tool

Additional nice to have

• knowledge of Pentaho. This is an ETL tool from Hitachi, it is used to handle ETL processes and for scheduling and monitoring these processes
• knowledge of Infor M3 ERP, it is our main source
• knowledge of SAP ECC

Language Skills: Proficient English & Italian.

Soft Skills

• Team player with focus on cross functional collaboration
• Analytical thinker and problem solver
• Self-Motivated and with ‘can-do’ and ‘do’ attitude
• Results driven

Good global vision and ability to work with other cultures as part of a global team

Details

Location : Gallarate (VA) with willingness to travel across sites.

Contract : CCNL Alimentare Industria

• Level : Impiegatizio alto livello
• Meal vouchers : €8 for each day spent in the office
• Remuneration : starting from RAL 70.000 €
• Eligibility for the variable bonus