BI Developer

BUILD A BETTER CAREER WITH MSC

Serving customers and our community starts with the best people doing their best work. That is precisely what we have created at MSC Industrial Supply Co. We are a leading North American distributor of metalworking and maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO), products and services. We offer more than 2 million products and have over 80 years of experience across dozens of industries.

We aim to execute our Built to Make You Better brand promise for all our stakeholders, including our associates.

Serving customers and our community starts with the best people doing their best work. That is precisely what we have created at MSC Industrial Supply Co. We are a leading North American distributor of metalworking and maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO), products and services. We offer more than 2 million products and have over 80 years of experience across dozens of industries.

We aim to execute our Built to Make You Better brand promise for all our stakeholders, including our associates.

Requisition  : 21297

Employment Type : Full Time

Job Category : Digital/IT

Work Location : Davidson, NC (CSC)

At MSC, we are growing our Analytics team and investing in forward-thinking BI and Data Analytics solutions. As we build out the team, we are looking for a smart and innovative leader who is self-sufficient and thrives in ambiguity, has experience in Analytics, and can drive results across MSC bridging business and technical areas. This is an opportunity to be a part of a special milestone, help us build the future of Analytics at MSC, and ignite a data-driven culture.

The BI Developer will turn data into information, information into insight, and insight into business decisions. Work closely with business to help define business requirements and recommend alternatives to assist in presenting the best options for users. This is an agile environment which requires the role to be flexible, self-driven and collaborative.

• Collaborates with business stakeholders, subject matter experts and engineering teams to understand data requirements and translate them into scalable and efficient data models.
• Designs and develops high quality, user-friendly data analytics products including standardized reports, self-serve data extracts and dashboards that provide timely and accurate insights to stakeholders.
• Creates interactive and visually appealing reports, dashboards, and data visualizations using BI tools such as Tableau, Alteryx, Google Looker, Power BI, or similar tools.
• Performs data analysis and identifies trends, patterns, and insights to support decision-making and analytics development processes.
• Provides feedback, accurate estimates, and updates to ensure proper tracking for active sprints/projects
• Partners with data engineering and data governance teams to develop semantic datasets to improve analytics development cycle.
• Optimizes and fine-tunes SQL queries and database performance to ensure efficient data retrieval and processing.
• Implements data governance and security measures to ensure data accuracy, privacy, and compliance with regulatory and company requirements.
• Collaborates with cross-functional teams to integrate BI solutions into existing systems and applications.
• Monitors performance against defined goals. Investigates potential issues and implements resolutions.
• Stays current with emerging trends and technologies in the field of business intelligence, and data analytics, and recommends improvements to existing processes and tools.
• Fosters the MSC Culture in the department and throughout the company to ensure fulfillment of MSC's vision and unity of purpose.
• Participation in special projects and performs additional duties as required

• Bachelor's degree in in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Analytics or a related study required.
• Minimum of three years of proven experience as a BI Developer or in a similar role, with a strong track record of successfully delivering end-to-end BI projects.
• Minimum of three years of experience architecting, designing, and developing…