Business Intelligence Consultant (Material Planning Supply Chain)

Job Description:

Business Intelligence Consultant (Material Planning Supply Chain)

Description

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Austin Energy is a growing, dynamic, municipal utility in Austin, Texas. Serving as the 3rd largest community-owned utility in the nation, Austin Energy serves more than 500k customers with an annual budget of over $1.5B, with over 2,000 employees. As a department of the City of Austin, the Austin City Council sets the Utility's policies and strategic direction.

Austin Energy is seeking a seeking a motivated and experienced Material Planning Supply Chain Business Intelligence Consultant (BIC) to join our team! As a Material Planning Supply Chain Business Intelligence Consultant, this position will drive demand and inventory levels for operations. It will be responsible for creating and executing supply chain operational plans and strategies, while being intimately involved in the development and execution of supply chain initiatives; including demand and supply planning, and inventory management to meet Austin Energy business objectives.

Statistical and analytical skills will strongly contribute to providing deep insight into patterns, trends, and cost reduction potential as the utility continues its rapid growth.

Social intelligence in this role is a desirable attribute forwards effective communications. The Material Planning Supply Chain BIC should be an effective listener first and foremost, and then ask questions to better understand assumptions and needs. This will enable expression of ideas and information clearly while seeking to understand needs and concerns; whereby increasing credibility as a source of information truth for supply chain.

Lastly, being 'OK' with ambiguity is a skill needed in this position to expect the unexpected and succeed in a world where information is not always perfect. Ambiguity should be embraced as an educator and mentor to be highly successful as a Material Panning Supply Chain Business Intelligence Consultant.

If you are a results-driven individual with a passion for data to drive towards business results, we highly encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity to join our team!

Job Description:

Business Intelligence Consultant

Purpose:

Under general supervision, is responsible for utilizing Business Intelligence (BI) tools to help business teams maintain and drive improvement in business results.

Duties, Functions and Responsibilities:

Essential duties and functions, pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, may include the following. Other related duties may be assigned.

• Analyzes business and functional requirements and translates these requirements into robust, scalable, and operable solutions.
  
• Collects, analyzes, and shares data to help business teams drive improvement in key business metrics, customer experience, and business results.
  
• Utilizes database and web application technologies to design, develop, and evaluate innovative business intelligence tools and automated reports.
  
• Designs, develops, and tests BI solutions such as databases, data warehouses, queries and views, reports, and dashboards.
  
• Performs conversions, imports, and exports of data within and between internal and external software systems.
  
• Merges BI platforms with enterprise systems and applications and documents new and existing models, solutions, and implementations.
  
• Enhances the performance of BI tools by defining data to filter and indexes.
  
• Troubleshoots BI tools, systems, and software. Troubleshoots reported data loads or reconciliation inconsistencies in conjunction with the sites for data models and/or reports.
  
• Tracks, monitors, and analyzes performance and production issues, and implements improvements.
  
• Supports and helps manage external resources, such as service providers and vendor support and participates in vendor evaluations.
  
• Maintains the quality of Metadata Repository by adding, modifying, and deleting data.
  
• Provides input to the development of data/information quality metrics.
  
• Tracks and reports on issues and enhancement requests for the business in a timely manner.
  
• Analyzes and tests new releases/versions of software.
  
• Designs and delivers end-user training and training materials. Trains users to transform data into action-oriented information and to use that information correctly.
  

Responsibilities - Supervisor and/or Leadership Exercised:

May provide leadership, work assignments, evaluation, training, and guidance to others.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Must possess required knowledge, skills, abilities, and experience and be able to explain and demonstrate, with or without reasonable accommodations, that the essential functions of the job can be performed.

• Knowledge of reporting analysis, design, and programming principles as well as knowledge of multiple industry standard reporting tools such as Crystal and Business Objects.
  
• Knowledge of industry standard database systems such as MS, SQL, and Oracle.
  
• Knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) concepts.
  
• Knowledge of release, change, configuration, and incident management.
  
• Knowledge of industry reporting techniques and developing and maintaining interactive reports.
  
• Knowledge of relational data modeling and relational database design.
  
• Knowledge of standard industry ERP technologies such as SAP.
  
• Knowledge of business operations as well as one or more business functional areas.
  
• Skill in data analysis and data mining.
  
• Skill in identifying and solving system and application problems.
  
• Skill in coordinating work projects and providing technical assistance.
  
• Skill in preparing data structures, flowcharts, and logic flow diagrams.
  
• Skill in applying migration procedures.
  
• Skill in analyzing and meeting the data processing needs of users.
  
• Skill in working with people of varying technical abilities in a team environment.
  
• Skill in training groups on reporting standards.
  
• Skill in analyzing major system reporting problems and applying appropriate solutions.
  
• Skill in actively participating in functional unit testing, integration testing, stress testing, systems testing, and user acceptance testing.
  
• Ability to learn City specific and industry standard reporting tool sets.
  
• Ability to explain complex technical information in business terms and communicate clearly and effectively both verbally and in writing.
  
• Ability to support and work with Business Intelligence/Data Warehousing environments.
  
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with City staff and the general public.
  

Minimum Qualifications:

• Graduation with a Bachelor's degree from an accredited four (4) year college or university with major coursework in a related field, plus five (5) years of relevant experience in consultation and the utilization of BI tools.
  
• Graduation with a Master's degree from an accredited college or university may substitute for up to two (2) years of the required experience.
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience using inventory management system (SAP, Maximo)
  
• Proficiency in Tableau
  
• Solid understanding of inventory management practices and procedures
  
• Strong mathematical and statistical knowledge
  
• Advanced experience with MS Excel
  

Notes to Candidate:

Pay Range: Entry: $71,630.00 - Mid:

$90,980.00

Schedule: Monday - Friday - 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Location: 4815 Mueller Blvd, Austin Texas 78724

Employment Application:

• The City of Austin employment application is an official document; incomplete applications will not be considered.
  
• The Employment Record should be complete with job titles, employment dates, job duties, functions, and responsibilities for each position held.
  
• Starting salary will be based on overall relevant experience from your application.
  
• Responses to supplemental questions regarding experience should also be clearly documented in the ‘Experience’ section of the main application.
  
• Please be sure to detail on the application all current and previous employment that you wish to be considered as part of your qualifications.
  
• Résumés will not be accepted and statements such as “see résumé” will not be accepted. You may use “N/A” for fields that are not applicable.
  
• Please note that Austin Energy may close the job posting at any time after 7 days from the date of the initial advertisement. Once the job posting has closed, applications cannot be changed.
  
• To ensure a thorough evaluation of your qualifications, please answer all applicable questions in the questionnaire section completely. Incomplete, brief, or one-line responses may not provide enough detail and could impact your eligibility to move forward in the selection process.
  
• Current City of Austin employees must submit their application through ‘Job Hubs’ in Workday to be considered.
  

If you are selected as a top candidate:

• Verification of your education (which may include high school graduation or GED, undergraduate and/or graduate degrees) will be required. You must provide proof of education from an accredited organization/institution
  
• This position may require a criminal background investigation.
  

Good Standing Employees

Employees, in Good Standing, who are candidates within the department/division that the position resides in and who meet the minimum and all of the preferred qualifications (if any) of the position will be included in the initial interview. Department/division employee must remain in Good Standing through the Top Candidate Selection phase at which time the Good Standing status will be re-verified.

Critical:

This position has been designated as a Critical Employee position. Critical Employees are considered necessary and vital and supports activities that impact City or department operations. This work can be done while at a designated work site or while working at an alternate work location. Critical employees who are able to work at an alternative work location are required to do so. Schedules may be modified, and employees may be reassigned to another area during extraordinary situations or emergency conditions to provide essential services.

Fair Labor Standards Act:

This position is considered FLSA Exempt. Exempt employees are salaried and, except as provided, are not eligible for overtime compensation.

Important Note to Applicants:
Please be aware that the Job Posting Close Date reflects the final day to apply, but the posting will close at 11:59 PM the day before the date listed. All application steps, including attachments and submission, must be fully completed before that time.

We also recommend that you save or print a copy of the job posting for your records. Once a posting has closed, it will no longer be viewable in the system" at the end.

EEO Statement for City of Austin:

The City of Austin will not discriminate against any applicant or employee based on race, creed, color, national origin, sex, gender identity, age, religion, veteran status, disability, or sexual orientation. In addition, the City will not discriminate in employment decisions on the basis of an individual's AIDS, AIDS Related Complex, or HIV status; nor will the City discriminate against individuals who are perceived to be at risk of HIV infection, or who associate with individuals who are believed to be at risk.

City of Austin is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. If you require reasonable accommodation during the application process or have a question regarding an essential job function, please call (512) 974-3210 or Texas Relay by dialing 7-1-1.

Closing Date/Time: 2026-01-16