Skills

Communication Problem Solving Tableau SQL Training Architecture Databases power bi Analytics

Job Specifications

Department: Operations

Work Type: Temporary - 1 year

Location: Vancouver, BC

The Company

JD Sports is a sports-fashion retail company with the incentive to inspire the emerging generation of globally minded consumers through a connection to the universal culture of sport, music and fashion. Established in 1981, the JD Group is a leading global omnichannel retailer of Sports, Fashion, and Outdoor brands. With our retail stores expanding and evolving throughout Canada, The Group is continuously finding and developing talent that adds to the inclusive and diverse work culture. JD continuously and successfully sets the global standard for retail experience best through the unique delivery of the world’s most authentic brands to the market. Our commitment to showcasing brands in a premium environment and stores remain a key part of the JD strategy.

The Role

In this role you will work collaboratively with our internal business stakeholders to deliver reports and dashboards that provide value and increase capability across the business. Your main responsibilities will be to develop reports and continuous improvement to the dashboards, user interface and architecture of the reporting suite. Ensuring a robust solution is delivered to all internal stakeholders. This is a maternity leave coverage position with a 12-month contract and the possibility of extension.

Responsibilities:

Design, implement and support Tableau dashboards - ability to work independently as well as in a team setup in design and development stage.
Write SQL queries to consolidate and manipulate data based on report needs.
Work closely with business stakeholders to build transformations that will ingest data from various data sources, as well as reports and dashboards to allow decision support.
Design and recommend improved operational procedures to maximize efficiencies.
Provide end user training on the tools and data sources available to support self-service business intelligence

About You

Experienced developing, maintaining and managing BI driven dashboards and analytics.
Proven experience in developing and working Tableau, Looker or Power BI driven dashboards, analytics.
Familiarity querying relational databases using SQL.
Great written and verbal communication skills
A strong work ethic and enjoy working in a collaborative team environment.
Problem solving and troubleshooting skills.
Ability to interpret technical or dashboard structure and translate complex business requirements to technical specifications.
High-level competency in Excel (macros, pivot tables, etc.).

About the Company

In 2021 JD Sports expanded into the Canadian market and you can now find us across British Columbia, Ontario, and Alberta. We combine the best of physical and digital retail to give a compelling consumer proposition with JD over 900 stores across 21 territories worldwide. Established in 1981 with a single store in the North West of England, JD Sports is a leading sports fashion multi-channel retailer of branded sports and casual wear. We are proud to offer customers the latest products from globally recognised brands such as... Know more