**Brand:** Post Holdings Inc. **Categories:** Information Technology **Locations:** Saint Louis, Missouri **Position Type:** Regular Full-Time **Remote Eligible:** No **Req ID:** 28691 **Job Description** **Business Unit Overview** Feeding the world is what we do – how we do it is unique. We are not your textbook consumer packaged goods company. While others may be slow to make change happen, Post continuously drives both inorganic and organic growth. Our history is evidence of that fact with over 100 years of heritage and growth from brands that transcend generations like Honey Bunches of Oats, Fruity Pebbles, Malt-O-Meal, Bob Evans, Kibbles 'n Bits, Egg Beaters, Peter Pan peanut butter and more. Our foodservice and ingredient businesses supply other products you love for brands, restaurants and stores. Our offices and manufacturing sites are in more than 60 locations in five countries, and we have 11,500+ employees. Over the past 12 years, Post has made 25+ acquisitions and reached $7.9 billion in net sales in fiscal 2024. During turbulent times of market uncertainty, the food industry has provided a level of stability unlike other industries. Post Holdings, Inc. is a Fortune 500 ® company headquartered in Brentwood, a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri. Our casual professional atmosphere encourages team members to collaborate, innovate and support our operating companies. Our passion and drive advance the reputation of our operating companies and brands—together, we make a difference. **Responsibilities** **POSITION SUMMARY** Love to solve high value problems? That’s what we do. All our innovations and accomplishments begin with the work of talented people. At Post Holdings, we give our people the resources they need to grow a career and solve problems, no matter where they’re starting from. We’re seeking innovative thinkers, ready to take on challenges previously unsolved and realize their own potential. And it all happens in an environment that respects the relationship between work and life. The Decision Science team helps our operating companies solve their most challenging problems and drives decisions with data. The Sr. Manager of Applied Analytics is at the center of data and analytical innovation and adoption. We help all the businesses in our portfolio drive revenue, control costs, optimize key processes and fuel a data driven culture. In the role of the Sr. Manager of Applied Analytics, you will drive value by leading multiple Enterprise Analytic programs that lead cross functional teams to solve problems around what we buy, make, sell and manage. You will be collaborating with our divisions to find thoughtful solutions that embed and promote applied analytics, advance the business with self-service, empower them to elevate and resolve issues and deliver training to further business process evolution. **KEY RESPONSIBILITIES** + **_DELIVERING VALUE:_** Over the last six years, we have delivered over millions of dollars in ROI in value measured in revenue lift, cost save, cost avoidance and time saved. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg. The Sr. Manager of Applied Analytics is the primary driver to find the most impactful projects to work on and determines the best way to deliver results. Take responsibility for the end-to-end ownership of the Applied Analytics reporting team, including delivery of high-quality data, self-service, and machine learning solutions, aligning to the overall strategic objectives by: + Engage with business leaders to understand their strategies, recommend solutions to get them what they need to know and take accountability for quality delivery of projects on time. + Grow the Applied Analytics team to deliver end-to-end data and analytics projects to conduct advanced analysis, mine insights, recommend business opportunities, and measure impact. + Translate complex analytical findings into actionable insights for C-suite stakeholders, employing advanced data visualization techniques. + Promote and exemplify the analytic, organizational and project delivery practices of the Decision Science team to elevate analytic maturity around the enterprise. + Drive the adoption of a collaborative working model through influence across the divisions. + Think like an owner of the Enterprise Analytic programs and report value, cost and status like a product manager and select projects and initiatives that will return the maximum value for the program. + Drive change by managing transitions, ensuring that business continuity is maintained throughout the change process and new workflows are effectively integrated with no business disruption. + **_CULTIVATE A DATA DRIVEN CULTURE:_** Evangelize, mentor and teach Applied Analytics and improving data driven decisions across the Post Holdings network through influential leadership and guidance. + Lead, support and grow audiences that foster the advancement of analytics initiatives, spread knowledge and spark excitement for the adoption and maturity of Tableau and driving value. + Empathize and understand the business anthropology of how decisions are made and devise change management practices to incorporate new analytic assets into their workflow easily. + Take accountability for the value delivered of the analytic assets the team creates and drive use. + Manage the user facing delivery and production responsibilities so that people have the right information, in the right context, in the right delivery channel when they need it. + **_INNOVATION:_** Foster innovation by keeping abreast of emerging technologies and foster development of the team’s skill. + Keep a full pipeline of prospective ideas for the generating value out of the data a be a problem finder to uncover opportunities for improvement in the business. + Rethink the status quo with new data products, technologies, and innovative problem solutions. + Seek to simplify process, architecture and tool selection over time with elegant design. + Effectively manage end-to-end proof of concept projects by starting with problem definition, technology selection, system vetting, competitive analysis, benefit analysis and ending with vendor selection and implementation. + **_DEVELOPING TALENT:_** While we are a food company, the Decision Science team’s core business are our people. We believe in unleashing the raw talent and developing our team and business partners. You will be at the heart of this sharing knowledge, mentoring others and be receptive to learning from others. + Develop the team to be autonomous to lead others on projects with other divisions. best practices, coach, mentor and develop team members to ‘raise their game’ every day. + Develop a roadmap of the capabilities needed on the team to reach strategic objectives and effectively match people, their interest and ability levels to drive them to achieve their personal best. + Champion continuous improvement initiatives to elevate the game and operational maturity of the team. **Qualifications** **REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS** + 10-15 years of relevant experience in reporting for a line of business, management consulting, data science, or working in an applied analytics role. + Bachelor’s degree from four-year college or university and advanced degree preferred (Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Economics, Finance, Business, Mathematics, Statistics, or other quantitative subject a plus) or 10 + years related experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience + 7-10 years of experience designing solutions with business intelligence, reporting, or data visualization software packages (Tableau, PowerBI, Looker, Cognos, R Shiny, D3, Python matplotlib) + Demonstrated ability of 5 – 10 years of managing people and projects + 2-4 years of experience in an object-oriented programming language (Python 3.x preferred). Knowledge of software design (libraries, classes, functions), testing (logging, debugging), and versioning (Git, continuous deployment) + Must have a team player mentality that is results driven, customer focused, values learning and innovation and thinks data analytics is FUN! + Experience with machine learning platforms and cloud computing, e.g., Microsoft Azure ML (preferred), **PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS** + At least 10 years’ experience in consumer-packaged goods, with deep knowledge in either marketing or manufacturing and possesses strong business acumen and consistently demonstrates forward thinking. + At least 7 years’ experience with reporting system and data warehouse requirements gathering, analysis and design of ELT/ETL processes using Informatica IICS, dbt or other ETL tools and knowledge of relational database design, implementation & SQL knowledge. + Strong knowledge of ERPs such as JDE, Oracle EBS, Netsuite or SAP is a plus. + Excellent cognitive, analytical and problem-solving skills. + Superior oral and written communication skills, especially email and PowerPoint. + Proactively investigates new technologies, learns new skills quickly and has an insatiable appetite for new knowledge. + Able to effectively work with ambiguous or incomplete information and is unphased by change. + Ability to function under close deadlines with minimal supervision. + Must be able to effectively and efficiently manage priorities for teams with competing priorities, and ensure follow-through on committed deliverables using team-based project management with both Agile and Waterfall approaches This is a hybrid role based in St. Louis, MO. In office days are Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. Work from home days are Mondays and Fridays. \#LI-hybrid Post Holdings provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, status as a covered veteran and any other category protected under applicable federal, state, provincial and local laws. Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)