Data Analytics Lead

Job Description

Data Analytics Lead

Rank P5

Scarborough, ON (Hybrid)  

Toyota Canada Inc. (TCI) currently has an exciting opportunity for a Data Analytics Lead to support our Enterprise Data Analytics (EDA) team within our Information Services department. This is a full-time permanent opportunity and will report to the Manager, Enterprise Data Analytics. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to foster lasting relationships with business partners, oversee vendor interactions, and assist the EDA team members. This opportunity directs the daily activities related to projects, enhancements, and incident resolution while maintaining stakeholder expectations, ensuring alignment with timelines, and task prioritization. The role involves working closely with various business units to grasp their reporting and analytical needs, providing guidance, and delivering solutions to enhance data-driven decision-making processes. Additionally, the successful candidate will promote the adoption of self-service tools through the management, development, and delivery of educational programs, enabling stakeholders to effectively utilize data analytics resources.

What We’ll Bring:

Company & Culture

• A hybrid work environment

• A work environment built on teamwork, flexibility and respect

• Professional growth and development programs to help advance your career

• A focus on respect for people and continuous improvement

• Summer Hours – condensed work week during the summer

Benefits

• Competitive compensation package including bonus

• Extended health care and dental benefits effective immediately

• Company pension plan with additional employer contributions

• Associate vehicle discount program

• Reimbursement programs (tuition & fitness)

• Paid holiday shutdown and competitive paid time off benefits

• Sabbatical leave program

What You’ll be Doing:

• Oversee and prioritize day-to-day tasks, including project deliverables, enhancements, incident resolution, and resource allocation

• Conduct regular meetings to monitor progress, address blockers, and adjust priorities

• Track project timelines, deliverables, risks, and quality using project management tools and report on progress

• Ensure timely incident triage, resolution, and root cause analysis in coordination with IS and support teams

• Lead discovery sessions with business units to identify reporting and analytical needs and define meaningful solutions and success metrics

• Translate business requirements into BI/reporting specifications

• Guide stakeholders on data visualization best-practices, metric definitions, dashboard standards, and tool usage

• Provide guidance on tools like SAP BO, Power BI, and Python-based analytics

• Evaluate and recommend tools and technologies to enhance data visualization, analytics, and user experience

• Drive continuous improvement and scalability of the enterprise analytics platform

• Assess training needs and design scalable learning paths, including workshops, office hours, and user enablement initiatives

• Develop training materials, user guides, and tutorials for tools such as SAP BO, Power BI, and low-code/no-code solutions

• Monitor analytics tool usage to identify adoption gaps and deliver targeted follow-up training

• Foster self-service analytics adoption through hands-on enablement strategies

• Liaise with external vendors to ensure service delivery, resolve escalations, and participate in evaluations and reviews

• Stay current with analytics trends through professional networking and peer engagement

• Collaborate with Enterprise Data Management (EDM) and business leaders to maintain data governance compliance and define analytical models

• Participate in data stewardship efforts to ensure accuracy, quality, and privacy compliance

• Act as a liaison between IS teams, EDM, and business units to ensure smooth implementation of analytics initiatives

• Ensure security and privacy compliance in all analytics and reporting projects

• Promote cross-functional collaboration to enhance data sharing and maximize analytic value

• Provide mentorship and career development for team members

• Review and streamline existing processes, identifying opportunities for automation and innovation

What You’ll Bring:

• Post-secondary education within a Data/Information Technology related discipline, or post-secondary education with equivalent work experience

• 5+ years’ experience with SAP BI Business Objects (Web Intelligence & Analysis for Office)

• 3+ years’ experience with data management toolsets (Datasphere, BW Hana, SQL Server)

• Initiative, good judgment, and effective decision-making

• Relationship-building, communication, and presentation skills

• Experience in leading discussions to drive positive results

• Experience leading teams of varying skillsets

• Experience with operational planning and execution; strong process improvement orientation

• 5+ years’ experience designing BI solutions

• 5+ years’ experience with user requirements analysis

• 5+ years managing projects/initiatives

• Strong knowledge of Data Governance and Compliance practices

• Experience with cloud based BI solutions

• Experience with Change Management processes

• Experience with data visualization tools (Power BI, Tableau, etc.)

• Experience with Python for data analytics

• Strong background in business analytics and analytical modelling

• Strong knowledge of ITIL 

About Us

Toyota Canada Inc. is the exclusive Canadian distributor of Toyota and Lexus vehicles. Toyota Canada's head office is in Toronto, with regional offices in Vancouver, Calgary, Montreal and Halifax. Toyota parts and accessories are distributed through TCI's Parts Distribution Centres in Bowmanville and Vancouver. TCI supports over 287 Toyota and Lexus dealers in Canada with services that include training, sales, marketing, environmental and customer satisfaction initiatives.

What Sets Us Apart?

A focus on people, passion for Toyota, innovation and continuous improvement have made us an award-winning company, recognized worldwide for our technological leadership and superior standards of quality, community involvement and environmental responsibility.

What You Should Know:

Our success begins and ends with our people. We embrace diverse perspectives and value unique human experiences. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer that celebrates the diversity of the communities where we live and do business. Applicants for our positions are considered without regard to race, ethnicity, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, religion, or any other characteristics protected by law. Please advise us at any point during the recruitment and selection process or your employment if you require accommodation.

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