Sr. Data & Analytics Engineer - Le Mars, IA or Chicago, IL
Wells Enterprises Le Mars, Iowa, United States · $87K–$139K/yr
Food and Beverage Manufacturing · 1,001-5,000 employees
About the role
Coordinate and execute the enterprise data governance program while enabling analytics and AI adoption across business teams. Partner with stakeholders to standardize data definitions, improve data quality, and translate business needs into actionable data modernization requirements.
What they look for
Requirements
Requires a bachelor's degree in a relevant field and 5-7 years of experience in data analytics, BI, or data governance. Candidates should have hands-on experience with SQL, data modeling, and BI tools like Tableau or Databricks.
Benefits
Full description
Company: Wells Enterprises (a Ferrero Company)
Functional Area: IT
The Role
Coordinate and execute the enterprise data governance program while enabling analytics and AI adoption across business teams. Partner with business stakeholders, data owners, analysts, and Information Technology teams to maintain governance artifacts, standardize data definitions, support data quality and ownership discussions, and translate business needs into actionable analytics and data modernization requirements. Apply strong knowledge of data structures, reporting data sources, BI tools, SQL, and data modeling concepts to support reliable self-service analytics, governance documentation, training, and change management activities.
What You’ll Do
- Manage day-to-day execution of the enterprise data governance program, including governance roadmap maintenance, action item tracking, stewardship meeting preparation, committee coordination, process artifact management, and follow-up on commitments.
- Work directly with business stakeholders to gather requirements, capture concerns, facilitate data ownership and definition discussions, and build cross-functional consensus around data governance and analytics needs.
- Maintain business glossaries, data definitions, governance documentation, data quality guidance, and related process artifacts so business and technical teams have consistent, current, and usable reference materials.
- Support analytics and AI enablement through adoption planning, communication planning, training coordination, user engagement activities, community building, and feedback loops that improve business understanding and self-service adoption.
- Collaborate with data analytics, Information Technology, architecture, and platform teams to support data modernization workstreams, BI source alignment, cloud data platform readiness, report refresh considerations, security awareness, and reliable analytics delivery.
- Mentor junior analysts and business users by reviewing presentations and deliverables, coaching communication and storytelling skills, providing business context, and supporting onboarding into governance, analytics, and AI enablement practices.
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Wells Enterprises, a Ferrero company, is one of the largest ice cream manufacturers in the United States and the maker of well-loved brands including Blue Bunny, Halo Top, Bomb Pop, and Blue Ribbon Classics and today Trolli, Butterfinger 100grand, Baby Ruth, Nutella and Kinder Bueno.
Wells Enterprises is a 2 billion company employing 4,000 employees, across 4 production plants and 2 main hub locations, Chicago and Le Mars. Guided by innovation, quality, and a people-first mindset, Wells is committed to delighting consumers and developing exceptional teams.
As part of the Ferrero Group, Wells combines its strong U.S. heritage with Ferrero’s global standards of excellence, offering a unique opportunity to grow within a dynamic, values-driven, and international environment.
At Wells, our people—and their experience—sit at the heart of our ambition. Learn more at www.wellsenterprisesinc.com.
What We Offer
At Wells, we’re proud to support our employees with comprehensive benefits that enhance health, financial wellness, and include paid time off (PTO). Eligible employees may also receive an annual incentive bonus based on Company performance. Learn more about our benefits here.
