Analytics Manager

Location: Mt. Sterling, IL, Chesterfield, MO, or Remote
Department: Information Technology
Reports To: Director of Data & Analytics
Salary Grade: $130,973 - $196,459 annually, plus bonus opportunity

WHO YOU ARE

You're a strategic thinker who leads with integrity and empathy. You have team manager experience with strong communication skills. You're analytically minded and can create a clear vision for your team to transform complex data into actionable strategies. You help your team meet quality standards by managing project scopes, budgets, resources, and risks. If this sounds like you, Dot Foods wants you on our team.

As the Analytics Manager for the Data & AI team at Dot Foods, you'll be overseeing a talented multidisciplinary team, guiding efforts in analytics and AI projects that align with our organizational goals. Working with the Director of Data & AI, your primary focus will be on managing this team to ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to the highest standards. Your role involves fostering innovation and the exploration of new technologies, while also making complex data insights accessible across the company through clear communication and collaboration. Through your management, the team's efforts will support the company's data-driven initiatives.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Lead the execution, design, and delivery of business intelligence and insight solutions, ensuring dashboards, semantic models, data marts, and self-service analytics tools meet evolving business needs and adhere to modern best practices in usability, performance, and governance.
• Own the analytics lifecycle from problem framing to insight delivery, including exploratory analysis, ensuring solutions drive measurable business value.
• Partner with business stakeholders to translate business questions into prioritized analytics initiatives aligned with enterprise strategy.
• Oversee and mentor a team of BI developers, analytics engineers, and analysts, fostering a culture of continuous improvement, experimentation, and cross-domain learning.
• Drive standards for data visualization, KPI definitions, semantic modeling, and analytics quality, ensuring consistency, accessibility, and trust in insights across the organization.
• Collaborate with engineering partners to ensure scalability, performance, and reliability of analytics data pipelines, analytics environments, and model deployment workflows.
• Implement modern delivery practices (Agile, product operating models, iterative delivery, DevOps for analytics, CI/CD for BI assets), ensuring predictable execution and quality delivery.
• Champion responsible use of AI and data, ensuring compliance with privacy, model ethics, and data governance guidelines.

YOU MUST HAVE

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Data Science, Analytics, Computer Science, Information Systems, Statistics, or a related field.
• 5+ years of progressive experience in analytics, BI, or data science, with 2+ years managing high-performing analytics or BI teams.
• Hands-on expertise with modern BI and analytics toolsets including semantic layer modeling, data visualization best practices, and enterprise BI governance.
• Understanding of modern data platform components, including cloud data warehouses (Snowflake, BigQuery), SQL, and analytics engineering workflows (dbt, ELT).
• Ability to translate ambiguous business questions into analytical solutions and influence decision making at multiple levels.
• Demonstrated experience managing an analytics backlog, prioritizing based on impact, complexity, and alignment with strategic goals.

YOU MAY ALSO HAVE

• 3+ years of experience working as part of a Data & AI team
• Familiarity with information architecture and creative disciplines
• Experience with requirement/test/project management solutions

ROLE SPECIFICS

• Occasional overnight travel. Ability to travel without restriction by all modes of transportation

WHO WE ARE

Dot Foods makes products more accessible and affordable to the food industry. We add efficiency to the supply chain and build strong partnerships with distributors, suppliers, and operators. Our company was created on a foundation of respect and dependability. People who are open to input, ask questions, embrace diversity, and seek innovative solutions thrive here.

WHAT DOT CAN OFFER YOU

As a family-owned and -operated company since 1960, Dot Foods has created a strong family culture. We make everyone feel included and respected. In addition to an inclusive working environment, we will provide you with:

• Competitive Hourly Pay
• Extensive benefits including medical, dental, 401k, and profit-sharing
• Significant advancement opportunities

Safety: This position assumes responsibility for the workplace safety of self and co-workers, and for the safety conditions of the work locations, exercise and promotes safe behaviors and show unyielding support of programs, rules, and policies regarding safety.

EOE/AA Employer: Dot believes all persons are entitled to equal employment opportunities. Dot will not discriminate against its employees or applicants for employment because of sex, race, color, religion, national origin, age, sexual orientation, disability, or veteran status or other basic classes protected by applicable federal or state law provided they are qualified for employment or for existing positions.