Product Owner, Analytics

Are you looking for the next steps to shine professionally in a multicultural environment with circular economy present in your everyday work? Get ready to work in an innovative textile service business named as one of the most interesting companies in the circular economy, with a turnover of over 500 million. With a 176-year-long history (not retiring anytime soon!) of caring for our people and customers, we are ready to expand our Lindström family. Currently we, a Finnish family-owned company awarded with the Family Business of the year 2021 in Finland, have over 4,700 inspiring people in 23 countries around Europe and Asia. Now is your chance to become part of the journey of helping our customers to grow more in a sustainable way. Take a leap with us as our new: 

PRODUCT OWNER, ANALYTICS

As Lindström’s new Product Owner in Analytics, you will develop our analytical capabilities to ensure data-driven decision-making and continued business growth. In this role, you will support the overall group strategy by developing and executing our analytics strategy and activities. Your location will be at our Head Office in Kalasatama, Helsinki, where we are working in a hybrid model. 

In this role, your key responsibilities include: 

• Developing, maintaining, and executing the analytics strategy, practices, and activities
• Acting as owner of analytics capabilities in one or more functional domains (e.g. Sales and Marketing, Service and Product concept development, Supply chain, Service operations)
• Leading development projects to maximize the value of data
• Ensuring the product backlog is up to date and manageable
• Managing budgets and costs, as well as prioritizing work items
• Engaging and guiding Lindströmers to adopt analytics processes, tools, and best practices, as well as training users and data specialists
• Collaborating with other product owners to build scalable and reusable solutions

We are looking for a new team member who has strong collaboration skills and a keen interest towards building a data-driven organization. A strong understanding of the tools and processes related to analytics is essential for this role, as well as the ability to work with multiple stakeholders and teams. If you are ready to face new challenges and take on an active role in our Data & Analytics team, keep reading!

Our ideal candidate has:

• Bachelor’s Degree or higher in information systems, economics, or related field
• Hands-on experience with data visualization tools such as Tableau and PowerBI
• In-depth understanding of data modelling for analytics
• Good understanding of Microsoft data and analytics products, (SSIS, Microsoft Power Platform etc.)
• Basic understanding of ETL/ELT processes and tools
• Experience in working with SQL, Python, and R, as well as tools such as Jira, Trello, or Confluence
• Basic understanding of Data Quality and Master Data management
• A goal-oriented and proactive working style
• Strong written and spoken English language skills

We offer you a position in an innovative and forward-looking organization, where you will truly get to develop yourself and bring forward your own ideas. The team you will be joining is a group of enthusiastic and highly motivated professionals, who are always ready to learn from each other. Lindström will support you in your growth, and you will get a responsible role in a unique and value-driven organization. In everything we do, we want to live our purpose: we care for our people and our planet by inspiring people to shine and businesses to grow in a sustainable way. 

Interested? For more information, please don’t hesitate to contact Mr. Xiao Ma, Director of Data & Analytics. You can reach Xiao by phone at +358 50 487 2972 on September 13 between 14:00 - 15:00 or on September 19 between 13:00 - 14:00. 

To apply, please fill in our online application form no later than Sunday, September 22, 2024.  The starting date of this position is negotiable, but we wish to have a new team member as soon as possible. The position is permanent, and the recruitment process will include both interviews and ability assessments. We look forward to hearing from you!