Job DescriptionBUSINESS INTELLIGENC (SR.) ANALYST - IT - CORPORATE OFFICE (AUSTIN, MN) / EDEN PRAIRIE, MN HORMEL FOODS CORPORATIONTo save time applying, Hormel Foods does not offer sponsorship of job applicants for employment-based visas for this position at this time.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Design, develop, and maintain interactive dashboards and reports using traditional or modern, AI-powered BI tools to support business decision-making across departments.
- Write and optimize complex SQL queries to extract, transform, and prepare data from source systems, including Google BigQuery and other cloud data warehouses.
- Design and maintain semantic models (logical/presentation layers) that provide consistent, reusable metrics and dimensions across BI tools.
- Partner with business unit stakeholders to gather requirements, translate them into technical specifications, and deliver end-to-end BI solutions.
- Perform issue resolution, performance tuning, and ongoing maintenance for existing dashboards, reports, and data models.
- Establish and enforce data visualization and dashboard design best practices (usability, performance, accessibility, and visual clarity).
- Collaborate with data engineering teams to ensure underlying data pipelines and models support accurate, timely reporting.
- Mentor junior analysts on BI development standards, SQL best practices, and semantic modeling concepts.
- Document data definitions, calculation logic, and dashboard specifications to support governance and knowledge transfer.
- Identify opportunities to automate manual reporting processes and improve self-service analytics capabilities for business users.
Technical Competencies
- Business Intelligence Development: Advanced proficiency in designing, developing, and optimizing interactive dashboards, reports, and analytical solutions using Power BI, Tableau, and emerging AI-enabled BI platforms.
- SQL & Cloud Data Platforms: Strong expertise in writing and tuning complex SQL queries, data preparation, and working with cloud-based data warehouses such as Google BigQuery, Snowflake, or similar platforms.
- Semantic Modeling & Data Architecture: Experience developing and maintaining semantic models, reusable metrics, dimensions, and governed reporting layers that ensure consistency and trust across analytics solutions.
- Data Visualization & Analytics Best Practices: Demonstrated knowledge of dashboard design standards, performance optimization, data storytelling, accessibility, and user-centric visualization principles.
- Data Integration, Automation & Troubleshooting: Ability to diagnose and resolve BI solution issues, collaborate with data engineering teams, support reporting automation, and improve self-service analytics capabilities
Level of position will be determined based on experience and skillset. QUALIFICATIONS:Required
- Bachelor's degree in Data Analytics, Computer Science, MIS, Business, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).
- 5+ years of experience in business intelligence, data analytics, or a related field, with demonstrated senior-level ownership of BI deliverables.
- Advanced proficiency with Tableau and/or Power BI, including dashboard design, calculated fields/DAX, and performance optimization.
- Strong SQL skills, including complex joins, window functions, and query tuning.
- Experience extracting and preparing data from cloud data warehouses, particularly in tools like Google BigQuery, Snowflake, etc.
- Hands-on experience designing and maintaining semantic models / metrics layers for enterprise reporting.
- Proven ability to gather requirements directly from business stakeholders and deliver reporting solutions from concept to production.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
- Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple concurrent reporting initiatives.
- Applicants must not now, or at any time in the future, require sponsorship for a work visa.
- Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States for any employer.
Preferred
- Experience with Data Science and/or AI for BI concepts and tools (e.g. Agentic AI, GenAI, ML)
- Experience with dimensional data modeling (star/snowflake schemas).
- Familiarity with ETL/ELT tools (e.g., Informatica, dbt, or similar).
- Experience with Python for data preparation or automation.
- Experience supporting [industry-specific - e.g., supply chain, sales/marketing, finance] analytics.
- Familiarity with data governance and data cataloging practices.
- Experience mentoring or informally leading other analysts.
LOCATION: Corporate Office Austin, MN preferred / Eden Prairie, MN Sales Office
A comprehensive relocation package to the Austin, MN area may be offered, if required.
At Hormel Foods, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. The base hiring pay range for the Business Intelligence (Sr.) Analyst role is between
$98,100 - $167,325 per year, and your actual base pay within that range will depend upon a variety of factors including, but not limited to, job-related knowledge, skill set, level of experience, and geographic market location.
BENEFITS: Other components of Hormel Foods' total compensation package includes comprehensive medical, dental and vision coverage, discretionary annual merit increases, 401(k) with employer match, stock purchase plan, bonuses and profit sharing, paid time off, free two-year community/technical college tuition for children of employees, and more.
