A two-billion-dollar global leader in the high performance and lifestyle footwear industry, Skechers USA, Inc. designs, develops and markets more than 3,000 styles for men, women and children. Skechers' success stems from its employees, high-quality, varied product offering, diversified domestic and international distribution channels, and targeted multi-channel marketing. 

The company offers two distinct footwear categories: a lifestyle division which includes Skechers Memory Foam and the charity line BOBS from Skechers, and Skechers Performance which includes Skechers GOrun and Skechers GOwalk footwear. Through licensing agreements, the company also offers branded apparel, bags, eyewear and more. 

Celebrity product endorsees for Skechers' collections include the world famous drummer Ringo Starr, multi-platinum recording artist Demi Lovato, model and actress Kelly Brook, TV personality Brooke Burke-Charvet, legendary quarterbacks Joe Montana and Joe Namath, baseball stars Pete Rose and Mariano Rivera, and The Voice winner Danielle Bradbery. In addition, elite marathon champion and Boston Marathon winner Meb Keflezighi, elite runner Kara Goucher, and pro golfer Matt Kuchar represent the Skechers Performance Division. 

The Company sells its footwear in department, specialty and independent stores, as well as through more than 1000 Company-owned Skechers retail stores and online at skechers.com. Beyond the United States, Skechers product is available in more than 120 countries and territories through an international network of subsidiaries in Canada, Brazil, Chile, Japan, and across Europe, as well as through joint ventures in Asia and distributors around the world. 

Skechers ships product through a 1.82 million square-foot, fully automated, LEED-Gold certified distribution facility in California that serves North America. The Company also operates a 753,000-square-foot facility in Belgium that serves Europe and ships directly to the rest of the planet.

JOB PURPOSE

The Business Intelligence Systems Developer is responsible for contributing to the development, test, maintenance, and enhancement of all Business Intelligence (BI) related systems including:

• Data modeling (ERWIN)
• Enterprise Data Warehouse and Data Marts (Teradata)
• ETL/ELT processing (multiple ETL/ELT tools with Teradata, Informix, DB2, etc.)
• Reporting/Dashboards/Data Visualization/Mobile Applications (Qlik, MicroStrategy, SAS, etc.)


ESSENTIAL JOB RESULTS

 • Create, maintain, and improve the technical foundation and operations of all BI-related systems

ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Participate in all aspects of BI and analytics projects, including conceptualization, design, construction, testing, selection, deployment, and post-implementation support
• Interface with different departments within the organization regarding new deployments
• Research/analyze data processing functions, methods, and procedures
• Troubleshoot production and development system support issues and resolve them
• Translate and explain complex concepts in ways that can be understood by a wide variety of audiences
• Other duties as assigned relating to the data warehouse via database, Business Intelligence, Business Analytics, Database, and ETL tools.
• Complete all problem tickets to within agreed service levels
• Resolve inbound incident tickets for assigned application within agreed service levels
• Execute and complete change requests to agreed service levels and SDLC process
• Must fully document all work in the corporate help desk system
• Liaise with end users as required to provide guidance, prescribe corrective measures to resolve incidents, and to define enhancements
• Develop functional design specifications and work with technical team to develop technical specifications
• Ability to multi-task and work productively with a minimum supervision


SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

• No

JOB REQUIREMENTS

• Exceptionally skilled with written and verbal communications in English
• Extensive skills in Linux, experienced and highly accomplished in shell scripting
• Highly skilled in translating business needs into requirements, specifications, and technical solutions
• Extensive experience with relational and dimensional modeling
• Advanced skills in SQL and with multiple BI/analytic toolsets is required
• Advanced skills with multiple ETL/ELT tools and ETL/ELT design is required
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Excellent project management skills
• Proven leadership/management skills
• Proven ability to synthesize data into useable information
• Creative, flexible, and willing to adapt to a changing environment
• Sound business skills including exposure to operations and finance
• Experience with data visualization is a plus


EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Minimum 10 years DW/SQL/BI/Analytics and shell Scripting experience
• Minimum 5 years’ experience with ETL/ELT design using multiple ETL/ELT toolsets
• Have a successful history in designing and developing end-to-end BI/analytics solutions
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Computer Information Systems is desired
• A Master's degree is preferred
• Applicants without a related degree must also have no less than 15 years of experience as an IT professional
• Prior hands on experience in designing and developing reports and ad-hoc queries using Business Intelligence tools

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  The skills, abilities and physical demands described are representative of those duties that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities, who are otherwise qualified for the job position, to perform the essential functions.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel, and talk or hear.  The employee frequently is required to walk; sit, reach with hands and arms, and stoop, kneel. The employee is occasionally required to sit for long period of times. 

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