HR Analytics Lead

Ornua is a dairy co-operative which sells dairy products on behalf of its members, Ireland’s dairy processors and, in turn, Irish dairy farmers. It is Ireland’s largest exporter of Irish dairy products, exporting to 110 countries worldwide. Headquartered in Dublin, Ornua has annualised sales of over €3.5 billion and a global team of 3,000 employees. 

Ornua is structured across two divisions: Ornua Foods and Ornua Ingredients. We operate from 10 business units worldwide, including 16 production facilities, and have sales and marketing teams working in-market across the globe in Africa, Asia, Germany, Ireland, the Middle East, Spain, the UK, and the US. 

You may know us by our brands Kerrygold, Dubliner, Pilgrim’s Choice, Avantage, Forto, and BEO. 

Ornua’s Values 

At Ornua, our Values lie at the core of everything that we do and how we behave both individually and as a business. Our five values, and their underlying behaviours, encourage us to Seek and Embrace New Ideas, Make It Happen, Be Our True Selves, Show You Care and Achieve Great Things Together. 

Ornua’s Growth 

At Ornua, our co-operative ethos lies at the heart of how we do business. We care passionately about driving sustainable, profitable growth, underpinned by our ambitious ‘Path to Prosper’ strategy. We have delivered significant growth in our core business, and we have ambitious plans for continued growth over the next five years. 

WHY THIS ROLE IS VALUABLE 

Ornua is seeking an experienced HR Analytics Lead to lead the development and implementation of a comprehensive 360-degree employee view across the employee life cycle, leveraging HR analytics to drive data-driven insights and decisions.

The role will require a self-starter to drive their own agenda and work independently with HR and Business colleagues across the Group to add value to the business with key people insights and automated reporting. 

This is a fantastic next step for an Analytics professional looking to bring their expertise to an organisation that is in the early stages of building HR Analytics capability. 

KEY AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY: 

• Define and communicate the vision and strategy for HR analytics solutions.
• Prioritise product features and enhancements based on business needs and stakeholder feedback.
• Manage the product lifecycle from ideation to launch and continuous improvement.
• Create new data models, KPIs, dashboards and reporting solutions to help stakeholders answer critical people questions related to their business areas.  
• Focus on data extraction to support talent attraction, employee retention, succession planning, performance, headcount and skills requirements and associated costs.  
• Identify trends and patterns to proactively address workforce challenges
• Partner with HR and business colleagues across Ornua, to identify analytics opportunities and advise on best practices relating to people data. 
• Automate manual tasks by querying our databases and Success Factors technology, creating pipelines to expose data directly in dashboards. 
• Communicate data insights and recommendations to non-HR audiences through clear writing, visual tools (e.g.: dashboards, scorecards), and story-telling. 
• Work to upskill HR colleagues and to share data analytics expertise as relevant.  

KEY REQUIREMENTS: 

• Proven experience in product management, HR analytics, or a related field.
• Experience in Data Mining, Predictive Analytics, Statistics, Data Governance and Ethics
• Experience with data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI) and HRIS systems.
• Ability to initiate projects and drive them to completion without guidance
• A strong problem-solver and critical thinker
• Strong presentation skills and the ability to bring complex data to life for an audience

ORNUA COMPETENCIES: 

• Expertise: For complex challenges or new areas, applies effective professional skill, analysis, problem solving, decision-making, prioritising, planning and reviewing.  
• Working Together: Encourages co-operation in own team and supports cross-functional working. 
• Curiosity: Encourages others to learn and demonstrates the courage to lead creative initiatives.  
• Forward-Looking: Helps others to accept change, implements change, and looks ahead to anticipate change. 

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