Lead BI Developer

ABOUT THE ROLE

We are seeking a highly experienced Lead Front-End Power BI Developer to drive next-generation analytics solutions across Wella’s commercial, marketing, and supply chain functions. In this pivotal role, you will design best-in-class Power BI dashboards that transform data into actionable insights, enabling more informed, faster decision-making across the business.

You will lead dashboard development initiatives, mentor other developers, and act as a strategic partner to business stakeholders—especially in the professional hair care and consumer goods landscape.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

BI Front-End Leadership & Visualization

• Design and develop advanced Power BI dashboards, reports, and interactive visualizations that serve a global audience across commercial, marketing, and operations teams.
• Apply UX/UI best practices to ensure dashboards are intuitive, scalable, and impactful.
• Optimize report performance and load times through effective use of DAX, filters, and semantic modeling.

Stakeholder Engagement & CPG Context

• Partner with business leaders to understand core KPIs (e.g., sell-in/sell-out trends, stylist retention, market share, salon profitability).
• Translate CPG-specific datasets—such as Nielsen, retailer POS, and Salesforce—into meaningful visual insights for internal teams.

Data Integration & Modeling

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  Collaborate closely with data engineers to ensure Power BI models are robust, reliable, and aligned with underlying data pipelines.
• Build and maintain optimized data models using Power BI Desktop, Power Query (M), and strong SQL skills for custom data transformations.

Mentorship & Best Practices

• Lead and mentor junior BI developers; establish visualization standards and dashboard governance models.
• Champion a self-serve BI culture across Wella through enablement and training initiatives.

WHAT WE WANT YOU TO BRING ALONG

• 10+ years of experience in BI and analytics roles, including 5+ years of advanced Power BI dashboard development.
• Demonstrated expertise in SQL for data manipulation, validation, and performance optimization.
• Strong proficiency in DAX, Power Query, and complex data modeling for front-end reporting.
• Proven success leading BI initiatives end-to-end—from stakeholder requirement gathering to dashboard launch and iteration.
• Experience collaborating with Azure-based data platforms (e.g., Fabric, Synapse, Data Lake, SQL Server).
• Excellent communication skills; confident engaging across all levels, from analysts to senior executives.

Nice to Have:

• Experience with Databricks or similar cloud-native data environments.
• Exposure to Power Platform tools such as Power Automate or Power Apps.
• Familiarity with data product development and embedded analytics.
• Microsoft Power BI certification or equivalent.

WHAT WE OFFER

We offer employment based on a B2B contract and further professional development in a global organization focused on continuous growth.

WHO WE ARE

Together, WE enable individuals to look, feel, and be their true selves.

Wella Company is one of the world’s leading beauty companies, comprised of a family of iconic brands such as Wella Professionals, Clairol, OPI, Nioxin and ghd. With 6,000 employees globally, presence in over 100 countries, Wella Company and its brands enable consumers to look, feel, and be their true selves. As innovators in the hair and nail industry, Wella Company empowers its people to delight consumers, inspire beauty professionals, engage communities, and deliver sustainable growth to its stakeholders.

For additional information about the Wella Company, please visit www.wellacompany.com and https://www.wellacompany.com/about-us.

EEO OPPORTUNITIES

We offer equal employment opportunity to qualified individuals without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, age, gender, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Wella Company with federal and state disability laws makes reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact us at: https://www.wellacompany.com/consumer-affairs

We strongly believe that cultivating a diverse workplace gives a company strength. The combination of unique skills, abilities, experiences and backgrounds creates an environment that produces extraordinary results.

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