Hybrid Data Manager Analytics and Transformation - Decatur, IL bei ADM (Archer Daniels Midland)

Data Manager, North America Manufacturing Analytics and Transformation (A&T)
This is an exempt level position.
Preferred Location: North American Headquarters in Decatur, IL

Position Summary:
As a Data Manager supporting the North America Manufacturing Analytics and Transformation (A&T) team, you will lead efforts to capture, store, contextualize, and access shop floor data, and the integration with other company data to produce data sets that will be used to make decisions at all levels of the company.  Your team will be responsible for managing data pipelines, ensuring data quality, and implementing governance frameworks that enable high-impact analytics and transformation initiatives.

You will collaborate closely with analytics leaders, plant operations, IT, and global technology teams to align data infrastructure with business needs. Your work will empower analytics teams to deliver insights faster and more reliably, while also enabling decentralized data usage through well-managed platforms and self-service capabilities.

This role requires a strong understanding of data architecture, governance, and integration strategies, as well as the ability to communicate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders. You will play a key role in fostering a data-driven culture and ensuring that manufacturing data is a trusted asset across the organization.

About the Data Team
This team of Data Engineers maintain ADM’s enterprise data historian.  The team is building and will maintain edge devices that pull any type of data from any device as well as data pipelines that securely move that data to the cloud, and will work with others to implement the cloud infrastructure to enable data analytics at scale.

Job Responsibilities:

• Lead the development of ADM’s strategy to provide data sets that can be leveraged across manufacturing
• Oversee data architecture, integration, and governance across manufacturing systems
• Ensure high data quality, consistency, and availability for analytics and reporting on plant site and in the cloud.
• Collaborate with analytics teams to optimize data pipelines and support advanced analytics use cases
• Develop and maintain metadata management and data cataloging practices
• Support the implementation of self-service data tools and platforms
• Provide training and guidance to operational teams on data best practices
• Monitor data usage and compliance with internal and external standards
• Stay current with emerging data technologies and trends to inform strategy
• Some travel and on-call work is expected as part of this position

Required Skills:

• Experience in supporting plant operations and 24/7 operating environments
• Proficiency with data platforms and tools
• Awareness of data visualization and automation best practices
• Familiarity with cloud-based data architectures (e.g., Microsoft Azure, Databricks)
• Strong interpersonal collaboration skills and ability to work across technology and business domains
• Excellent verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate and effectively engage with senior leadership and frontline teams
• Strong technical and problem-solving skills

Preferred Skills:

• Experience with data cataloging tools
• Knowledge of manufacturing execution systems (MES) and industrial data sources
• Familiarity with analytics platforms such as Power BI, JMP, or AspenTech
• Experience with SQL, Python, or other data manipulation languages
• Experience with cloud platforms such as Databricks and Azure Data Factory
• Experience with industrial edge architectures, including tools such as Docker containers, InfluxDB, Grafana, NodeRed, MQTT, and Prometheus
• Awareness of Lean Six Sigma principles and continuous improvement methodologies

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum of a Bachelor's degree
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in data management or engineering
• Ability to travel or work on-call as needed

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in a similar leadership role.

 

Before applying for an exempt, non-exempt or hourly job opportunity, you are expected to initiate a discussion and share your intentions with your supervisor.  * If you’ve been in your current position for more than 18 months, supervisor approval is not required.  * If you’ve been in your current position for less than 18 months, verbal supervisor approval is required.  
​Hiring Manager-  Isaac Himange  ​
Recruiter-  Rebecca Klump

Decatur

IL - Illinois

United States

About ADM

At ADM, we unlock the power of nature to provide access to nutrition worldwide. With industry-advancing innovations, a complete portfolio of ingredients and solutions to meet any taste, and a commitment to sustainability, we give customers an edge in solving the nutritional challenges of today and tomorrow. We’re a global leader in human and animal nutrition and the world’s premier agricultural origination and processing company. Our breadth, depth, insights, facilities and logistical expertise give us unparalleled capabilities to meet needs for food, beverages, health and wellness, and more. From the seed of the idea to the outcome of the solution, we enrich the quality of life the world over. Learn more at www.adm.com.

Base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Hourly and salaried non-exempt employees will also be paid overtime pay when working qualifying overtime hours.

If hired, employees will be in an “at-will position” and the Company reserves the right to modify base pay (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.

The pay range for this position is expected to be between:

$92,800.00 - $167,600.00

The total compensation package for this position will also include annual bonus and a long-term incentive plan