Geographic Information Systems Analyst - St Paul, United States - Ecolab

Description

Job Description

The GIS Analyst will be part of the GIS pooled resources (center of excellence) within Ecolab.The roles primary functions will be to support and administer programs spatial-based business programs for territory applications within route, market, and sales and operations business planning for the Pest Elimination Division. As a GIS Analyst you will apply various GIS analytical methods to solve complex problems and provide insights toward effective decision making and business results.

The GIS Center of Excellence (CoE) meets critical business needs by improving responsiveness, effectiveness, and efficiency, through innovative research, defined architectures, planning, and optimal use of GIS and other business transformation and GPS/telematics technology.

Your work will help enable consistent, coordinated, and proactive GIS-based planning approach by bringing insights to business operations that increases field service and sales efficiency through the identification and application of spatial-based business intelligence insights. You will report to the GIS Manager Pest Elimination Division within the GIS CoE and working amongst other GIS Specialists, GIS Analysts, and GIS Developers, GIS Managers/Director within the GIS CoE to apply existing GIS solutions, capabilities, and help develop new insights and solutions.

Position Details: The position is based out of our Saint Paul, MN office as a hybrid work opportunity.

What you will do:

• will leverage GIS industry knowledge and analytical expertise to provide insights that enable the field team to optimize their service delivery.
• directly with field management and other business leaders to apply analytical GIS information and processes to improve business development, route and territory optimizations using multiple criteria, routing models, profiles, and perform other spatial analysis.
• with stakeholders to provide GIS analysis to support their business needs.
• delivery optimization and related insights will lead to improved customer satisfaction and retention, employee retention, associate safety, work-life balance and income opportunities.
• and report findings and summary reporting of GIS analytics.
• business partners and users in understanding and adapting GIS information and outputs.
• coding, geospatial, statistical, and modeling tools to uncover underlying opportunities.
• develop, and support new GIS capabilities and participate in proactive team efforts to achieve departmental and company goals.
• effectively, both written and verbal, with GIS CoE team, business stakeholders, and management staff.
• and maintain a professional rapport with team members.
• other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in geography, planning, environmental science, or related field.
• 2-4+ years of GIS experience using ESRI ArcGIS software products involving GIS data development, manipulation, modeling, and analysis.
• Experience working with geographic and spatial methods and techniques.
• Experience working with multiple and varying levels of large datasets from multiple sources.
• Personal agilities to develop and grow your GIS and business skills to expand and advance your ability to contribute.
• Experience and a high degree of comfort communicating often and for extended periods of time over screen sharing sessions through Microsoft teams.
• No immigration sponsorship available for this position.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 1+ years of ESRI Network Analyst tools and functionality experience, including Location-Allocation and Vehicle Routing Problem.
• 1+ years of experience in fundamentals of geocoding and address matching.
• Experience in business analysis and applied GIS toward territory & route design.
• Experience with ESRI ArcOnline/Enterprise/Portal for ArcGIS and/or ESRI Experience Builder and dashboard design.
• Experience in SQL Azure and Enterprise geodatabases.
• Ability to use GIS to apply knowledge and develop maps, information, and reporting that support decision making.
• Ability to perform assigned responsibilities with minimal supervision but take direction from senior-level GIS Analysts, GIS Manager, and other business leaders.
• Experience with writing SQL or other query/reporting languages is a plus but not required.
• Ability to compile and review reports and data for accuracy, completeness, and compliance.
• Good written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
• Experience with fast-paced, multitasking environment is a plus.
• Experience in an advisory role is a plus.