HR Analytics Specialist

About Us:

Sonepar Canada is an independent family-owned company with global market leadership in the business-to-business distribution of electrical, industrial and safety products and related solutions. In Canada, we are represented by 6 locally managed electrical and industrial distributors and have over 100+ locations with coverage in 9 provinces.

We are a proud member of the Sonepar Group, the world's largest privately-held electrical distributor. The Sonepar Group is present in more than 40 countries with over 45,000 employees.

What’s In It For You?

• You will be joining a market leader with over 40 years of experience to help you elevate your potential.
• You will be working for the world's #1 privately held business to business distributor of electrical products and related solutions.
• A chance to get involved in the forever growing electrical industry.
• We house the largest inventory to better service our customers and deliver on sales commitments.
• An opportunity for career development across many business departments within our organization.

This role plays a key part in enabling data-driven workforce decisions by transforming HR and payroll data into clear, actionable insights that support leaders in workforce planning, talent strategy, and organizational effectiveness.
The HR Analytics Specialist is responsible for collecting, analyzing, and interpreting workforce and HR data to provide actionable insights that support organizational strategy and decision-making. This role focuses exclusively on workforce analytics, reporting, metrics, dashboards, and key performance indicators (KPIs) across the employee lifecycle.

Major Responsibilities
Workforce Data & Analytics

• Collect, validate, and analyze workforce data from HRIS, payroll, and related enterprise systems.
• Ensure data accuracy, integrity, and consistency across multiple data sources, including, HRIS & Payroll.
• Translate complex data sets into clear insights for HR leadership and business stakeholders.
• Identify trends and patterns related to headcount, turnover, absenteeism, demographics, workforce costs, and organizational effectiveness.

Metrics, KPIs & Reporting

• Own the development and maintenance of standardized workforce metrics, KPIs, dashboards, and recurring reports.
• Establish and document clear data definitions and reporting standards to ensure consistency and transparency across HR reporting.
• Produce ad hoc analysis to support HR strategic planning, talent initiatives, and organizational changes.
• Proactively identify data gaps, inconsistencies, and opportunities for improved data capture.
• Support audits, compliance, and regulatory reporting from a data and analytics perspective.
• Partner with HRIS, Payroll, and IT teams to support system enhancements, reporting improvements, and data quality initiatives.
• Identify, document, and escalate system or data issues through established IT support processes (e.g., SNOW).

Strategic & Continuous Improvement Support

• Provide analytical support for workforce planning, organizational design, and talent strategy.
• Conduct trend analysis and scenario modeling to support workforce planning, organizational design, and future talent needs, enabling HR leaders to anticipate risks and opportunities.
• Identify opportunities for automation, process improvement, and enhanced analytical capability.
• Stay current on people analytics best practices, tools, and emerging trends.

Requirements

• Minimum 2-4 years of experience in workforce analytics, or a data analyst role supporting HR or business functions.
• A degree in Human Resources or CHRP equivalent.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office and Adobe Acrobat with advanced Excel skills
• Experience with data visualization and reporting tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau, or similar).
• Experience working with HRIS and payroll data (e.g., SAP SuccessFactors) is an asset
• Ability to translate complex workforce data into clear, compelling insights for non‑technical audiences.
• Strong stakeholder communication skills, with the ability to challenge assumptions using data.
• Proven ability to work with highly confidential employee information while exercising sound judgment.

Benefits & Perks

• We offer a competitive salary, plus a full set of benefits, including:
• Flexible benefits program allowing you to choose from options that best fit you and your dependents’ needs. Benefit options include: Medical, Dental, Vision, Health Spending Account & RRSP matching.
• Employee Assistance Program, Tuition Reimbursement, Employee Discounts and a career path.
• Regardless of your benefits program, you will receive company paid Life Insurance, and employee paid disability.

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Sonepar places the planet and diversity and inclusion at the core of its vision driving our business ethos.

Today, Sonepar is the leading distributor of energy-efficient products, pioneering the energy transition and making sustainability a priority. At Sonepar, we firmly believe that every action is crucial in safeguarding the environment, driving our commitment to a more sustainable future. We have accelerated our own transition to efficient generation and use of electrical energy across our business and champion the innovation of sustainable solutions in the market.

Sonepar has been recognized as a Diversity Leader by the Financial Times’ 2024 Diversity Leaders ranking and was awarded GEEIS Certification in 2022. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, welcoming submissions from all candidates. We believe in creating a work environment where everyone can feel safe, use their voice, and know that they belong. Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) is a central focus of our global, strategic impact plan. We value diversity and inclusion in the workplace because it allows us to better meet the needs of the communities we serve. It helps us foster greater creativity, breadth of experience, and it’s essential to our success as an organization. All qualified individuals, regardless of race, ethnic or national origin, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, marital status, neurodiversity, disability status, gender identity, veteran status or any other aspect which makes them unique are encouraged to apply.

Sonepar is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes submissions from all candidates. Accommodation is available to all applicants upon request. If selected for an interview, please advise the Sonepar representative of your accommodation needs at that time. We will work with all applicants to accommodate their accessibility needs.

Next steps:
We are interested in knowing more about you. Start an exciting new career and enjoy a number of benefits by applying online. While we are very grateful for your interest in joining the team, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.