Support production and capacity planning, inventory control, KPI reporting, and on-time shipment planning. Maintain dashboards, saved searches, and daily operational snapshots. Lead cycle counts, analyze discrepancies, and use ERP and Excel-based analysis to drive continuous improvement and operational decisions.
Position Summary
This is a highly collaborative and exciting role that interfaces with the Operations Department as well as with Supply Chain, Procurement, Quality, Finance, Accounting, and Technical Service. The Operations and Business Systems Analyst will be responsible for production and capacity planning, finished good inventory planning and control, component inventory tracking, operations dashboard and metrics reporting, on-time shipment planning, and data-driven continuous improvement. The Operations and Business Systems Analyst will be responsible for ensuring that the information provided to the business is understood and is used to drive action.
Role & Responsibilities- Align scheduling needs with work order creation and work order completions
- Audit work order completions against daily output for the facility
- Participate in the Sales, Inventory, and Operations Planning process
- Monitor and evaluate plant performance based upon core plant KPIs
- Maintain saved searches and reporting for current operational KPIs
- Create new system based save searches for data gathering for operational KPIs
- Maintain operations dashboard for plant reporting on core KPIs
- Maintain and distribute daily snapshot on sales, shipments, and finished goods built
- Report on manufacturing efficiency for the plant
- Lead cycle count program and root cause analysis of any discrepancies found
- Extrapolate data from comprehensive sets to drive operational tasks and decision making
- Bachelor's degree in Business or related field
- Experience in a manufacturing environment preferred
- Ability to drive continuous improvement, provide accurate reporting and utilize data
- Strong ERP data abilities strongly preferred. Experience with warehousing programs preferred.
- Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) including Excel Pivot Tables, XLOOKUPS, and mastery of formulas.
- Exceptional organization and analytic skills, with great attention to detail
- Ability to work independently with a high level of integrity, responsibility, and ethics
- Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment
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