Operations Data Analyst
Company: L.A. Gauge Company
Location: Los Angeles
Posted on: October 19, 2024
Job Description:
Our Operations Data Analyst will be in charge of:
- Analyzing operations data to improve shop operations;
- Utilizing operations data and managing scheduling software to
generate the company's production plan;
- Collaborating with managers and company leadership to formulate
the operations strategy; and
- Conducting operational performance evaluations to identify
opportunities for improvement.
Responsibilities
- Collect, organize, and analyze operations data and communicate
your insights to the operations team and company leaders
- Formulate the scheduling strategy to achieve on time delivery
targets
- With the support of scheduling software, simulate various
scenarios to recommend strategic approaches for decisionmakers
- Communicate the pros and cons of schedules and associated risks
with internal stakeholders
- Operate scheduling tools like TACTIC and ERP systems like
Epicor to create operations schedules
- Identify data issues and areas for training and partner with
operations teams to support training to address these issues
- Track the success of our tools and processes through the
creation and monitoring of KPIs and dashboards
- Collaborate effectively with partners and stakeholders
Requirements
What You Have Done
- 3+ years of total experience
- 2+ years of data analyst, business operations, intelligence, or
analysis experience (e.g. business analyst, business operations,
etc.) or a similar role within a manufacturing or production
environment
- Knowledge of business analytics best practices and of the use
of tools such as Visio or Lucid Charts
- Experience with ERP or CRM systems, scheduling software, and a
strong understanding of production metrics and KPIs.
- Experience and a good understanding of tools like SQL Excel,
and PowerBI (or other BI related tools) and experience in
designing, tracking and operationalizing analytical dashboards
- Exposure to a wide range of business issues, especially those
across IT, Operations, and Finance
- BA / BS in a STEM or business-related discipline
Desired Requirements
- Experience working with a scheduling system
- Operations research background
- Project management experience; a plus if it is in business or
IT related projects
- Previous consulting or investment banking experience
- Experience in manufacturing, especially at job shops
- Proven experience in assessing and implementing IT
solutions
- Python or other programming languages
- MS (in STEM) or MBA
Who You Are
- You're highly collaborative, you thrive on receiving input, you
know how to ask the right questions.
- You enjoy challenges. Challenges excite you; they don't
intimidate you. You are persistent and determined to continue
working when you encounter obstacles.
- You are an effective, succinct communicator. You can take
something really complex and figure out a simple way to communicate
it, so stakeholders follow your rationale.
- You're flexible. You are not easily daunted by obstacles, but
rather find ways around them
- You are humble. You realize that years of institutional
knowledge are critical, and that your role is to make this
knowledge readily available and useable
- You're a good negotiator. You're experienced enough to ask
vendors the hard questions and to require rigor in quality and
fairness in pricing
- You like numbers, you like digging into numbers and processes
using various known techniques to understand underlying root-causes
This is an on-site role in our Sun Valley, CA office. The start
time for this job is 6 AM PT.
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Keywords: L.A. Gauge Company, Whittier , Operations Data Analyst, Professions , Los Angeles, California
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