Business Analyst

Velocity Machine, Inc.; De Pere (WI); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Velocity Machine Inc. seeks a Business Analyst to structure, explore, and analyze data to support decision-making across manufacturing functions.

You will optimize production scheduling, inventory control, and supplier performance using ERP systems and statistical methods. The role partners with purchasing, planning, operations, logistics, quality, finance, IT and suppliers to document requirements and drive system enhancements and process improvements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience.
• 3+ years in ERP/business systems or analytical role.
• Proven ERP enhancement and process-improvement experience.
• Experience enabling AI in supply chain and automation.
• Translate business needs into scalable system solutions.

Responsibilities

• Structure, explore and analyze data to identify trends and insights.
• Develop and maintain reports, dashboards and visualizations.
• Validate data accuracy across reports and outputs.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define requirements and improvements.
• Analyze supply chain, planning and production processes for inefficiencies.
• Maintain master data in ERP (vendor, material, production records).
• Develop KPIs and dashboards for management review.
• Support ERP implementation, configuration and UAT coordination.
• Ensure data integrity, access controls and compliance in ERP.

Skills

ERP analytics

SQL

Data visualization

KPI development

Process improvement

Stakeholder management

Cross‑functional collaboration

Data validation

Root-cause analysis

Statistical forecasting

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business/IT/Supply Chain

Tools

JobBOSS ERP

Tableau/Power BI

Job description

Summary

The Business Analyst is responsible for structuring, exploring and analyzing data to support business decision making across multiple functions. The Business Analyst ensures data accuracy, usability and clarity, enabling stakeholders to derive actionable insights from data. This role leverages data analytics, ERP systems and statistical methods to optimize production scheduling, streamline supply chain operations, improve inventory accuracy, enhance quality metrics and support decision-making for manufacturing efficiency. This role partners with purchasing, planning, operations, logistics, quality, finance, IT and suppliers and requires a unique blend of business analysis expertise and manufacturing knowledge.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Perform data exploration and analysis to identify trends, patterns and business insights.
• Structure, clean and prepare datasets from multiple sources for analysis and reporting.
• Develop and maintain recurring reports, dashboards and visualizations for stakeholders.
• Identify opportunities to automate manual reporting, reduce rework, improve data visibility and simplify supply chain decision-making.
• Translate business questions into analytical approaches and clearly communicate findings.
• Validate data accuracy and consistency across reports and analytical outputs.
• Partners with business leaders and process owners to identify process improvement and optimization opportunities.
• Partner with buyers, planners, category managers, operations, finance, quality and IT to define reporting needs, document business requirements and support system or process enhancements.
• Analyze supply chain, purchasing, planning, supplier management and operations processes to identify inefficiencies, data issues, procedural gaps and improvement opportunities.
• Collect, analyze and interpret supply chain data including procurement lead times, supplier performance, inventory levels and order fulfillment rates.
• Maintain accurate master data within ERP systems, ensuring vendor, material and production records are current.
• Develop and monitor KPIs such as on-time delivery, order accuracy, fill rate and inventory turnover for reporting to management.
• Optimize inventory management, including safety stock calculations, reorder points and raw material planning.
• Collaborate with vendors and suppliers to improve delivery reliability, compliance and quality.
• Analyze production schedules and utilization to support machine shop throughput optimization.
• Develop and maintain production dashboards that track work in progress, capacity utilization and bottlenecks.
• Provide statistical forecasting to anticipate demand fluctuations and inform resource allocation.
• Partner with production teams to implement lean manufacturing principles and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Serve as a functional expert on ERP systems (JobBOSS or similar) used for production, inventory and scheduling.
• Develop and maintain reporting tools within ERP systems for production control, supply chain visibility and quality tracking.
• Support ERP implementation, configuration and upgrades by documenting functional requirements, coordinating user acceptance testing (UAT) and training end-users.
• Ensure data integrity, compliance and proper access controls within ERP modules.
• Analyze production and quality data to identify trends, deviations and root causes of defects.
• Lead statistical analysis such as control charts, process capability studies and regression analysis to support quality initiatives.
• Collaborate with quality engineering teams to track corrective actions and compliance with ISO/IATF standards.
• Contribute to Six Sigma and Lean projects to reduce waste and improve production quality.
• Coordinates with external partners, integrators, or vendors supporting ERP initiatives.
• Acts as a bridge between business teams and Information Systems to ensure alignment, clarity and shared accountability.
• Support the document control requirements and assure you and your teams work to get all work instructions documented and controlled, as well as, any required forms that your departments utilize.
• Identify, lead and support cost savings opportunities and initiatives.
• Understand and adhere to all company policies and support the mission and values.
• All other duties as required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Supply Chain, Information Systems, or related field preferred, equivalent experience considered.
• 3+ years of experience in an ERP functional analyst or business systems role required.
• Proven experience leading ERP enhancements and process improvement initiatives required.
• Experience supporting AI enablement in supply chain, including process automation, analytics, reporting, decision support, governance, or workflow improvement initiatives.
• Strong ability to translate business strategy into scalable system solutions required.
• Excellent communication, facilitation and stakeholder management skills required.
• Experience working in cross-functional, matrixed environment required.
• Strong SQL skills for data querying and analysis.
• Experience structuring and analyzing datasets for reporting and insights.
• Solid understanding of data visualization and reporting best practices.
• Ability to interpret and explain data to non-technical audiences.
• Strong analytical skills with experience in root-cause analysis, data validation, KPI development, reporting and process improvement.
• Strong organizational skills with attention to detail, follow-through, time management and the ability to prioritize competing requirements.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment where priorities and business needs may change.

Physical Demands

• Required to be able to sit for longer periods of time.
• Move about throughout the office and manufacturing environments.
• Ability to lift up to 25 pounds.

Work Environment

• Office environment.
• Manufacturing environment.

The above statement reflects the general details necessary to describe the principal functions of the occupation described and shall not be construed as a detailed description of all work requirements that may be inherent in the occupation. Velocity Machine Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer including disability/vets.