Data Analyst

Koch; Lisle (IL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental & Vision

Retirement plan

Job summary

Molex is seeking a Data Analyst in Lisle, IL to improve data quality and provide insights that support portfolio, financial, and resource decisions. You will transform SAP and other sources into reliable information for leadership and operations.

Join a cross-functional team across engineering, product management, and finance to drive value creation. The role requires strong analytics, business acumen, and the ability to translate complex data into clear recommendations that move the

Qualifications

• Experience analyzing business, financial, operational, project, or portfolio data.
• Experience working with SAP or comparable ERP systems.
• Experience cleaning, reconciling, validating, and interpreting data from multiple systems.
• Advanced experience with Microsoft Excel or similar tools.
• Experience creating and applying business metrics and KPIs.

Responsibilities

• Clean, standardize, reconcile, and validate data from SAP and other systems.
• Identify data gaps and quality issues; coordinate corrective actions.
• Establish repeatable processes and controls to improve data quality.
• Analyze data to identify trends, risks, and value opportunities.
• Connect data across systems to provide trusted views of performance.
• Develop definitions, KPIs, and documentation for critical data.
• Support portfolio prioritization, budgeting, and resource planning.
• Translate data findings into actionable business recommendations.
• Reduce manual data work via automation and AI-enabled tools.
• Collaborate with leaders to turn questions into analytical solutions.
• Communicate complex findings clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Skills

Data analysis

SQL

Excel

SAP experience

Data governance

Education

Bachelor's degree in data analytics or related

Tools

Power BI

ETL tools

Job description

Location(s) Lisle, Illinois

Company Molex

Career Field Data & Analytics

Job Number 193909

Your Job

Molex's Optical Connectivity Group (OCG) is seeking a Data Analyst to improve data quality, business visibility, and decision quality across our product development organization. This role will help transform data from SAP and other business systems into reliable, actionable insights that support portfolio, financial, resource, and operational decisions.

The Data Analyst will partner with leaders and subject matter experts across engineering, product management, project management, finance, operations, supply chain, and other functions. A key responsibility will be cleaning, standardizing, reconciling, and maintaining existing data so the organization can rely on consistent information when evaluating business performance, capital investments, project execution, and resource priorities.

A successful candidate will combine strong analytical skills with business and financial acumen; investigate the root causes of data and performance issues; establish trusted metrics and repeatable analytical methods; and translate complex information into clear recommendations that improve business results and create value.

Our Team

Molex's Optical Connectivity Group is at the forefront of designing and delivering optical solutions that support data centers, telecommunications infrastructure, and next-generation computing. The Data Analyst will support a global, cross-functional organization focused on innovation, disciplined product development, operational execution, and value creation.

This role will serve as a trusted analytical and data stewardship partner to OCG leaders and functional teams. The analyst will improve how business data is defined, maintained, connected, and used across the organization.

What You Will Do

• Clean, standardize, reconcile, and validate existing data from SAP and other enterprise software systems to improve accuracy, consistency, and usability
• Identify data gaps, duplicate records, inconsistent definitions, and other quality issues; investigate root causes and coordinate corrective actions with business and system owners
• Establish repeatable processes, business rules, and controls that improve ongoing data quality and reduce recurring cleanup work
• Analyze business, financial, operational, project, portfolio, capital, and resource data to identify trends, risks, performance gaps, and value-creation opportunities
• Connect information across multiple systems to establish trusted views of business and portfolio performance
• Develop and maintain common definitions, key performance indicators, calculation methods, and documentation for critical business data
• Support portfolio prioritization, capital planning, forecasting, resource allocation, project reviews, and other leadership decisions through clear analysis and recommendations
• Investigate the drivers behind business results and develop insights that move the organization beyond reporting what happened to understanding why it happened and what action should be taken
• Reduce manual data collection, reconciliation, and reporting through standardization, process improvement, automation, and appropriate use of AI-enabled tools
• Partner with functional leaders, subject matter experts, system owners, and technical teams to translate business questions into analytical requirements and sustainable solutions
• Communicate complex findings clearly and concisely to technical and non-technical audiences and influence action through data-driven recommendations

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Experience analyzing business, financial, operational, project, or portfolio data
• Experience working with SAP or a comparable enterprise resource planning system
• Experience cleaning, combining, reconciling, validating, and interpreting data from multiple software systems
• Advanced experience using Microsoft Excel or comparable analytical tools
• Experience developing and applying business metrics, key performance indicators, and analytical methodologies
• Demonstrated ability to investigate data discrepancies, determine root causes, and improve data quality
• Demonstrated ability to translate data analysis into meaningful business insights and recommendations
• Strong analytical, critical-thinking, and structured problem-solving skills
• Ability to communicate complex information clearly and work effectively across multiple business functions
• Ability to manage ambiguity, define problems, prioritize work, and independently structure analytical assignments

What Will Put You Ahead

• Bachelor's degree in data analytics, business analytics, finance, engineering, information systems, statistics, mathematics, supply chain, or related discipline
• Experience supporting product development, engineering, manufacturing, operations, finance, supply chain, or a project management organization
• Experience with SAP data structures, master data, reporting, or related business processes
• Experience analyzing project portfolios, resource capacity, capital investments, product development performance, or financial forecasts
• Experience using SQL or similar tools to extract, manipulate, clean, and validate data
• Experience with data governance, master data management, data stewardship, or development of data quality controls
• Experience automating recurring data preparation, reconciliation, or analysis
• Experience with forecasting, scenario analysis, statistical analysis, or predictive methods
• Experience using AI-assisted analytical or automation tools
• Experience presenting insights and recommendations to business leaders

For this role, we anticipate paying $90,000 - $115,000 per year. This role is eligible for variable pay, issued as a monetary bonus or in another form.

At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.

Hiring Philosophy

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here.

Who We Are

As a Koch company, Molex is a leading supplier of connectors and interconnect components, driving innovation in electronics and supporting industries from automotive to health care and consumer to data communications. The thousands of innovators who work for Molex have made us a global electronics leader. Our experienced people, groundbreaking products and leading-edge technologies help us deliver a wider array of solutions to more markets than ever before.

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

Our Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information. (For Illinois E-Verify information click here, aquí, or tu).