Data-Driven Property & Inventory Analyst

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory; California; On-site; USD 86,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision plans

Retirement plans

Paid time off

Job summary

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California seeks a Property Administrator II (Operations Data Analyst) to transform property, inventory, and MRP data into actionable operational intelligence. You will extract, cleanse, join, and analyze datasets across enterprise systems, building dashboards and automated reports to drive decision-making.

The role focuses on Equipment Library expansion, Oracle MRP implementation, Item Master data quality, inventory optimization, and warehouse

Qualifications

• Typically requires bachelor's degree in data analytics, data science, computer science, information systems, industrial engineering, operations research, mathematics, statistics, or related discipline with 3 years of related experience or master's degree with 1 year experience.
• Experience analyzing structured business or operational datasets.
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills and experience with data-analysis or business-intelligence tools.
• Experience extracting, cleansing, joining, and validating data from multiple sources.
• Ability to identify trends, anomalies, exceptions, and relationships within large datasets.
• Ability to translate analytical findings into clear business recommendations.
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Extract, cleanse, join, and analyze large operational datasets.
• Analyze property, inventory, Item Master, MRP, procurement, warehouse, and utilization data.
• Identify duplicate, incomplete, or potentially inaccurate records.
• Develop analytical methods to identify old, inactive, or underutilized inventory.
• Analyze historical demand, consumption, availability, and material movement.
• Identify potential material reuse opportunities before new procurement.
• Support Equipment Library onboarding by identifying common equipment, utilization patterns, duplicate capabilities, and candidate inventory.
• Support Oracle MRP implementation through Item Master cleansing, classification, standardization, and exception analysis.
• Analyze warehouse inventory to support retention, consolidation, footprint reduction, and disposition decisions.
• Develop dashboards and performance metrics for inventory, property, warehouse, library, and MRP operations.
• Automate recurring reports and manual data-reconciliation activities.
• Develop exception-based reporting that directs operational personnel toward records requiring action.
• Partner with Property Administrators, material planners, warehouse personnel, engineering organizations, and management to convert analytical findings into executable actions.
• Document data definitions, analytical methodologies, business rules, and reporting logic.

Skills

Excel

Data analysis

Communication

Problem solving

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in data analytics or related field

Master's degree in related field

Tools

SQL

Python

Power BI

Tableau

Onyx AI

Oracle

ERP

MRP

Job description

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California seeks a Property Administrator II (Operations Data Analyst) to transform property, inventory, and MRP data into actionable operational intelligence. You will extract, cleanse, join, and analyze datasets across enterprise systems, building dashboards and automated reports to drive decision-making.

The role focuses on Equipment Library expansion, Oracle MRP implementation, Item Master data quality, inventory optimization, and warehouse