Material Planning Analyst – 1st Shift

Jobtailor; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in Houston, TX seeks an Operations Analyst to transform raw data into actionable insights across services and projects. You will build reports, scorecards, and dashboards, leveraging SAP, Excel and Access to support decision making.

The role emphasizes data mining, root cause analysis, and collaboration with multiple departments to improve efficiency and customer satisfaction through cost-saving analyses and performance metrics.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in logistics, business, supply chain or related field.
• At least 1 year of experience in supply chain or logistics.
• Strong skills in spreadsheet manipulation, databases and presentations.
• Experience extracting system data to develop reports.

Responsibilities

• Prepare operational analyses of services, projects, or business functions.
• Maintain databases and develop metrics and scorecards to improve performance.
• Research operations data including performance, productivity, error rates, and root causes.
• Review reports to identify operational issues across departments.
• Prepare reports, graphs, charts and presentations to support analyses.
• Utilize systems and software to develop and maintain reporting tools supporting business decisions.
• Perform supplier and location waste walks to generate cost-saving ideas.

Skills

Advanced Excel Skills

Data Extraction

Operational Analysis

Verbal and Written Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Logistics, Business, Supply Chain or related field

Tools

SAP

Microsoft Access

Warehouse Management Systems (WMS)

Job description

• Prepare operational analyses of services, projects, or general business functions
• Maintain databases; extract information and develop metrics and scorecards to measure and improve overall performance
• Research operations, including performance and productivity data, error rates, and root causes
• Review reports to identify operational issues across departments
• Prepare reports, graphs, charts, presentations, and other documents to support analyses
• Utilize systems and software to develop and maintain reporting tools supporting business decisions
• Perform supplier and location waste walks to generate cost-saving ideas for the pipeline

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Logistics, Business, Supply Chain or a related field, or equivalent related work or military experience
• 1 year of experience in comprehensive supply chain or logistics
• Expertise in preparing, importing and manipulating information in spreadsheets, databases and presentations
• Ability to convert raw data into usable formats
• Experience with Microsoft Office, including Access
• Ability to extract system data from SAP and utilize Excel/Access to develop reports
• Experience supporting Warehouse Management Systems (WMS), order management applications and database systems
• Advanced Excel skills, including the ability to perform macros
• Experience with SAP (preferred)
• Solid data mining and development skills; ability to perform statistical analysis and create queries
• Ability to create solutions-based reports to improve operational efficiency and increase customer satisfaction
• Fundamental comprehension of warehouse operations and the supply chain structure
• Solid verbal and written communication, organizational and time management skills

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in operational analysis, data extraction, and reporting to enhance supply chain efficiency. Proficient in utilizing advanced Excel and SAP for data manipulation and reporting, with a strong foundation in logistics and warehouse operations.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Advanced Excel Skills
• SAP Data Extraction
• Warehouse Management Systems (WMS)
• Operational Analysis
• Data Mining and Statistical Analysis

Hard Skills

• Data Extraction
• Statistical Analysis
• Database Management
• Report Preparation
• Metrics Development
• Spreadsheet Manipulation
• Presentation Creation
• Root Cause Analysis
• Cost-Saving Analysis
• Performance Measurement

Soft Skills

• Verbal Communication
• Written Communication
• Organizational Skills
• Time Management

Industry Keywords

• Logistics
• Supply Chain
• Operational Efficiency
• Performance Data
• Customer Satisfaction

Tools & Technologies

• Microsoft Office
• Excel
• Access
• SAP
• Warehouse Management Systems (WMS)