Operations Analytics & Optimization Specialist

Orenco-Systems; Sutherlin (OR); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Orenco Systems is seeking an Operations Optimization Analyst to improve manufacturing and supply chain performance by analyzing data, building KPIs, and developing dashboards. You will play a key role in measuring efficiency and driving cross-functional improvements across ERP data, inventory, and capacity planning.

The candidate will partner with Operations leadership to identify constraints, validate data, and implement practical actions that boost service levels, inventory accuracy, and cost

Qualifications

• Three years of experience in operations analysis, manufacturing, supply chain, inventory planning, ERP systems, business analytics, data analytics, or a related role is preferred.
• Practical knowledge of ERP systems, data analysis, dashboard development, data visualization, database concepts, reporting tools, inventory planning, capacity planning, KPI development, and continuous improvement methods.
• Experience using spreadsheet, database, query, visualization, or business intelligence tools to create reports, analyze trends, automate recurring analysis, and communicate actionable insights.
• Ability to interpret and validate operational data, identify root causes, explain trends and variances, and convert analysis into clear recommendations and measurable action plans.

Responsibilities

• Analyzes manufacturing, supply chain, ERP, inventory, purchasing, order fulfillment, and capacity data to identify trends, constraints, root causes, risks, and improvement opportunities.
• Develops and maintains KPIs, dashboards, scorecards, datasets, and reporting tools that monitor manufacturing, supply chain, inventory, capacity, ERP accuracy, and operational cost performance.
• Collects, cleanses, validates, integrates, and analyzes data from ERP, spreadsheets, databases, and other business systems to ensure reporting outputs are accurate, timely, and actionable.
• Uses data visualization, statistical analysis, trend analysis, and exception reporting to identify performance gaps, forecast risks, and support data-driven decision-making.
• Evaluates demand, usage, lead times, capacity, and variability to recommend optimal inventory levels, stocking targets, reorder points, safety stock, and other planning parameters.
• Maintains, audits, and improves ERP planning data including order points, lead times, item settings, capacity assumptions, routing standards, and other parameters that support accurate planning and execution.
• Develops capacity models and recommends capacity limits, labor assumptions, production constraints, and scenario plans to support S&OP, production scheduling, and supply chain execution.
• Identifies and prioritizes opportunities to improve service, throughput, material flow, labor and asset utilization, and overall cost efficiency.
• Partners with Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Engineering, Finance, and Operations leaders to translate data into practical recommendations, implementation plans, and performance follow‑up.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business Analytics, Data Analytics, Data Science, Information Technology, Computer Science, Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, Business, or a related field

Tools

ERP systems

Tableau/Power BI

SQL

Job description

Orenco Systems is seeking an Operations Optimization Analyst to improve manufacturing and supply chain performance by analyzing data, building KPIs, and developing dashboards. You will play a key role in measuring efficiency and driving cross-functional improvements across ERP data, inventory, and capacity planning.

The candidate will partner with Operations leadership to identify constraints, validate data, and implement practical actions that boost service levels, inventory accuracy, and cost