Platform Operations & Analytics Coordinator

Avient Corporation; Avon Lake (OH); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Avient Corporation in Avon Lake, OH, is seeking a Platform Specialist to provide operational support for product platforms. You will work with the Platform Manager to prepare recurring reports, track actions, collect inputs from product management, marketing, sales, R&D, and regional teams, and translate global priorities into regional execution.

You will contribute to analytics, dashboards, and presentations, monitor pricing and product performance, support launches, and help coordinate

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, Engineering, Chemistry, Materials Science, Data Analytics, or a related field.
• Less than one year of relevant experience in product management support, marketing, business analysis, project coordination, or a commercial or technical environment.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail, with the ability to maintain trackers, coordinate inputs, and follow actions through completion.
• Good analytical skills and proficiency in Excel and presentation tools; familiarity with reporting, dashboard, data-visualization, or analytics tools is an advantage.
• Basic familiarity with AI tools and an interest in using approved generative AI and automation solutions to support research, data analysis, reporting presentations, and routine coordination activities.
• Ability to work with structured data, recognize trends and inconsistencies, and translate analytical outputs into clear, factual summaries under guidance.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills and the ability to work effectively with cross-functional and regional stakeholders.
• Comfort working in a global matrix environment and supporting the translation of global priorities into regional actions and communications.
• Curiosity, reliability, and willingness to learn about products, markets, customers, and internal business processes.

Responsibilities

• Supports Platform Manager by maintaining platform trackers, action logs, timelines, and recurring reporting.
• Collects and consolidates inputs from Product Management, Marketing, Sales, R&D, Operations, and regional teams.
• Performs routine market, competitor, sales, and business performance analyses using defined sources, tools, and templates.
• Prepares dashboards, summaries, and presentation materials and escalates relevant findings or data gaps to the Platform Manager.
• Coordinates ideation and project review meetings, records decisions, and follows up on agreed actions with responsible stakeholders.
• Supports regions in understanding and translating global platform priorities, tools, and messages into regional execution requirements.
• Maintains pricing, margin, profitability, sales, and product performance files using agreed definitions and templates.
• Monitors recurring business indicators, identifies variances, and prepares factual summaries for review by the Platform Manager.
• Tracks new product introduction milestones, launch requirements, and outstanding actions, escalating delays or missing information.
• Coordinates regional data collection and supports the consolidation of inputs for strategic planning, forecasts, and business reviews.
• Maintains accurate documentation, shared files, and version control for platform reports and presentations.

Skills

Organizational skills

Analytical thinking

Excel

Data visualization

Presentation tools

Cross-functional coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, Engineering, Chemistry, Materials Science, Data Analytics, or a related field

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Avient Corporation in Avon Lake, OH, is seeking a Platform Specialist to provide operational support for product platforms. You will work with the Platform Manager to prepare recurring reports, track actions, collect inputs from product management, marketing, sales, R&D, and regional teams, and translate global priorities into regional execution.

You will contribute to analytics, dashboards, and presentations, monitor pricing and product performance, support launches, and help coordinate