Remote Manufacturing Operations Analytics Lead

Placements24; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a Remote Senior Operations Analyst to join a global manufacturing leadership team. The role focuses on dissecting large operational datasets, identifying trends, and delivering strategic insights to improve efficiency and profitability across manufacturing sites.

You will build dashboards, run scenarios, and develop business cases, collaborating with remote teams, finance, engineering, and management to drive data-driven decisions.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Operations Research, Industrial Engineering, Statistics, Data Science, Business Analytics, or related quantitative field.
• 6+ years in operations analysis, BI, or similar roles, preferably in manufacturing.

Responsibilities

• Analyze large datasets related to manufacturing operations (production, costs, quality, supply chain).
• Develop dashboards and reports to visualize KPIs and trends.
• Identify opportunities for cost reduction and operational improvements through data analysis.
• Model scenarios to forecast outcomes for strategic decisions.
• Collaborate remotely with site ops teams, engineering, finance and mgmt.
• Develop business cases and present findings to senior leadership.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Data analysis

Remote collaboration

Data storytelling

Problem solving

Communication

Education

Master's degree in quantitative field

Tools

SQL

Python

R

Tableau

Power BI

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a Remote Senior Operations Analyst to join a global manufacturing leadership team. The role focuses on dissecting large operational datasets, identifying trends, and delivering strategic insights to improve efficiency and profitability across manufacturing sites.

You will build dashboards, run scenarios, and develop business cases, collaborating with remote teams, finance, engineering, and management to drive data-driven decisions.