Senior Analyst, Continuous Improvement

Home Chef (Internal Employees); Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 105,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance

Paid holidays, sick time, and vacation time

401k program

Flexible spending accounts

Job summary

Home Chef (Internal Employees) in Chicago is looking for a Sr Analyst to act as a process and business liaison with fulfillment teams. The role emphasizes identifying performance opportunities and delivering data-driven recommendations to leadership.

The ideal candidate will have at least 3 years of experience in supply chain analytics and strong analytical skills, with a salary range from $105,000 to $125,000. The position requires around 25% travel and offers benefits including insurance and a 401k program.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in supply chain or operations analytics.
• Proactive in identifying problems and finding innovative solutions.
• Strong prioritization and project management skills.

Responsibilities

• Execute on strategic initiatives requiring advanced data and analytical support.
• Develop models and methodologies to monitor success of various business facets.
• Leverage fulfillment KPIs to identify opportunities for process improvement.

Skills

Analytical skills

Project management

Excel

Communication skills

Education

Four-year degree in related field (STEM preferred)

Tools

Google Sheets

Google Scripts

Job description

The Sr Analyst on the CI team will serve as a process and business liaison to the fulfillment teams. Their primary objective will be to identify performance opportunities across sites, quantify the business opportunity and leverage their plant relationships to deliver recommendations to the Home Chef Operations leadership team. As a leading strategist on the National CI team, this role is a plant facing, change driver that is constantly assessing plant performance and distance from target, assessing best practices, and leveraging the necessary plant process expertise to deliver change recommendations to the plant fulfillment network.

Detailed Responsibilities

Strategic Project Work:

• Execute on strategic initiatives requiring advanced data and analytical support delivering projects that deliver results against key performance metrics.
• Continuously optimize production plans and planning tools to support plant function, and make routine plant knowledge automated for ease of execution.
• Partner closing with plant teams to establish process expertise and create trusted relationships to drive change.

Data Analysis & Reporting:

• Develop models and methodologies to monitor success of multiple facets of the business (facility capacity, machinery usage, labor, production, etc.).
• Find innovative ways to make data actionable for our production teams - build processes to better collect, store, and visualize operational data in a meaningful and impactful way.
• Enable data-driven decision making by reporting on core KPIs and performing ad-hoc analyses.

Setting strategic priorities:

• Leverage fulfillment KPIs & reporting to identify and quantify opportunities for process improvement.
• Help team to structure project work and deliver clear, data-driven recommendations.
• Develop project recommendations through close work with the plant fulfillment leaders to pair opportunity with plant need.

Collaboration with operations technology team:

• Develop V1.0 of tools and reporting to support efficiency and quality improvements at the plants.
• Partner with operations technology team as business lead in the development of technology-driven applications to implement in the plants.

This position requires at least 25% travel.

Qualifications

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability needed for this role. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities.

• 3+ years of experience in supply chain or operations analytics.
• Background in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math preferred.
• Excellent analytical skills; strong capabilities in Excel, Google Sheets and Google Scripts.
• Strong prioritization and project management skills.
• Excellent communication skills, with experience creating buy in with a range of stakeholders such as hourly employees, customers, suppliers, and executives.
• Proactive in identifying problems and finding innovative solutions.
• Ability to understand the big picture as well as exceptional attention to detail.
• Skilled at dealing with ambiguity and working in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience spearheading execution on large-scale, high-impact projects.
• Experience in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
• Completion of a four-year degree program in a related field: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Preferred.

More About Us

Perks and benefits

• Candidates can experience Home Chef as a customer - enter promo code PEOPLE30 for $30 off your first order!
• Medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance available.
• Paid holidays, sick time and vacation time.
• 401k program.
• Flexible spending accounts for qualified medical, dependent care, parking, or transit expenses.

$105,000 - $125,000 USD

We welcome people of all races, colors, religions, national origin or ancestry, sex (including sexual identity), age, physical or mental disabilities, pregnancy, veteran or military status, unfavorable discharge from military service, genetic information, sexual orientation, marital status, order of protection status, citizenship status, arrest record or expunged/sealed convictions, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state, or local law.

Home Chef is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Home Chef will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact our People team [e-mail].

How We Work Together

We are humble team players.
We are warm and gracious with team members and customers. We seek feedback to improve ourselves - and respectfully listen to and accept input.

We are pragmatic next-level thinkers.
We come up with novel and unique ideas. We explore new strategies to avoid being constrained by conventional thinking.

We take ownership.
We approach ambiguous problems, prepared to dive in, get curious, and learn more. We are results-driven, always challenging ourselves to exceed goals.

We all show up authentically at Home Chef. Our team includes individuals with a variety of identities, backgrounds, and perspectives. You can trust that you’ll be able to bring your whole self to an inclusive and enjoyable workplace.