Remote Data Analyst, Manufacturing Intelligence & Analytics

Placements24; Soweto; Hybrid; ZAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-friendly culture

Professional development

Bonus opportunity

Health benefits

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a Data Analyst specializing in manufacturing intelligence to join a globally distributed, remote team. You will extract, analyze, and interpret complex manufacturing data from operations to uncover actionable insights that drive process improvements and cost reductions.

You will build dashboards with Power BI/Tableau, perform statistical analyses, and collaborate with operations and engineering to deliver data-driven decisions for worldwide manufacturing processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field.
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• Proven experience as a Data Analyst with manufacturing focus.
• Proficiency in SQL for data extraction and manipulation.
• Experience with Power BI, Tableau or QlikView.
• Strong analytical and statistical modeling skills.
• Familiarity with Python or R for data analysis.

Responsibilities

• Collect, clean, and transform large datasets from manufacturing systems.
• Develop and maintain dashboards and reports to track KPIs.
• Perform statistical analyses to identify trends and correlations.
• Collaborate with operations and engineering to understand data needs.
• Communicate findings clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Contribute to predictive model development for process optimization.

Skills

SQL proficiency

Statistical analysis

Data visualization

Strong communication

Python/R basics

Education

Bachelor's degree in Data Science, Statistics, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

QlikView

Python

R

SQL

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a Data Analyst specializing in manufacturing intelligence to join a globally distributed, remote team. You will extract, analyze, and interpret complex manufacturing data from operations to uncover actionable insights that drive process improvements and cost reductions.

You will build dashboards with Power BI/Tableau, perform statistical analyses, and collaborate with operations and engineering to deliver data-driven decisions for worldwide manufacturing processes.