Remote Manufacturing Operations Data Analyst

Placements24; East London; Hybrid; ZAR 420,000 - 700,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote work

Health benefits

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a Manufacturing Operations Analyst for a fully remote role within South Africa. The ideal candidate will collect, analyze, and interpret manufacturing data to identify trends, improve efficiency, and support strategic decision-making from a home office.

You will develop dashboards, perform root-cause analyses, and collaborate with production teams to drive improvements while ensuring data integrity across reporting systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field.
• 3–5 years of experience in manufacturing operations analysis or similar.
• Strong proficiency in data analysis tools (Excel, SQL, Tableau, Power BI).

Responsibilities

• Collect, organize, and analyze manufacturing data from production systems, ERP, and quality logs.
• Develop and maintain dashboards and reports to track KPIs for manufacturing operations.
• Identify trends and anomalies and provide actionable insights to management.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Communication

Independent work

Remote collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering, Data Science, Statistics, Operations Research, Business Analytics, or a related quantitative field

Tools

Excel

SQL

Tableau

Power BI

ERP systems (SAP/Oracle)

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a Manufacturing Operations Analyst for a fully remote role within South Africa. The ideal candidate will collect, analyze, and interpret manufacturing data to identify trends, improve efficiency, and support strategic decision-making from a home office.

You will develop dashboards, perform root-cause analyses, and collaborate with production teams to drive improvements while ensuring data integrity across reporting systems.