Senior Business Performance Analyst

Key Responsibilities

Business & Operations performance

• Monitor KPIs and plant performance.
• Partner closely with the manufacturing shop floor to understand production workflows and standardize performance metrics.
• Analyze operational trends, identify bottlenecks, capacity constraints, productivity losses, inventory risks, and performance variances.
• Develop and maintain dashboards, reports, and analytical solutions.
• Improve data quality, reporting efficiency, and performance visibility across Operations.
• Prepare actionable insights and recommendations for management reviews and operational decision-making.

Project Management & Continuous Improvement

• Lead or coordinate cross‑functional initiatives to improve cross‑functional performance.
• Develop project plans, milestones, action trackers, and governance routines.
• Monitor progress, risks, dependencies, and expected business impact.
• Facilitate problem‑solving and continuous improvement activities.
• Ensure agreed actions are completed on time and expected outcomes are achieved.

Business partnership & Strategic support

• Act as a strategic bridge among Operations to drive alignment, accountability, and execution discipline.
• Support the Head of Operations in executing high‑priority transformation initiatives and managing special, high‑impact projects.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Automation, Data Science, Business Analysis, Finance, Accounting, or a related field.
• 2–5 years of experience in Manufacturing, Operations Analytics, or a similar data‑driven role within a production environment.

Technical Skills

• Proficiency in Data Visualization tools (Power BI, …).
• Experience in writing SQL queries to extract and manipulate data is a plus.
• Experience with Python (Pandas, NumPy) for data processing and report automation is highly preferred.
• Hands‑on experience navigating and extracting data from ERP systems (SAP, Oracle, Odoo, etc.).

Soft Skills & Competencies

• Strong analytical mindset with sharp attention to detail (Data‑driven mindset).
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to collaborate effectively with both factory floor teams and senior management.
• Solid project management, organizational, and problem‑solving skills.

Preferred Qualifications (Nice to have)

• Certification or practical experience in Lean Manufacturing / Six Sigma methodologies (Yellow/Green Belt).