Operations Excellence Analyst - Chicago, United States - Home Chef

Home Chef

Verified Company

Chicago, United States

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

beBee recruiter

Description

Overview:

The Ops Excellence team at Home Chef is a small but growing group of talented individuals that tackle some of our biggest challenges in operations.

Sometimes referred to as Home Chef's operations "SWAT" team, we work on cross-functional initiatives that help to define the future state of the operations organization.

Our projects evolve based on the needs of the business - no two days are the same - but we're always focused on execution and driving towards positive impact.

We pride ourselves on being great problem solvers, thought partners, and go-getters.

Responsibilities:

The Operational Excellence Analyst will be expected to wear several hats and will have the opportunity to work on a variety of projects.

Although different projects will require different skill sets, the high-level responsibilities and expectations for this role are outlined below:

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Tool Development & Tech Enablement:
_**- Partner with our plant teams to develop, manage, and continually improve tools used on the floor at our production facilities

Understand challenges in the current technology landscape and work with production management and frontline employees to develop potential solutions
Examples of past projects include: developing, maintaining, and troubleshooting operational dashboards and reports

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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 datadriven decision making by reporting on core KPIs and performing adhoc analyses
Examples of past projects include: performing analysis for our produce SWAT team initiative, such as a deepdive analysis into top produce quality errors and identification of root cause issues

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Training & People Support:
_**- Partner with our HR teams to establish plant-focused programs related to performance management, professional development, and employee recognition & retention

Examples of past projects include: developing & maintaining attendance tracking tools used by our HR teams, implementing employee recognition programs such as box giveaways and Home Chef "value awards"

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Work Planning & Project Management:
_**- Work independently to develop project plans and timelines to drive progress forward, while working with multiple cross-functional stakeholders

Qualifications:

Completion of a fouryear degree program in a related field
Entrepreneurial mindset: energetic and able to lead change, create vision, and inspire people to achieve goals in a fastpaced environment
Problem solver: Identify issues quickly and bring recommended solutions backed by logic to the discussion
Interpersonal savvy: Develop rapport across the organization in order to build consensus for implementing new processes and tools
Results oriented: Deal with ambiguity and make timely decisions to get to impact quickly
Attention to detail: Organizational skills and ability to manage details of complex systems and operational processes
Embody the Home Chef core values of customer first, pursuing excellence, taking ownership, and building a bestinclass team
Technical ability: While experience using data analysis programs (e.g. Excel and Google Business Apps) are a must, experience using SQL, Python, and/or JavaScript highly desired
Comfortable working in a manufacturing environment. Travel to our production facilities in Chicago, Atlanta, and Los Angeles may be required as part of this position (up to ~20% travel)

Salary range:
$85,000-$95,000