The Senior Production Analyst is responsible for analyzing manufacturing performance, tracking key production metrics, supporting production planning and scheduling activities, and providing data-driven insights to improve operational efficiency. This role serves as a key liaison between Production, Planning, Finance, and Operations teams to ensure accurate reporting, effective production execution, and continuous process improvement.

Key Responsibilities 

Production Performance Analysis

• Develop, maintain, and enhance production performance reporting and analytics.

• Monitor daily, weekly, and monthly production performance against established targets and KPIs.

• Analyze production output, yield, labor efficiency, downtime, and throughput performance.

• Identify performance gaps, trends, and improvement opportunities, and provide actionable recommendations.

• Prepare regular production performance reports and management dashboards.

• Support root-cause investigations for production losses and operational issues.

Production Changeover Performance Tracking

• Track and report production line changeover activities and performance.

• Measure changeover duration, efficiency, and impact on production output.

• Analyze changeover trends and identify opportunities to reduce downtime and improve line utilization.

• Collaborate with Production and Engineering teams to establish and improve changeover performance metrics.

Finished Goods Inventory Analysis

• Monitor Finished Goods (FG) inventory levels, aging, movements, and storage utilization.

• Analyze inventory trends and identify potential risks related to inventory shortages, excess inventory, or slow-moving products.

• Support inventory accuracy initiatives and investigate inventory discrepancies.

• Generate routine FG inventory reports for Operations and Management teams.

• Assist in balancing production output with inventory and shipment requirements.

Production Planning & Scheduling Support

• Support production planning and scheduling activities to ensure alignment with demand, inventory, and operational capacity.

• Assist in developing and maintaining production schedules.

• Monitor schedule adherence and report production execution performance.

• Coordinate with Production Planning, Material Planning, Warehouse, and Production teams to support daily operational execution.

• Assist with production capacity analysis and production readiness assessments.

• Support planning-related data collection, reporting, and system maintenance.

Continuous Improvement & Reporting

• Develop automated reports, dashboards, and analytical tools to improve visibility and decision-making.

• Standardize reporting processes and improve data accuracy.

• Participate in operational improvement initiatives and cross-functional projects.

• Support implementation and optimization of ERP, MES, WMS, and reporting systems.

Qualifications: 

• An undergraduate degree is required in Production Management, Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain, Project Management, or a related field. 

• 5+ years of experience in manufacturing, production planning, operations analysis, supply chain, or a related analytical role. Experience in a high-volume manufacturing environment preferred. 

• Strong analytical and organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines. 

• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills; experience with Power BI, Tableau, SQL, or other reporting tools preferred. 

• Strong data analysis and reporting capabilities.

• Understanding of production planning, scheduling, inventory management, and manufacturing operations.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to collaborate across teams and departments.