Business Operations Analyst

Our consultants decide what to change in a client's plant from a sample of real orders: what each promised date depended on, where the order sat, and who released it. Most of this job is pulling that sample out of the client's ERP, cleaning it and laying it out so the pattern shows. Business Operations Analyst. Full-time, remote from anywhere in the United States, U.S. business hours. On a normal day Export open orders, routings and purchase orders from client systems and combine them in Excel Calculate how long orders waited between operations, and flag the ones held for material or inspection Build the weekly load view our consultants use with planners and supervisors Check figures with the client's planner when a date or quantity looks wrong Keep a short log of every change made to a data set and why You'll need A year or more in an operations, planning, supply chain or reporting role, internships included Excel: pivot tables, XLOOKUP or INDEX/MATCH, and conditional formatting Experience pulling reports from an ERP system such as SAP, Oracle, Epicor, Infor or NetSuite Helpful, not required A degree in business, industrial engineering or supply chain management Power BI or Tableau, or some SQL Time in a manufacturing plant What Ridgeford provides Medical, dental and vision plans for you and your family 401(k) with a company match Paid time off, sick days and the standard U.S. holidays A training allowance for courses and certifications such as APICS Laptop and the equipment you need to work from home Ridgeford Ridgeford Operations is an operations consulting firm in Phoenix. We work with manufacturers on production planning, purchasing, shift handovers and the daily system routines between them. Ridgeford Operations is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or veteran status.