Operations Analyst

Job Description

Dayton, OH | Full-Time, On-Site

Compensation: $65,000–$70,000, based on experience

FLSA:
Exempt

• Collect, validate, and analyze operational, production, inventory, purchasing, sales, and financial data.
• Develop and maintain reports, dashboards, KPIs, and performance metrics.
• Analyze results against budgets, forecasts, production plans, and operational targets.
• Identify trends, variances, bottlenecks, inventory discrepancies, and process inefficiencies.
• Investigate data and system exceptions, determine root causes, and recommend corrective actions.
• Analyze material yields, processing costs, margins, productivity, and material upgrade opportunities.
• Develop recommendations related to process improvements, equipment utilization, staffing, inventory, and other operational decisions.
• Support inventory reconciliation and ensure system transactions accurately reflect physical material movement.
• Quantify potential cost savings, productivity improvements, and margin opportunities.
• Partner across departments to improve reporting, processes, data integrity, and operational performance.

• Bachelor's degree in business or a related field ; equivalent relevant experience may be considered.
• 2–5 years of experience in operations analysis, inventory control, production reporting, manufacturing, metals recycling, distribution, or a similar environment .
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including formulas, lookups, pivot tables, charts, and data reconciliation.
• Working knowledge of ERP, inventory, production, warehouse, or similar business systems.
• Power BI or other business-intelligence/reporting experience is a plus.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, organizational, and communication skills.
• Ability to exercise independent judgment, identify issues, and develop practical recommendations.
• Comfortable working in both office and industrial/production environments.

MW Metals Group is looking for someone who enjoys digging into the numbers, understanding how operations actually work, and turning data into actionable improvements.