Sr Analyst, Continuous Improvement

The Sr Analyst on the CI team will serve as a process and business liaison to the fulfillment teams. Their primary objective will be to identify performance opportunities across sites, quantify the business opportunity and leverage their plant relationships to deliver recommendations to the Home Chef Operations leadership team. As a leading strategist on the National CI team, this role is a plant facing, change driver that is constantly assessing plant performance and distance from target, assessing best practices, and leveraging the necessary plant process expertise to deliver change recommendations to the plant fulfillment network.

Detailed Responsibilities

Strategic Project Work:

Execute on strategic initiatives requiring advanced data and analytical support delivering projects that deliver results against key performance metrics.

Continuously optimize production plans and planning tools to support plant function, and make routine plant knowledge automated for ease of execution.

Partner closing with plant teams to establish process expertise and create trusted relationships to drive change.

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 data-driven decision making by reporting on core KPIs and performing ad-hoc analyses

Setting strategic priorities:

Leverage fulfillment KPIs & reporting to identify and quantify opportunities for process improvement

Help team to structure project work and deliver clear, data-driven recommendations

Develop project recommendations through close work with the plant fulfillment leaders to pair opportunity with plant need\

Collaboration with operations technology team:

Develop V1.0 of tools and reporting to support efficiency and quality improvements at the plants

Partner with operations technology team as business lead in the development of technology-driven applications to implement in the plants

This position requires at least 25% travel.

Qualifications

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability needed for this role. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities.

3+ years of experience in supply chain or operations analytics

Background in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math preferred

Excellent analytical skills; strong capabilities in Excel, Google Sheets and Google Scripts.

3+ years of experience with Javascript, HTML, CSS & common coding languages

Continuous improvement mindset

Strong prioritization and project management skills

Excellent communication skills, with experience creating buy in with a range of stakeholders such as hourly employees, customers, suppliers, and executives

Proactive in identifying problems and finding innovative solutions

Ability to understand the big picture as well as exceptional attention to detail

Skilled at dealing with ambiguity and working in a fast-paced environment

Experience spearheading execution on large-scale, high-impact projects

Experience in a fast-paced, high-growth environment

Completion of a four-year degree program in a related field (please describe): Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Preferred

More About Us

Perks and benefits

Candidates can experience Home Chef as a customer - enter promo code PEOPLE30 for $30 off your first order!

Medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance available

Paid holidays, sick time and vacation time

401k program

Flexible spending accounts for qualified medical, dependent care, parking, or transit expenses

How We Work Together

• We are humble team players.
• We are warm and gracious with team members and customers. We seek feedback to improve ourselves - and respectfully listen to and accept input.

• We are pragmatic next-level thinkers.
• We come up with novel and unique ideas. We explore new strategies to avoid being constrained by conventional thinking.

• We take ownership.
• We approach ambiguous problems, prepared to dive in, get curious, and learn more. We are results-driven, always challenging ourselves to exceed goals.

Be at Home at Home Chef

We all show up authentically at Home Chef. Our team includes individuals with a variety of identities, backgrounds, and perspectives. You can trust that you’ll be able to bring your whole self to an inclusive and enjoyable workplace.

We welcome people of all races, colors, religions, national origin or ancestry, sex (including sexual identity), age, physical or mental disabilities, pregnancy, veteran or military status, unfavorable discharge from military service, genetic information, sexual orientation, marital status, order of protection status, citizenship status, arrest record or expunged/sealed convictions, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state, or local law.

Home Chef is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Home Chef will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact our People team at [email protected] .

Home Chef offers the base salary range as posted below, with the exact offer depending on factors such as geographic location, experience, skills, and internal equity. While compensation is within the provided range, it is not typical for offers to be made at the upper end. In addition to base salary, Home Chef provides a comprehensive benefits package, including healthcare coverage, 401k match, and paid time off.

Illinois Pay Range

$105,000 — $115,000 USD

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