About This Role
The Operations Analyst supports operational performance, production reporting, inventory accuracy, and continuous improvement across ferrous and nonferrous recycling operations. This position works closely with various departments to transform operational and financial data into meaningful information for better business decisions.
Responsibilities
- 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
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in business or a related field preferred; 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 preferred
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including formulas, lookups, pivot tables, charts, and data reconciliation
- Working knowledge of ERP, inventory, production, warehouse, or similar business systems
- 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
Nice to have:
- Power BI or other business-intelligence/reporting experience
About the Company
MW Metals Group is seeking an Operations Analyst to support its ferrous and nonferrous recycling operations.
