Operations Lead Analyst

Owens & Minor • Remote - Virginia, VA

3d • $90,000 - $95,000

About The Position

The Operations Lead Analyst provides decision support for business areas across the enterprise. The role applies complex mathematical and statistical techniques to develop service sensitivity models, synthesizes data and other relevant information, and draws conclusions and makes recommendations that support business objectives, drive change, and lead to impactful operational changes or implementable strategies. The analyst partners with cross-functional teams to understand business objectives and influence solution strategies, and performs ad hoc analyses based on business or management needs. Recommendations typically affect business results.

The position requires a bachelor’s degree in Economics, Finance, Engineering, Statistics, or Mathematics and at least ten years of applicable experience. A master’s degree and certified Lean, Six Sigma, or Transaction Process Systems (TPS) training are preferred. The role requires some travel and may occasionally involve long hours. The anticipated pay range is $90,000–$95,000 per year; actual compensation may vary based on experience, skills, education, and location.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Finance, Engineering, Statistics, or Mathematics.
• Ten or more years of applicable experience.
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills, with the ability to effectuate return on investment.
• Ability to review and analyze information from multiple sources.
• Ability to assess needs, identify issues, recommend alternatives, and implement change.
• Ability to work through ambiguity by gathering more data or seeking clarification.
• Strong ability and experience managing and performing multiple concurrent tasks.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to communicate complex concepts to all organizational levels.
• Ability to plan and coordinate task completion in a multi-deadline environment.
• Ability to collaborate, make effective decisions, and negotiate well.
• Demonstrated success solving problems using data and information, and recommending process improvements based on information and metrics.
• Proficient project management skills, with a focus on managing solution-driven strategy plans to achieve goals.
• Excellent PC skills and strong expertise managing data via Excel, Power BI, Snowflake, and DAX Studio.
• Ability to work under structured supervision, independently, and as part of a team.
• Experience establishing operational standards and metrics.
• Professional demeanor when representing Owens & Minor internally and externally.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
• Must read, write, and speak English fluently.
• Ability to communicate and interact effectively with people from multifunctional areas and diverse backgrounds.
• Position requires some travel.
• May need to work long hours on occasion.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree.
• Certified Lean, Six Sigma, or Transaction Process Systems (TPS) training.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain data models using business, analytical, and systems knowledge.
• Participate in cross-functional discussions to understand and collaborate on business objectives and influence solution strategies.
• Integrate and transform disparate data sources and determine appropriate data hygiene techniques.
• Document assumptions, methodology, validation, and testing thoroughly to support peer review, training, and reproducibility of work.
• Understand and adopt emerging technology and market shifts that may affect scientific methodologies or quantitative approaches to problem resolution.
• Complete ad hoc data analyses in response to business or management needs.
• Make recommendations that typically have an impact on business results.
• Perform additional duties as directed.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision plans start on the first day of employment for full-time teammates.
• Educational assistance for eligible teammates enrolled in an approved, accredited collegiate program.
• Employer-paid life insurance and disability coverage.
• Voluntary supplemental programs, including supplemental life, hospitalization, critical illness, and other insurance programs.
• Adoption assistance, fertility benefits through the medical plan, and parental leave.
• Health Savings Account (HSA) and 401(k) programs, along with other voluntary benefits.
• Paid sick days, short-term leave, holidays, vacation days, personal days, and additional types of leave, including parental leave.
• Teammate Assistance Program (TAP), Calm Health, Cancer Resources Services, and discount programs at no cost.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior