Manager, Operational Excellence Analytics

Manager, Operational Excellence Analytics

Manager, Operational Excellence Analytics will play a pivotal role in manufacturing operations to advance fairlife's data driven culture. This role will partner with Operations, Decision Intelligence teams, and the Enterprise Applications team to drive the development, delivery, and adoption of scalable analytics and enterprise solutions across each of the Manufacturing facilities. The Manager will oversee a team of Operations focused analytics professionals responsible for driving a data-driven culture through strategic leadership, technical expertise, and stakeholder engagement. The Manager will collaborate with the Decision Intelligence (DI) and Enterprise Application teams to ensure strategic alignment and drive business improvements within Operations.

Responsibilities include:

• Leading the design, development, and deployment of analytics solutions across Operations within fairlife.
• Collaborating with the Decision Intelligence (DI) and Enterprise Application teams to ensure strategic alignment and execution of key projects within Operations.
• Managing and mentoring a team of data analysts across each manufacturing location, fostering growth and technical excellence.
• Partnering with business leaders to identify opportunities for data-driven decision-making and prioritize analytics initiatives.
• Overseeing the creation and maintenance of dashboards, reports, and visualizations that support strategic and operational goals.
• Ensuring data integrity, performance optimization, and adherence to reporting standards.
• Partnering with Operations teams and the Decision Intelligence teams to develop and deliver an analytics strategy that aligns with broader organizational objectives within the Decision Intelligence framework.
• Driving adoption of analytics tools and platforms, including Power BI, Azure, and Microsoft Fabric.
• Promoting a culture of continuous improvement, innovation, and customer service within the data systems and analytics team.

Skills/qualifications required include:

• 5–8+ years of experience in analytics, data science, or business intelligence, including team leadership.
• Proven ability to translate business needs into scalable technical solutions.
• Strong proficiency in SQL, DAX, and data visualization tools such as Power BI.
• Demonstrated success in creating, publishing, and managing data-driven reports and dashboards.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Highly detail-oriented, with a strong commitment to data accuracy and quality.
• Self-starter with a growth mindset and a passion for data.
• Comfortable working in ambiguous, fast-paced, and entrepreneurial environments.
• Experience in or supporting manufacturing environments is a plus.
• Bachelor's degree in analytics, data science, computer science, or a related field.
• Proficiency in English: Comfortable with both written and verbal communication, including reading and writing.

Position location: Coopersville, MI; Goodyear, AZ; or Webster, NY

Reports to: Senior Director, Operational Excellence

Travel requirements: 25%

Exempt/nonexempt: exempt

Base pay range: $120,000 - $140,000 USD

fairlife, LLC is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. All qualified applicants and employees will be given equal opportunity. Selection decisions are based on job-related factors.