Business Analyst

Description

Responsibilities
Own the daily relationship between the US team and the Bangladeshi team. This is mostly through Google Sheets, JIRA, WhatsApp and phone calls
Define and implement daily and monthly analytics and metrics to serve business strategy
Remotely monitor the daily operation of the Bangladesh Factory
Make sure they hit important metrics (e.g., output / day, cost / shirt)
Make sure inventory is correctly monitored
Analyze historic trends and future expectations to handle Bangladeshi budgeting
Drive their hiring needs and process
Screen and hire Bangladeshi managers
Help decide when and how we should expand the Bangladeshi team
Make sure the factory is hiring production staff at the right pace for growth targets
Direct fabric purchasing and planning
Analyze trends in sales to optimize variety and purchase amounts
Make decisions on fabric purchasing
Help decide on the biggest weak points in our materials supply chain
Implement optimization procedures to increase speed, drive costs down and maintain quality
Travel to Bangladesh 2 4x per year (3 5 day trips)
Take on new assignments as required; you should be excited for projects we havent even thought of yet
REQUIREMENTS
1 5 years professional experience. Prior clothing experience not required
Foreign language not required. All communication with Bangladesh is in English
Distinguished in Microsoft Excel and / or Google Sheets, with working knowledge of complex functions and tools like pivot tables, sumifs, and array formulas
Deeply numbers and mathematically oriented. Knowledge of basic statistics, like standard deviations and pvalues, is a plus
Strong organizational and operational skills. Interest in combining analytics, operations and management
Great communicator via phone and email
Excellent attention to detail and error checking. You love to sanity check
Interest in learning about all aspects of clothing production