Data Analyst

About the company

Our facilities run lean manufacturing, with daily tier meetings and visual boards. Selwyn Manufacturing is an industrial manufacturer with 8,600 employees and plants in eight countries.

Position summary

We are creating this position because the workload has grown. You'll own a set of dashboards and the data behind them, and be the go-to person when someone asks why a number looks off. The company is based in San Diego, the US. We are a distributed team spread across a few time zones. This is a long-term contractor role, paid monthly in USD. You will need at least 3 hours of overlap with US Pacific time. We talk mostly in Slack and hop on quick calls when something needs discussing.

Main duties

• Create forecasts and simple models in Excel or Google Sheets.
• Clean and reconcile data from CRM, ERP and spreadsheet sources.
• Automate recurring Excel reports with Power Query, Python or scheduled SQL.
• Track sales, inventory or service levels against targets and flag misses early.

What you'll need

• 3-5 years of experience in a data or reporting analyst role.
• Habit of checking your own numbers before anyone else sees them.
• Able to juggle several requests and say when a deadline isn't realistic.
• Basic statistics: averages vs. medians, distributions, significance.
• Experience with at least one BI tool such as Tableau, Power BI or Looker.
• Advanced Excel: pivot tables, XLOOKUP, Power Query.

Desirable

• Python (pandas) or R for analysis.

Pay and benefits

• Annual rate review.
• Monthly payments via wire transfer or Wise.
• Long-term engagement.

Duration: 6 months. Start: Immediately.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Selwyn Manufacturing.