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Senior Manager, Strategic Operations & Analytics

K & N ENGINEERING INC
Grand Prairie, TX Remote Full Time
POSTED ON 8/20/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 10/19/2026

The Senior Manager, Strategic Operations & Analytics is responsible for leading high-impact operational initiatives, improving business performance, and building the analytical capabilities needed to support executive decision-making. This role serves as a strategic partner to Operations, Finance, Sales, IT, Supply Chain, and senior leadership by converting business objectives into executable plans, measurable results, and scalable operating processes.


Core Responsibilities

Strategic Planning & Execution

  • Partner with executive leadership to define, prioritize, and execute strategic business initiatives.
  • Translate company objectives into clear operational roadmaps, milestones, ownership models, and performance measures.
  • Lead cross-functional programs that improve profitability, scalability, service performance, and organizational effectiveness.
  • Track progress against strategic goals and ensure alignment across departments, business leaders, and functional teams.

Operations Leadership

  • Identify, design, and implement process improvements that increase efficiency, accuracy, and operational scalability.
  • Lead transformation initiatives focused on productivity, quality, service levels, cost control, and customer experience.
  • Develop operational performance frameworks, including KPIs, scorecards, dashboards, and accountability routines.
  • Champion continuous improvement practices and disciplined project execution across the organization.

Business Analytics & Intelligence

  • Build and maintain enterprise dashboards, KPI reporting, and executive performance visibility tools.
  • Analyze operational, financial, labor, inventory, customer, and market data to identify trends, risks, and improvement opportunities.
  • Deliver actionable insights and recommendations that support strategic planning, resource allocation, and business performance management.
  • Develop forecasting models, scenario analyses, and performance projections to support operational and financial planning.
  • Improve reporting consistency, data integrity, and governance across business functions.

Financial Performance Management

  • Partner with Finance to support budgeting, forecasting, cost analysis, and long-range planning activities.
  • Analyze revenue drivers, operational costs, labor utilization, overhead absorption, material usage, scrap, and profitability trends.
  • Develop business cases and financial models to support make-versus-buy decisions, capital investments, and process improvement initiatives.

Leadership & Collaboration

  • Build strong partnerships across Operations, Finance, Sales, Supply Chain, Technology, Quality, and Facilities teams.
  • Lead analysts, project managers, and operational stakeholders through complex initiatives and structured problem-solving efforts.
  • Present business cases, performance results, risk assessments, and strategic recommendations to executive leadership.
  • Promote a culture of accountability, ownership, continuous improvement, and data-driven decision-making.
Qualifications:

Qualifications & Experience

Education

  • Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Finance, Operations Management, Engineering, Economics, Supply Chain, Data Analytics, or a related field required.
  • MBA, master’s degree, Lean/Six Sigma certification, PMP, or equivalent advanced training preferred.

Experience

  • 8–12 years of progressive experience in operations, analytics, business intelligence, finance, supply chain, transformation, or strategic planning.
  • Demonstrated success leading enterprise-level initiatives with measurable operational, financial, or service-level impact.
  • Experience developing executive dashboards, KPI frameworks, operational scorecards, and business performance metrics.
  • Strong background in financial analysis, operational planning, process improvement, project execution, and cross-functional leadership.

Key Skills & Capabilities

  • Strategic planning and execution
  • Operational excellence and continuous improvement
  • Business intelligence, analytics, and data visualization
  • Power BI, Tableau, SQL, Excel, and reporting automation
  • Financial modeling, forecasting, cost analysis, and business case development
  • Project management, change management, and stakeholder alignment
  • Executive communication, presentation development, and decision support
  • Performance management, KPI discipline, and accountability routines

 

Other Important Information

  • This is a hybrid position with some onsite work at our facility in Grand Prairie, TX
  • Presence on the production floor or warehouse area may be required as needed for project work.  
  • This job description is not all-inclusive and is intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed.

 

 

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, or any other protected status under applicable law.

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