Business Operations Specialist

Itron is innovating new ways for utilities and cities to manage energy and water. We create a more resourceful world to protect essential resources for today and tomorrow. Join us.

• Support and optimize endtoend business operations across a highly collaborative crossfunctional environment helping ensure alignment between planning supply chain delivery and operational execution.
• Act as a key connector across teams by coordinating daytoday operations improving visibility into priorities commitments and performance and reinforcing accountability across the organization.
• Own and support key operating rhythms including KPI reviews performance reporting and action tracking enabling leaders and teams to make datainformed customercentric decisions.
• Analyze operational data across areas such as demand and supply alignment order execution and delivery performance inventory and material readiness and servicelevel metrics to identify trends risks and opportunities.
• Translate complex data into clear actionable insights and recommendations that improve business performance and customer outcomes.
• Partner closely with teams including Supply Chain & Planning Manufacturing and Operations Quality & Engineering Finance and Commercial teams and EMS partners through Global Operations to drive coordinated execution.
• Help resolve issues remove roadblocks and ensure teams remain aligned to deliver against customer and business objectives in an agile and effective manner.
• Serve as a liaison between functions promoting clear communication shared understanding and ownership of outcomes.
• Identify inefficiencies and bring awareness to opportunities to streamline workflows improve consistency and strengthen operational execution.
• Support the development and maintenance of standard work SOPs process documentation dashboards and reporting frameworks.
• Participate in or lead continuous improvement initiatives that support innovative ways of working across complex operations.
• Contribute to forecasting prioritization and planning activities including execution of the UCDP process by validating inputs highlighting constraints and surfacing tradeoffs.
• Provide leadership with clear summaries of performance risks constraints and opportunities enabling timely and transparent decisionmaking.
• Learn and develop a strong understanding of SOPs playbooks dashboards reporting tools and training materials to support consistent execution.
• Proactively identify risks that could impact delivery cost or customer outcomes escalating issues early with clear impact assessments and recommendations.
• Track actions through resolution to ensure commitments are met and results are delivered predictably.
  

• Bachelors degree in related field or equivalent experience.
• 3 years of experience in business operations supply chain planning or a related role within a fastpaced technologyenabled environment.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate data into actionable insights that drive accountable and customerfocused outcomes.
• Demonstrated experience working collaboratively across crossfunctional teams and managing multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Experience with business and operational tools including: Excel for data analysis and reporting ERP/MRP or similar enterprise systems Dashboard and reporting tools.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills with the ability to convey complex information clearly and authentically.
• Experience creating and maintaining structured documentation including processes SOPs and reporting artifacts.
• A proactive adaptable mindset with a passion for continuous improvement and operational excellence.
  

• Experience supporting complex multifunctional operations such as supply chain delivery or productbased environments.
• Familiarity with continuous improvement methodologies and operational best practices.
• Experience tracking and reporting on business KPIs including delivery performance inventory and servicelevel metrics.
• Exposure to digital tools datadriven transformation initiatives or operational analytics.
• Experience partnering with Finance on forecasting budgeting cost tracking or tradeoff analysis within a regulated or technologydriven industry.
  

Itron is committed to building an inclusive and diverse workforce and providing an authentic workplace experience for all employees. If you are excited about this role but your past experiences dont perfectly align with every requirement we encourage you to apply the end you may be just who we are looking for!

The successful candidates starting wage will be determined based on permissible non-discriminatory factors such as skills and experience.

Itron is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. If you require an accommodation to apply please contact a recruiting representative at 1- or email .

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