Business Inventory Analyst - National Remote

Optum is a global organization that delivers care, aided by technology to help millions of people live healthier lives. As a Business Inventory Analyst, you will leverage data and reporting to drive efficiency through inventory insights and collaborate with various teams to support decision-making with data analytics.

Responsibilities:

• Utilize various tools to monitor trends and identify opportunities to improve performance metrics
• Analyze inventory status, receipts, days on hand, aging, completions, and TAT against capacity forecasts to determine work assignments and meet KPIs
• Provide insights to operational teams on prioritization and trends to proactively address service level impacts
• Monitor performance factors such as utilization, shrinkage, availability, and VPH to assess drivers and variances against plans
• Communicate effectively across multiple functional areas and staff levels, hosting daily operations inventory meetings and providing post-call summaries on performance status, risks, and remediation actions
• Collaborate with Operations partners to address process gaps, work routing, or other performance-impacting issues
• Escalate and resolve roadblocks, holds, and other inventory issues with appropriate urgency
• Manage intra-day staffing levels across multiple work queues and adjust work-type prioritization as needed
• Support the preparation and maintenance of reports, dashboards, and monthly presentations on staffing, inventory, production levels, aging inventory, and performance effectiveness

Requirements:

• 2+ years in a data reporting or inventory support role
• 2+ years of proficiency in Excel with the ability to develop and maintain macros using VBA or Excel Macro Application
• 1+ years of SQL development work
• Proven solid time management and analytical skills
• Proven creative problem solving and critical thinking skills to navigate complex inventory
• Proven solid adaptability and flexible skills Willing to adapt to changing priorities, responsibilities and processes
• Solid working knowledge of Co-Pilot, Word, PowerBI and PowerPoint
• Proven ability to work in an ambiguous environment
• Proven ability to work autonomously and manage multiple operational projects
• Proven self-starter with a high level of initiative
• All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy