AI Analyst

About the role

The AI Analyst supports the discovery and development of automation opportunities across manufacturing, distribution, and 3PL environments. The role focuses on analyzing operational data, mapping workflows, and identifying inefficiencies that can be improved through AI-driven solutions. The Analyst assists ongoing projects through testing, documentation, requirement gathering, and cross-department collaboration. They also build simple prototypes or dashboards, research emerging technologies, and help maintain existing tools.

Responsibilities

• Identify AI and automation opportunities across manufacturing, distribution, and 3PL operations.
• Support ongoing AI and tech projects with data, testing, and documentation.
• Map workflows and spot inefficiencies for potential automation.
• Build simple prototypes, scripts, or dashboards as needed.
• Analyze operational data to surface trends and improvement areas.
• Help maintain and improve existing AI/automation tools.
• Research new AI tools, platforms, and industry trends.
• Create clear reports and project summaries for leadership.
• Gather requirements from departments and translate into tasks.
• Document processes and standard procedures for new solutions.
• Assist with staff training and rollout of new technologies.
• Spend time on production and warehouse floors to understand needs.

Qualifications

• Required: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration, or related field – or - Currently enrolled in University and completing related degree. Concentration on AI preferred.
• Experience working with AI, data analytics, or automation solutions.
• Strong ability to translate business needs into technical requirements.
• Experience managing multiple concurrent projects and priorities.
• Professional level written and verbal communication skills - ability to interface and communicate effectively with multiple functional groups, geographic regions, diverse levels of internal and external client organizations.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to elicit cooperation from a wide variety of sources, including upper management, clients, other departments, and interact with various work behavior styles.
• Ability to interact effectively with all levels of the organization.
• Strategic thinking and problem-solving abilities.