
Leon Pearce
Operations Analyst
Finding the insight that makes operations run better
Operations analyst with seven years analysing and improving operations for a logistics and services company in Manchester. Digs into operational data to find inefficiency, build reporting, and give managers the insight to run a tighter, smarter operation. Built a performance dashboard and analysis that exposed bottlenecks and helped cut operating cost noticeably. Analyses throughput, cost, capacity and service performance, builds reports and models, supports process improvement projects, and turns data into clear recommendations. Strong on the analysis, the tools and connecting the numbers to what's actually happening on the ground. Curious, rigorous and good at explaining findings to operational teams. Looking for an operations-analyst, business-analyst or operations role with a company that wants its operations driven by data.
Location
Manchester, UKNationality
BritishGender
MaleNotice Period
1 monthDate of Birth
1992-11-08Analytical Thinking
Curiosity
Communication
Attention to Detail
Pragmatism
- Operations Analysis
- Data Analysis
- Performance Reporting
- Dashboards
- Process Improvement
- Capacity & Cost Analysis
- SQL
- Excel & Power BI
- Lean
- Modelling
English (UK)
Native or Bilingual ProficiencyGerman
Limited Working ProficiencyManchester Logistics Group
Operations Analyst April 2017 to Present
Built a performance dashboard and analysis that exposed bottlenecks and helped cut the operating cost.
Analyse the throughput, the cost, the capacity and the service performance across the whole operation.
Build the reports and the models and turn the data into clear recommendations for the managers.
Support all of the process-improvement projects with the solid analysis and the proper measurement throughout.
Explain the findings clearly to the operational teams and connect the data to the floor.
North West Services Ltd
Junior Operations / Data Analyst August 2015 to March 2017
Maintained the data, the dashboards and performance trackers for the operation.
Learned the analytics tools, the Lean and operations analysis on the job.
Gained the certification and then moved into a full operations-analyst role.
North West Services Ltd
Data Administrator June 2013 to July 2015
Built the reports and the trackers the operations team relied on daily.
Learned data, reporting and the basics of operations on the job.
Then earned the move into a junior operations-analyst role from there.
Exposed the bottlenecks
Data tied to the floor
University of Manchester
Bachelor — BSc (Hons) Business Analytics (September 2012 to June 2015)
Microsoft / Lean Institute
Bachelor — Data Analysis & Lean Certification (January 2017 to May 2017)
Data Analysis & Lean
Microsoft / Lean Institute (May 2017 to Present)
SQL & Operations Modelling
Operational Research Society (April 2019 to Present)
Capacity-Planning Model
Operations Analyst (January 2019 to September 2019)
Cost-Reduction Analysis
Operations Analyst (February 2020 to June 2020)