Day-to-Day Responsibilities
Define a business problem, such as reducing delivery time or cutting warehouse costs, in terms that can be measured.
Collect, clean and check operational data from client systems, spreadsheets and databases.
Build mathematical models, including linear, integer and network optimisation, to find the best feasible option.
Use simulation to test how a process behaves under uncertain demand, delays or breakdowns.
Run scenarios, compare options and explain the trade-offs in cost, service and risk.
Present recommendations to managers and operations teams in plain language, with charts and clear next steps.
Work with frontline teams to check that the model matches how the work is really done, then help put the change into practice.
