Job Description
Job Description
Tasty Brands is a well-established, fast growing national company that is focused on providing great tasting, nutritious food for K12 school foodservice customers and private brands of selected retailers. With a focus on collaboration, best practices, and continuous improvement, we are looking for people who want to join us for a long career and be part of a great success story. Our most successful people are self-starters, work well in collaboration with others, see the big picture and like to win.
Tracco LLC, Total Packaging, LLC, and TruPack Foods are part of the Tasty Brands, LLC family of companies—fast-growing national food producers with manufacturing operations based in Owensboro, KY and Evansville, IN. Together, these facilities specialize in high-volume, quality-driven food solutions for government feeding programs, school nutrition, and select private brand retail customers. Our capabilities span the production of sandwiches, lunch kits, and sliced deli meats, with an emphasis on consistency, safety, and scale. Across all facilities, we maintain a shared commitment to packaging excellence, dependable quality, and trusted service. Whether serving students or retail shoppers, our mission is to deliver efficient, great-tasting solutions that meet the demands of today’s foodservice and retail environments.
We have an outstanding team of motivated professionals who work well together in a fun and team spirit type atmosphere. Our mission is driven by our core values – urgency, accountability, proactivity, teamwork, and integrity. We are looking for the next “great fit” to join our growing team!
Position Summary:
We are looking for a highly analytical and detail-oriented Data Analyst to join our team in the food manufacturing industry. In this role, you will be responsible for collecting, analyzing, and interpreting operational and production data to help improve manufacturing efficiency, product quality, food safety, and supply chain performance. Your insights will support data-driven decision-making across production, quality assurance, logistics, and procurement functions.
Key Responsibilities:
- Analyze manufacturing and production data to identify trends, inefficiencies, and opportunities for improvement.
- Monitor key operational KPIs, including yield, throughput, waste, downtime, and labor productivity.
- Develop dashboards and reports to visualize performance metrics for cross-functional teams, enabling them to make informed decisions.
- Work closely with plant managers, QA, supply chain, and procurement to understand data needs and deliver actionable insights.
- Support forecasting, demand planning, and inventory optimization through data modeling.
- Identify and investigate anomalies or quality issues using statistical analysis.
- Ensure data accuracy, consistency, and integrity across manufacturing systems (e.g., ERP, MES, SCADA).
- Assist in automating data collection and reporting processes.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in data Analytics, Statistics, Engineering, Food Science, or a related field.
- 3-5 years of experience in a data analyst or similar role, preferably in food or consumer packaged goods (CPG) manufacturing.
- Strong skills in SQL and data tools such as Excel, Python, or R.
- Experience with ERP and manufacturing data systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle, Infor).
- Proficiency with data visualization tools such as Power BI, Tableau, or Looker.
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently or in cross-functional teams.
- Knowledge of manufacturing processes, food safety standards (e.g., HACCP, FSMA), and continuous improvement (e.g., Lean, Six Sigma) is a plus.
We are an equal opportunity employer, and we value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, or any other basis prohibited by federal, state or local laws.