Remote | Operations Planning Specialist (Inventory & Capacity) — $70–$110/hour

We are sharing a specialised part-time consulting opportunity for experienced operations professionals with strong expertise in inventory management, capacity planning, resource allocation, operational forecasting, and supply-demand coordination.

This role focuses on reviewing professional documents, spreadsheets, and presentation materials related to operations, inventory, and capacity planning. Selected experts will assess outputs for analytical accuracy, operational feasibility, planning rigour, presentation quality, and overall professional credibility.

Key Responsibilities

Operations Planning

• Evaluate operational plans for accuracy, feasibility, and alignment with business requirements
• Review workflows, resource requirements, constraints, and operational assumptions
• Identify bottlenecks, unrealistic assumptions, and execution risks
• Assess whether proposed plans appropriately balance service, cost, and resource objectives
• Apply practical judgement grounded in real-world operations experience

Inventory Management

• Review inventory plans, stock-level recommendations, and replenishment strategies
• Assess assumptions involving demand, lead times, safety stock, and service levels
• Identify risks related to shortages, excess inventory, or inefficient allocation
• Evaluate inventory policies and supporting calculations
• Review whether recommendations appropriately reflect operational constraints and demand patterns

Capacity Planning

• Evaluate capacity requirements across teams, facilities, equipment, or operational resources
• Review utilisation assumptions, workload forecasts, and capacity constraints
• Assess whether proposed capacity adequately supports expected demand
• Identify under-capacity, over-capacity, and resource-allocation issues
• Evaluate expansion, reallocation, or optimisation recommendations

Demand & Resource Planning

• Review forecasts and planning assumptions used to determine operational requirements
• Assess alignment between anticipated demand and available resources
• Evaluate trade-offs involving staffing, inventory, throughput, cost, and service levels
• Identify inconsistencies between forecasts and resulting operational plans
• Review scenario and sensitivity analyses where relevant

Operational Analysis & Spreadsheets

• Evaluate spreadsheets supporting inventory, capacity, resource, and operations decisions
• Review calculations, assumptions, forecasts, and key operating metrics
• Identify analytical errors or inconsistencies between underlying data and conclusions
• Assess whether quantitative analyses support the proposed recommendations
• Evaluate the clarity and usability of operational models and supporting materials

Performance & Process Improvement

• Review recommendations involving workflow efficiency, throughput, utilisation, and operational performance
• Assess whether proposed changes address underlying operational constraints
• Evaluate relevant KPIs and performance measures
• Identify weak assumptions or unsupported improvement recommendations
• Review trade-offs between efficiency, resilience, cost, and service performance

Documents & Presentation Review

• Evaluate operational reports, spreadsheets, planning documents, and slide decks for accuracy and completeness
• Review stakeholder and executive presentations for clarity and decision usefulness
• Identify factual, analytical, aesthetic, and formatting issues
• Assess whether charts, tables, and visuals accurately represent underlying operational data
• Ensure conclusions and recommendations are clearly supported by the analysis

Structured Evaluation & Feedback

• Assess assigned outputs against domain-specific quality criteria
• Identify operational, analytical, factual, and presentation weaknesses
• Distinguish substantive planning issues from minor editorial concerns
• Provide clear, structured written feedback explaining identified strengths and weaknesses
• Apply evaluation standards consistently across different operations work products

Ideal Profile

• 5+ years of relevant professional experience in operations planning, inventory management, capacity planning, supply chain, logistics, or a closely related field
• Strong hands-on experience with inventory and capacity planning
• Practical understanding of demand forecasting, resource planning, utilisation, and operational constraints
• Ability to evaluate trade-offs across inventory, capacity, cost, service levels, and execution
• Experience developing or reviewing operational plans, forecasts, models, and performance analyses
• Highly proficient with Microsoft Office and Google Workspace
• Advanced proficiency with PowerPoint / Google Slides
• Strong spreadsheet and quantitative analysis skills
• Native or professional fluency in English
• Excellent written communication and ability to provide precise, structured feedback
• Strong attention to analytical, operational, and presentation detail
• Master's degree or higher from a recognised institution is advantageous

Engagement Details

• Part-time independent contractor engagement
• Fully remote
• Flexible scheduling based on project requirements
• Compensation: $70–$110/hour
• Work includes evaluation of operations plans, inventory analyses, capacity models, spreadsheets, and presentation materials
• Projects may be extended, shortened, or concluded based on project needs and performance
• Work must be completed without using confidential or proprietary information belonging to any employer, client, institution, or other third party
• H1-B and STEM OPT support is unavailable for this engagement

About the Platform

This opportunity is available through 24-MAG LLC. We connect experienced professionals with remote consulting opportunities across technical, evaluation, and project-based workstreams.

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