How to hire a senior production analyst

How to hire a senior production analyst, step by step

Here's a step-by-step senior production analyst hiring guide:

• Step 1: Identify your hiring needs
• Step 2: Create an ideal candidate profile
• Step 3: Make a budget
• Step 4: Write a senior production analyst job description
• Step 5: Post your job
• Step 6: Interview candidates
• Step 7: Send a job offer and onboard your new senior production analyst
• Step 8: Go through the hiring process checklist

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1. Identify your hiring needs

   First, determine the employments status of the senior production analyst you need to hire. Certain senior production analyst roles might require a full-time employee, whereas others can be done by part-time workers or contractors.

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   Hiring the perfect senior production analyst also involves considering the ideal background you'd like them to have. Depending on what industry or field they have experience in, they'll bring different skills to the job. It's also important to consider what levels of seniority and education the job requires and what kind of salary such a candidate would likely demand.

   This list presents senior production analyst salaries for various positions.

   Type of Senior Production Analyst	Description	Hourly rate
   Senior Production Analyst	Computer systems analysts study an organization’s current computer systems and procedures and design information systems solutions to help the organization operate more efficiently and effectively. They bring business and information technology (IT) together by understanding the needs and limitations of both.	$32-57
   Analyst Lead	The duties of an analyst lead depend on one's line of work or industry of employment. Typically, their responsibilities revolve around performing research and analysis, coordinating with different departments to gather leads and data, reviewing findings, and producing reports and presentations for the stakeholders and other higher-ranking officials... Show more	$35-58
   Analyst	Analysts are employees or individual contributors with a vast experience in a particular field that help the organization address challenges. They help the organization improve processes, policies, and other operations protocol by studying the current processes in place and determining the effectiveness of those processes... Show more	$25-47

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2. Create an ideal candidate profile

   Common skills:

   • Troubleshoot
   • Lean Six Sigma
   • SR
   • Production Schedules
   • SQL
   • Production Planning
   • Linux
   • ISO
   • MRP
   • Production Systems
   • Production Control
   • Unix
   • SME
   • SharePoint

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   Responsibilities:

   • Involve in writing shell scripts to schedule, automate the ETL jobs.
   • Manage administration and supervise development of logistics policies and programs to ensure they meet the changing conditions in program requirements.
   • Work require extensive UNIX scripting.
   • Identify, track, communicate and troubleshoot system and software issues as they arise.
   • Analyze supply vs. demand data, including current on-hand, open purchase orders, and customers' ship windows.
   • Generate and process weekly files from the ftp directory for billing vendor, who update their databases with current reseller information.

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3. Make a budget

   Including a salary range in your senior production analyst job description is one of the best ways to attract top talent. A senior production analyst can vary based on:

   • Location. For example, senior production analysts' average salary in hawaii is 36% less than in washington.
   • Seniority. Entry-level senior production analysts 44% less than senior-level senior production analysts.
   • Certifications. A senior production analyst with certifications usually earns a higher salary.
   • Company. Working for an established firm or a new start-up company can make a big difference in a senior production analyst's salary.

   Average senior production analyst salary

   $90,058yearly

   $43.30 hourly rate

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   Entry-level senior production analyst salary

   $67,000 yearly salary

   Updated January 12, 2026

   Average senior production analyst salary by state

   Rank	State	Avg. salary	Hourly rate
   1	California	$110,965	$53
   2	Washington	$110,096	$53
   3	New York	$98,356	$47
   4	District of Columbia	$97,310	$47
   5	New Jersey	$96,716	$47
   6	Delaware	$94,017	$45
   7	Connecticut	$92,253	$44
   8	Texas	$89,038	$43
   9	North Carolina	$87,158	$42
   10	Arizona	$85,140	$41
   11	Ohio	$82,929	$40
   12	Alabama	$82,745	$40
   13	Illinois	$79,938	$38
   14	Arkansas	$77,061	$37
   15	Georgia	$72,408	$35
   16	Colorado	$71,421	$34

   Average senior production analyst salary by company

   Company

   Rank	Company	Average salary	Hourly rate	Job openings
   1	Amazon	$116,178	$55.85	86
   2	Bank of the West	$115,062	$55.32
   3	Barclays	$109,350	$52.57	1
   4	Visa	$106,764	$51.33	6
   5	Sony Pictures	$106,369	$51.14	7
   6	Cybersource	$105,545	$50.74
   7	Electric Reliability Council of Texas	$103,444	$49.73	2
   8	Canon	$101,837	$48.96	23
   9	QuintilesIMS	$101,585	$48.84	2
   10	Bank of America	$99,775	$47.97	62
   11	MetLife	$96,221	$46.26	6
   12	KeyBank	$94,891	$45.62	1
   13	PNC	$94,807	$45.58	24
   14	BB&T	$93,719	$45.06
   15	Kbc	$90,284	$43.41
   16	The PNC Financial Services Group	$89,145	$42.86	15
   17	Randstad North America, Inc.	$88,499	$42.55	15
   18	CBRE Group	$86,593	$41.63	83
   19	Intuitive Research and Technology	$84,321	$40.54	10
   20	Experis US Inc	$82,514	$39.67

4. Writing a senior production analyst job description

   A good senior production analyst job description should include a few things:

   • Summary of the role
   • List of responsibilities
   • Required skills and experience

   Including a salary range and the first name of the hiring manager is also appreciated by candidates. Here's an example of a senior production analyst job description:

   Senior production analyst job description example

   Supervises lower level professionals or supervisors and/or higher level support. Communicates with parties inside and outside of own department to explain and interpret policies, practices, and procedures. Makes moderate improvements to processes, systems, and solutions. Plans and establishes operational objectives for a team with moderate impact on department results. Understands basic management approaches and has proficient knowledge of job area.
   Essential Functions:
   
   + Supervises individual(s) typically consisting of lower level professionals or supervisors and/or higher level support employees for the F-18 manufacturing area.
   
   + Provides input on hiring, firing, promotion, performance and/or compensation decisions for own organization
   
   + Leads, directs and reviews the work of direct report(s) to maintain workflow and productivity and ensure weekly objectives are achieved.
   
   + Communicates with parties within and outside of own department, which may include customers or vendors.
   
   + Explains and interprets policies, practices and procedures of the job area to others within the organization.
   
   + May work to justify and gain cooperation of other parties on practices, policies, and procedures.
   
   + Work consists of making moderate improvements to processes, systems, solutions or products to enhance performance of the job area.
   
   + Problems are typically solved drawing from prior experiences, with analysis of the issues.
   
   + Plans and establishes operational objectives for a team with moderate impact on the achievement of department results.
   
   + Assigns tasks, peer reviews and provides training.
   
   + Does not have budget or Profit & Loss (P&L) accountability, but may manage day-to-day elements of the budget (e.g., overtime for staff).
   
   + Understands basic management approaches such as work scheduling, prioritizing, coaching and process execution.
   
   Qualifications:
   
   + Bachelor's Degree with a minimum of 4 years prior relevant experience or 2 years post-Secondary/ Associates Degree with a minimum of 8 years of prior related experience.
   
   Preferred Additional Skills:
   
   + Six Sigma Lean Manufacturing Certification
   
   + Intermediate or higher skill level within MS Excel with an understanding of moderately complex formulas and pivot tables / charts to aid in data analysis.
   
   + Previous leadership experience
   
   L3Harris Technologies is proud to be an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. L3Harris is committed to treating all employees and applicants for employment with respect and dignity and maintaining a workplace that is free from unlawful discrimination. All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or other related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, characteristic or membership in any other group protected by federal, state or local laws. L3Harris maintains a drug-free workplace and performs pre-employment substance abuse testing and background checks, where permitted by law.

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5. Post your job

   There are various strategies that you can use to find the right senior production analyst for your business:

   • Consider promoting from within or recruiting from your existing workforce.
   • Ask for referrals from friends, family members, and current employees.
   • Attend job fairs at local colleges to find candidates who meet your education requirements.
   • Use social media platforms like LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter to reach potential job candidates.

   Post your job online:

   • Post your senior production analyst job on Zippia to find and attract quality senior production analyst candidates.
   • Use niche websites such as dice, engineering.com, stack overflow, it job pro.
   • Post a job on free websites.

6. Interview candidates

   Your first interview with senior production analyst candidates should focus on their interest in the role and background experience. As the hiring process goes on, you can learn more about how they'd fit into the company culture in later rounds of interviews.

   You should also ask about candidates' unique skills and talents to see if they match the ideal candidate profile you developed earlier. Candidates good enough for the next step can complete the technical interview.

   If your interviews with senior production analyst applicants aren't enough to make a decision, you should also consider including a test project. These are often the best, most straightforward, and least bias-prone ways of determining who will likely succeed in the role. If you don't know how to design an appropriate test, you can ask someone else on the team to create it or take a look at these websites to get a few ideas:

   • TestDome
   • CodeSignal
   • Testlify
   • BarRaiser
   • Coderbyte

   The right interview questions can help you assess a candidate's hard skills, behavioral intelligence, and soft skills.

7. Send a job offer and onboard your new senior production analyst

   Once you've decided on a perfect senior production analyst candidate, it's time to write an offer letter. In addition to salary, it should include benefits and perks available to the employee. Qualified candidates may be considered for other positions, so make sure your offer is competitive. Candidates may wish to negotiate. Once you've settled on the details, formalize your agreement with a contract.

   It's also important to follow up with applicants who do not get the job with an email letting them know that the position is filled.

   After that, you can create an onboarding schedule for a new senior production analyst. Human Resources and the hiring manager should complete Employee Action Forms. Human Resources should also ensure that onboarding paperwork is completed, including I-9s, benefits enrollment, federal and state tax forms, etc., and that new employee files are created.

8. Go through the hiring process checklist

   • Determine employee type (full-time, part-time, contractor, etc.)
   • Submit a job requisition form to the HR department
   • Define job responsibilities and requirements
   • Establish budget and timeline
   • Determine hiring decision makers for the role
   • Write job description
   • Post job on job boards, company website, etc.
   • Promote the job internally
   • Process applications through applicant tracking system
   • Review resumes and cover letters
   • Shortlist candidates for screening
   • Hold phone/virtual interview screening with first round of candidates
   • Conduct in-person interviews with top candidates from first round
   • Score candidates based on weighted criteria (e.g., experience, education, background, cultural fit, skill set, etc.)
   • Conduct background checks on top candidates
   • Check references of top candidates
   • Consult with HR and hiring decision makers on job offer specifics
   • Extend offer to top candidate(s)
   • Receive formal job offer acceptance and signed employment contract
   • Inform other candidates that the position has been filled
   • Set and communicate onboarding schedule to new hire(s)
   • Complete new hire paperwork (i9, benefits enrollment, tax forms, etc.)

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