We are sharing a specialised part-time consulting opportunity for advanced Excel professionals with hands-on manufacturing experience across production planning, bill-of-materials modeling, inventory analysis, OEE and throughput tracking, cost-of-goods modeling, supply and demand forecasting, dashboards, and spreadsheet automation.
This role supports current and upcoming remote consulting opportunities focused on manufacturing Excel task design, spreadsheet-based analytical reasoning, realistic domain task creation, reference solution development, task review, and high-quality project execution. Selected professionals will apply their advanced Excel expertise and real-world manufacturing experience to design, solve, and evaluate realistic spreadsheet tasks.
Key Responsibilities
Professionals in this role may contribute to:
Manufacturing Excel Task Design
- Design realistic Excel-based tasks drawn from manufacturing experience
- Create tasks involving production planning, bill-of-materials analysis, inventory modeling, OEE tracking, throughput analysis, cost-of-goods modeling, supply forecasting, or demand forecasting
- Use real-world judgment to make tasks practical, relevant, and aligned with how manufacturing professionals use spreadsheets
- Ensure tasks are clear, well-structured, and appropriate for spreadsheet-based evaluation
Advanced Excel Modeling & Reference Solutions
- Write accurate, well-structured solutions for Excel-based manufacturing tasks
- Use advanced formulas, XLOOKUP, INDEX/MATCH, dynamic arrays, PivotTables, data modeling, dashboards, Power Query, Power Pivot, and macros/VBA where appropriate
- Review workbook logic, assumptions, formulas, calculations, and outputs
- Create reference solutions that are clean, reproducible, and easy to evaluate
Spreadsheet Review & Feedback
- Evaluate Excel tasks and solutions for correctness, clarity, usability, and analytical rigor
- Provide clear written feedback that improves task quality and solution accuracy
- Collaborate with other subject-matter experts to maintain consistency and accuracy across submitted materials
- Translate manufacturing scenarios into precise spreadsheet instructions and expected outputs
Ideal Profile
Strong candidates may have:
- Demonstrated advanced, professional-level Excel expertise
- Hands-on professional experience applying Excel within manufacturing, production planning, supply chain, inventory, costing, quality tracking, or plant-level reporting contexts
- Experience building dashboards, models, reports, trackers, templates, or analytical workbooks
- Career progression within manufacturing, production, supply chain, planning, finance, analytics, or related roles