This role is for one of Weekday’s clients
Salary range: Rs 500000 - Rs 1500000 (ie INR 5 - 15 LPA)
Min Experience: 3+ years
Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
JobType: full-time
ROLE SUMMARY:
Work directly with the owner to map business processes, find and fix gaps, design improved systems, and execute them in software (Python / pandas / Excel). Act as the quality filter between the owner and the team — reviewing all incoming analytical work (quotations, Excel models, formulas) for errors, structure and logic.
Requirements
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. Understand business processes by talking to people across departments and asking the right questions; map current process flows (production planning, forecasting, costing, and similar areas).
2. Identify gaps in processes, design improved systems, and implement them using Python/pandas/Excel or equivalent tools.
3. Build and maintain automation for recurring analysis and reporting.
4. Review the team's Excel work — quotations, formulas, models — as a filter before it reaches the owner: check for errors, structure and logic.
5. Translate the owner's requirements into working, tested solutions and execute end to end.
MUST-HAVE SKILLS:
- Strong Excel: formulas, structuring workbooks, auditing other people's sheets
- Python with pandas (or equivalent data tools — must be able to deliver the same outcomes)
- Analytical, structured, logical mind with strong error-catching ability — accuracy is critical in this role
- Good communication skills — comfortable talking to people to extract process knowledge; personable and easy to talk to, not a silent back-office profile
GOOD TO HAVE:
- Business/commercial awareness (costing, quotations, planning)
- Manufacturing or SME exposure
- Graduate in engineering / statistics / commerce with a strong quantitative bent
Must-have skillsPython, Business Process Mapping
Good-to-have skillsComputer Science, engineer
Skills Required
- At least 3 years of professional experience
- Strong Microsoft Excel skills, including formulas, workbook structuring, and auditing spreadsheets
- Python with pandas or equivalent data tools capable of delivering the same outcomes
- Strong analytical, structured, and logical thinking with excellent error detection
- Good communication skills and comfort extracting process knowledge from people across departments
- Business or commercial awareness, including costing, quotations, or planning
- Manufacturing or small and medium-sized enterprise experience
- Degree in engineering, statistics, commerce, or a quantitatively focused field
- Computer Science or engineering background
What We Do
Weekday is an AI-powered recruitment platform that helps startups hire top-tier engineering and product talent. By leveraging a massive database of white-collar professionals and advanced outreach tools, the company streamlines the hiring process through automated sourcing, AI-driven resume screening, and white-glove contingency services. Their mission is to modernize recruitment by enabling companies to discover and engage passive candidates efficiently, ensuring high-quality hires for critical roles.
