Operations Specialist

Company Overview:

Our client is an agriculture tech company pioneering novel fungi production techniques using AI to optimize growing conditions to enable lower-cost production. Based in San Francisco, they have production facilities in the Southeastern United States and are expanding sales of the eco-friendly products they grow.

About the Role:

Our client is seeking a highly motivated and detail-oriented Business Analyst to support their US-based corporate team. This role will contribute to executing the company's critical priorities. The role requires a dynamic and analytical individual who is eager to take ownership of tasks and projects and can operate independently. The ideal candidate is smart, analytical, responsive, reliable, possesses strong organizational skills, and enjoys working on many items at once.

Key Responsibilities:

Provide operational leverage to the leadership team by independently owning tasks related to key business activities. This may include:

• Researching and making recommendations on ad hoc strategic and operational topics
• Searching for and engaging vendors
• Creating social media content and publishing models
• Coordinating staff activities, such as onboarding sales demo team members
• Analyzing customer data sets

Over time, independently lead and execute small-scale projects.

Qualifications & Skills:

• College degree or equivalent demonstrated abilities.
• 2+ years of experience in a business-related role in a professional business environment(e.g., Strategy & Operations, Marketing, Sales Account Management).
  Strong proficiency in productivity tools including Microsoft PowerPoint / Google Slides, Microsoft Excel / Google Sheets, Airtable, and design tools like Figma/Canva. Able to learn new tools quickly).
• Ability to synthesize ideas into presentable text and create high-quality slides.
• Strong written communication skills for emails and internal messaging.
• Basic to intermediate quantitative skills (e.g., spreadsheet-based modeling and data analysis).
• Strong written communication skills for emails and internal messaging.
• Ability to synthesize ideas into presentable text and create high-quality slides.

A plus:

• Familiarity or interest in the food or agriculture industry
• Experience working in dynamic (non-repetitive) and collaborative roles such as project management or r business operations at a startup.

Key Attributes:

• Highly responsive, and able to reply to team communication promptly.
• Detail-oriented, reliable, and well-organized.
• Excited about the opportunity and comfortable handling both strategic and administrative tasks.
• Adaptable and thrives in a dynamic environment with changing priorities.
• Collaborative and able to work effectively with different teams and stakeholders.
• Eager to learn new tools and processes quickly.
• Ambitious and motivated to take on more responsibilities over time.