Operations Analyst - Stadler Service Norway AS

About the Role

This is not a typical analyst role. While data matters, your mission is to drive cost and profitability improvements across high-volume maintenance contracts and Stadler Service growing business in Norway. You’ll lead cross-functional initiatives, ensure transparency of contract cost and revenue, and turn insights into action.

If you thrive on ownership, stakeholder management, and making a real impact, this role is for you.

What You’ll Do Short intro to WLC and the importance of the job for us

• Bridge operations and finance to drive strategic cost and revenue management across railway service contracts.

• Partner closely with key Operations Managers to translate operational planning and execution status into accurate financial planning, forecasting, and decision-making.

• Drive projects to improve whole-life cost and profitability across multiple contracts.

• Maintain and enhance transparency of cost and revenue data for decision-making.

• Collaborate with Procurement, Engineering, Planning, Finance, and Sales to deliver results.

• Identify root causes of data gaps (e.g., ERP issues) and implement corrective actions, including training plans.

• Provide clear financial insights (cost types, revenue, EBIT) into management that are driven by operational developments.

• Drive process improvements and ensure data integrity for future initiatives.

What You’ll Bring

• Degree in Business, Finance, Engineering, or similar

• Ability to quickly grasp and work with technical concepts related to trains and maintenance operation.

• Fluent in P&L mechanics (cost types, revenue, margin, EBIT).

• Proven record of cross‑functional delivery and stakeholder management across multiple departments/countries.

• Comfortable with imperfect/unstructured data; can turn it into decisions and actions.

• Strong communication; driver mindset with can‑do attitude and high autonomy.

• Structured, proactive, accountable; operates effectively from shopfloor to C‑suite.

• 1-3 years in finance/operations program or project management

• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint; experience with data visualization tools such as Tableau and Power BI is an advantage.

• Fluency in Norwegian and English language is a must.

• Nice to have: Experience in maintenance or lifecycle cost management.

Why Join Us?

• High-impact role with visibility at senior levels.

• Opportunity to shape processes and deliver measurable results.

• Work across countries and departments in a dynamic environment.

• Flexible work arrangements within company guidelines.