Data Scientist II

Meijer•Grand Rapids, MI

5d•Onsite

About The Position

The Data Scientist Level 2 role would take on more advanced analytical responsibilities, including deeper ad hoc analysis, and provide the necessary support as the volume and complexity of campaign measurement and development continue to increase. As a family company, we serve people and communities. When you work at Meijer, you’re provided with career and community opportunities centered around leadership, personal growth and development. Consider joining our family – take care of your career and your community!

Requirements

Advanced Degree (MA/MS, PhD) in Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, or related quantitative field
Certifications: Azure Data Science Associate, Azure AI, Safe Agile
4+ years of relevant data science experience in an applied role – preferable w/in retail, logistics, supply chain or CPG
Demonstrated strength in using: Python, Databricks, Azure ML, Azure Cognitive Service, SAS, R, SQL, PySpark, Numpy, Pandas, Scikit Learn, TensorFlow, PyTorch, AutoTS, Prophet, NLTK
Experience with Azure Cloud technologies including Azure DevOps, Azure Synapse, MLOps, GitHub
Experience working with large datasets and developing ML/AI systems such as: natural language processing, speech/text/image recognition, supervised and unsupervised learning models, forecasting and/or econometric time series models
Proactive and action oriented
Ability to collaborate with, and present to internal and external partners
Able to learn company systems, processes and tools, and identify opportunities to improve
Detail oriented and organized
Ability to meet production deadlines
Strong communications, interpersonal and organizational skills
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Understanding of intellectual property rights, compliance and enforcement

Responsibilities

Deliver against the overall data science strategy to drive in-store and digital merchandising, marketing, customer loyalty, and operational performance
Partner with product development to define requirements which meet system and customer experience needs for data science projects
Partner with Merchandising, Supply Chain, Operations and customer insights to understand the journey that will be improved with the data science deliverables
Build prototypes for, and iteratively develop, end-to-end data science pipelines including custom algorithms, statistical models, machine learning and artificial intelligence functions to meet end user needs
Partner with product development and technology teams to deploy pipelines into production MLOps environment following Safe Agile methodology
Develop data driven solutions for strategic cross-functional initiatives, develop and present business cases, and gain stakeholder alignment of solution
Help to define, document and follow best practices for ML/AI development at Meijer
Deliver communication to data consumers (internal and external) to ensure they understand the data science products, have the proper training, and are following the best practices in application of data science products
Monitor and analyze Key Performance Indicators to ensure the usage, adoption, health and value of the data products
Partner and communicate with internal teams and IT to ensure the architecture of data and ML/AI systems are meeting data science team service level needs
Maintain relationships with key partners, suppliers and industry associations and continue to advance data science capabilities, knowledge and impact
Develops and implements measurement frameworks to evaluate the effectiveness and business impact of promotional programs and broader initiatives using advanced machine learning models.