Data Scientist

Meijer•Grand Rapids, MI

About The Position

The Pharmacy Analytics team at Meijer leads the strategy, development, and integration of analytics for Meijer Pharmacy. Data Scientists drive data wrangling, statistics, machine learning, artificial intelligence, and system efficiencies by delivering innovative, data-driven solutions. These applications create business value, mitigate business and operational risk, and improve the customer experience. The role works directly with merchandising, marketing, operations, IT, and vendor partners.

Requirements

Advanced degree (MA/MS or PhD) in Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, Sociology, or a related quantitative field.
At least 4 years of relevant applied data science experience; experience in retail, pharmaceutical, logistics, supply chain, or CPG is preferable.
Demonstrated strength using Python, Databricks, Azure ML, Azure Cognitive Service, SQL, PySpark, NumPy, Pandas, Scikit-learn, TensorFlow, and PyTorch.
Experience with Azure Cloud technologies, including Azure Synapse, Azure Data Factory, ADLS, and Azure DevOps/MLOps.
Experience with Microsoft Fabric, Power BI reporting, semantic models, ontology, and Copilot.
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, curious, and action-oriented.
Ability to collaborate with and present to internal and external partners.
Ability to learn company systems, processes, and tools and identify opportunities for improvement.
Detail-oriented and organized.
Ability to meet production deadlines.
Strong communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Understanding of intellectual property rights, compliance, and enforcement, and appreciation of HIPAA and other personal health or credit information confidentiality.

Nice To Haves

Applied data science experience in retail, pharmaceutical, logistics, supply chain, or CPG is preferable.

Responsibilities

Deliver against the data science strategy to support a safe and secure patient experience, marketing, customer loyalty, and operational performance.
Partner with stakeholders to define requirements that meet system and customer experience needs for data science projects.
Work with stakeholders to understand the customer or business journey to be improved by data science deliverables.
Build prototypes and iteratively develop end-to-end data science pipelines, including custom algorithms, data transformations, statistical models, machine learning, and artificial intelligence functions.
Partner with product development and technology teams to deploy pipelines into production, following Safe Agile methodology as required.
Develop data-driven solutions for strategic cross-functional initiatives, develop and present business cases, and gain stakeholder alignment.
Help define, document, and follow best practices for ML/AI development at Meijer.
Communicate with data consumers to ensure they understand data science products, receive appropriate training, and follow best practices in applying those products.
Monitor and analyze key performance indicators to assess data product usage, adoption, health, and value.
Partner and communicate with internal teams and IT to ensure data and systems architecture meets data science service-level needs.
Maintain relationships with key partners, suppliers, and industry associations, and advance data science capabilities, knowledge, and impact.
Perform other duties as assigned or required.