Data Scientist
Statistics:
Data Scientist, Jo-Ann Stores, Hudson, OH.
Main Responsibilities:
Responsible for generating insightful strategies and business recommendations by building mathematical models, uncovering vast quantities of information, and evaluating the information to develop insights for the managerial teams toward business decision-making, policy formulation, and other key business data that will drive business performance. Perform data mining from the company's 50 million+ article-site combinations and evaluate opportunities for business performance improvement or development across the entire value chain, including Sales, Forecasting, Inventory Management, and Sourcing. Build descriptive, predictive, and/or prescriptive mathematical business models. Evaluate the results and cleanse and verify the data used in business models. Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Inventory Management and Merchandising, to drive the executive of models. Establish strong working relationships with cross-functional teams, including IT, Inventory Management, Store Operations, and Merchandising, to collect data for business models, execute models, and make recommendations to the managerial teams based on the finds of the compiled data. Perform ad-hoc requests and, lastly, present data finds clearly for consumption by senior management and the managerial teams.
Education Requirement: Master’s degree or foreign equivalent in Industrial Engineering, Operations Research, Supply Chain or in a related field.
Work Experience Requirement: 1 year as an Analyst within a merchandising/retail environment.
Knowledge & Skills: Additionally, the applicant must have professional experience in: 1.) VBA; 2.) Database Query Experience with SQL; 3.) Programming with R or Python; 4.) Experience with JDA Demand & Fulfillment or JDA Enterprise Planning; 5.) Model Building experience with descriptive, predictive, or prescriptive models; and 6.) Cross-functional experience with IT and Finance.