Senior Data Scientist

Address: USA-IL-Chicago-300 South Riverside Plaza
Store Code: Data Science (5157869)
Ahold Delhaize USA, a division of global food retailer Ahold Delhaize, is part of the U.S. family of brands, which includes five leading omnichannel grocery brands - Food Lion, Giant Food, The GIANT Company, Hannaford and Stop & Shop. Our associates support the brands with a wide range of services, including Finance, Legal, Sustainability, Commercial, Digital and E-commerce, Technology and more.
Primary Purpose:
Support the Ahold Delhaize brand and digital teams and other end users by developing and leading advanced projects, providing machine learning/statistical models, segmentations, and self-service tools when appropriate, and participating in the maintenance and improvement of internal customer databases. Act as a Subject Matter Expert for Forecasting and Optimization projects.
Our flexible/ hybrid work schedule includes 3 in-person days at one of our core locations and 2 remote days. Our core office locations include Chicago, IL, and Quincy, MA.
Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.
Duties & Responsibilities:

• Lead the development and deployment of complex analytics projects for the Digital teams and other banner business partners -- this includes Test & Learn, Segmentation, and Predictive Models
• Act as development lead for the team's forecasting models. This includes time-series modeling for fulfillment, demand planning, and food waste
• Provide business partners with recommendations based upon modeling results
• Participate in maintenance and improvement of customer scoring algorithms to the customer database vendor
• Develop self-service analytical tools when appropriate
• Educate banner Loyalty and Marketing teams and other end users about the self-service tools you develop
• The person in this position should be proficient in various analytical tools/methods/knowledge (Inc. Tools such as SQL, R, Python etc.); Methods/Knowledge such as test-control/experimental design, regression (Inc. multivariate), data modeling techniques, cluster, and factor analysis, etc.)

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Economics or related field
• 6+ years of experience in a data scientist role or a Master's Degree
• 5+ years deploying production level models
• 3+ years building forecasting models in either Operations or Demand Forecasting domains
• Ability to lead a data science project and break projects down into more digestible chunks
• Time-series modeling
• Advanced knowledge of Python and SQL
• Familiarity with Software Development Lifecycle and Agile project management
• Machine Learning Engineering best practices
• Optimization Methods
• Mentor more Junior level Data Scientists
• Strong communication skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's Degree or PHD
• Familiarity with Demand Planning modeling, customer segmentation, or experience with Data Science methods within Marketing a plus

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Salary Range: $115,760.00 | $144,700.00 | $173,640.00
At Ahold Delhaize USA, we provide services to one of the largest portfolios of grocery companies in the nation, and we're actively seeking top talent. Our team shares a common motivation to drive change, take ownership and enable our brands to better care for their customers. We thrive on supporting great local grocery brands and their strategies.
We offer an experience where our associates are valued; Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging are infused in our business and our employees are representative of the communities that we serve. We believe in total wellness, which encompasses a blend of physical, financial and emotional wellness.
We believe in collaboration, curiosity, and continuous learning in all that we think, create and do. While building a culture where personal and professional growth are just as important as business growth, we invest in our people, empowering them to learn, grow and deliver at all levels of the business.
Job Requisition: 429275_external_USA-IL-Chicago