Data Scientist - Operations Research

Description: • Listen to clients and ask questions to clearly define business problems. • Perform exploratory analysis to determine root causes of problems and confirm/disprove hypotheses. • Develop predictive models to forecast future volumes that will drive capacity/resource needs. • Develop customer and product segmentation models and design our supply chain to support differentiated services. • Build optimization and simulation models to recommend capacity investments, resource plans, policy changes, and process changes to improve supply chain performance. • Develop prescriptive models using 3rd party optimization/simulation software and custom-build models. • Recommend solutions. • Summarize the financial and operational impact of the recommendation and pros/cons of alternatives considered. • Work with Data Engineers to create data models for analyses. Requirements: • 2-4 years of experience, preferred • Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field, or equivalent work experience, preferred • MS/MBA with focus in Data Science, Operations Research, Industrial Engineering, or Statistics preferred • Demonstrated ability to apply Data Science and Operations Research techniques to logistics and supply chain management problems preferred • Experience with Structured Query Language (SQL) and working with databases preferred • Experience with data analysis tools such as R, Python, SQL, Alteryx, Tableau, and SAS preferred • Experience with Strategic Network Design, Simulation (e.g., AnyLogic), or Mathematical Programming (e.g., CPLEX) software preferred • Proven ability to work as part of a team as the key analytical resource • Excellent communication skills with an ability to explain quantitative analysis in simple business terms • Intellectual curiosity, humility, genuine respect and desire to help others • Bias for action and passion for driving change • Ability to travel up to 5% Benefits: • Medical, dental and vision coverage • Paid time off plan • Health savings account (HSA) • 401k savings plan • Access to wages before pay day with myFlexPay • Flexible spending accounts (FSAs) • Short- and long-term disability coverage • Work-Life resources • Paid parental leave • Healthy lifestyle programs Apply Job! Apply to this Job