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! Meijer Rewards Weekly pay Scheduling flexibility Paid parental leave Paid education assistance Care.com/back-up care assistance Team member discount Development programs for advancement and career growth Please review the job profile below and apply today! The Data Science team at Meijer leads the strategy, development and integration of Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence at Meijer. Data Scientists on the team will drive customer loyalty, digital conversion, and system efficiencies by delivering innovative data driven solutions. This role works directly with product development, merchandising, marketing, operations, ITS, ecommerce, and vendor partners. **Position follows hybrid schedule: Monday-Wednesday in office, Thursday-Friday remote.** . What You’ll Be Doing: 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 Deliver end-to-end data science pipelines including custom algorithms, statistical models, machine learning and artificial intelligence functions to meet partner needs Partner with product development and technology teams to deploy pipelines into production MLOps environment following Safe Agile methodology Drive adoption and usage of analytical products and models Anticipate future business needs and identify opportunities that make substantial difference for organization, and lead the development of analytics initiatives Responsible to define, document and follow best practices for ML/AI development at Meijer Own communication with 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 Define and analyze Key Performance Indicators to monitor the overall health and measure value of the data products Identify and scope, in conjunction with IT, the architecture of systems and environment needs to ensure that data science systems can deliver against strategy Build and maintain relationships with key partners, suppliers and industry associations and continue to advance data science capabilities, knowledge and impact This job profile is not meant to be all inclusive of the responsibilities of this position; may perform other duties as assigned or required What You’ll Bring With You: 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 We opened our doors more than 85 years ago with the goal of helping people provide for themselves and their family. Today we’re a multi-billion dollar retailer with more than 70,000 employees across six states. Our Midwest geography includes corporate offices in Grand Rapids, Michigan, plus manufacturing facilities, distribution centers and over 240 stores across Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio and Wisconsin. Meijer is an Equal Opportunity Employer, fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. We are committed to treating all persons with dignity and respect. Meijer’s policy is to not discriminate because of any applicant or team member’s race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, religion, age, physical or mental disability, uniformed service or veteran status, or any other lawfully-protected classification. If you have a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of your application, please click here to submit your request. 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