Senior Data Scientist at kreate
United States
$160k - $170k
<div><body><p style='font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;'><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">The Senior Data Scientist owns the analytical methods and models that support critical business decisions across demand, inventory, production capacity, scheduling, and core business metrics. The role combines advanced analytics, forecasting, optimization, experimentation, and data governance to help the business make informed decisions across multiple plants and functions. The Senior Data Scientist leads and mentors a Data Scientist, establishes standards for analytical methods and communication, and serves as a trusted resource for resolving discrepancies between reports and determining the appropriate source of truth. This position also partners with engineering, finance, corporate development, and business leadership to develop production-ready analytical tools and models.</span></p><p style='font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;'><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p style='font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;'><b><strong style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Essential Functions and Responsibilities</strong></b></p><ul style='font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;margin:8px 0px;line-height:1.6;padding:0px 0px 0px 32px;list-style-type:disc;'><li style="font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Own the production planning model, including demand forecasting, safety stock and inventory targets, and forward production plans across plants.</span></li><li style="font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Build capacity and scheduling optimization models, including press and mold assignment, site balancing, and utilization targets while accounting for real-world constraints such as tool availability.</span></li><li style="font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Own metric governance and establish consistent definitions for key business metrics, including labor as a percentage of production sales value, OEE, and net sales.</span></li><li style="font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Reconcile metric definitions and calculations across the lake house, Power BI, and business applications to establish a consistent source of truth.</span></li><li style="font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Design, execute, and analyze experiments with retail partners, including price and assortment tests.</span></li><li style="font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Partner with engineering to build LLM-assisted analytics tools, such as natural-language question-and-answer capabilities over the data warehouse, with appropriate evaluation methods, accuracy standards, and guardrails.</span></li><li style="font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Support finance and corporate development with analytical modeling for acquisitions, capital projects, facility decisions, and other strategic initiatives.</span></li><li style="font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Lead and mentor the Data Scientist, providing guidance on analytical approaches, technical development, and communication.</span></li><li style="font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Establish and maintain review standards for analytical code, methodologies, documentation, and business communication.</span></li><li style="font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Present analytical findings, models, and recommendations to executive leadership and clearly explain and defend the underlying methodology and assumptions.</span></li><li style="font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Collaborate across data, engineering, operations, finance, and commercial teams to translate complex business problems into practical analytical solutions.</span></li></ul><p style='font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;'><b><strong style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Qualifications</strong></b></p><p style='font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;'><b><strong style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Required Qualifications</strong></b></p><ul style='font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;margin:8px 0px;line-height:1.6;padding:0px 0px 0px 32px;list-style-type:disc;'><li style="font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">5+ years of experience in data science, operations research, advanced analytics, or a related field, ideally within manufacturing, supply chain, consumer packaged goods (CPG), or a similar environment.</span></li><li style="font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Demonstrated experience applying forecasting and inventory methods in production environments, including intermittent and hierarchical demand forecasting and service-level-based safety stock.</span></li><li style="font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Experience with optimization techniques such as linear programming (LP) or mixed-integer programming (MIP), using tools such as OR-Tools, PuLP, Pyomo, or similar platforms, or demonstrated experience developing practical scheduling heuristics.</span></li><li style="font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Expert-level SQL and Python skills, with experience developing production-quality code maintained in Git.</span></li><li style="font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Demonstrated ability to investigate and reconcile conflicting metrics or reports and establish a consistent definition or source of truth across teams.</span></li><li style="font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Strong analytical judgment and the ability to evaluate assumptions, methodologies, and limitations.</span></li><li style="font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Excellent communication skills, including the ability to present complex analytical concepts to executive leadership and confidently explain and defend analytical methods under questioning.</span></li><li style="font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Demonstrated leadership or mentoring experience, with the ability to establish standards and develop less-experienced data science professionals.</span></li></ul><p style='font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;'><b><strong style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Preferred Qualifications</strong></b></p><ul style='font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;margin:8px 0px;line-height:1.6;padding:0px 0px 0px 32px;list-style-type:disc;'><li style="font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Experience with injection molding, plastics manufacturing, or multi-plant Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP).</span></li><li style="font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Experience with Microsoft Fabric and Power BI semantic models.</span></li><li style="font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Experience using LLM APIs, including Anthropic or Open AI, in production analytics tools or applications.</span></li><li style="font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Experience formally managing or mentoring analysts or data scientists.</span></li></ul><p style='font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;'><b><strong style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Company Details:</strong></b></p><ul style='font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;margin:8px 0px;line-height:1.6;padding:0px 0px 0px 32px;list-style-type:disc;'><li style="font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Location: Remote</span></li><li style="font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">This position will report to the VP of AI & Analytics</span><br><br><br></li></ul><p style='font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;'><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Kreate is an equal opportunity employer. The Statements used herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by an employee in this position and are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of responsibilities, duties and skills required. Furthermore, they do not establish a contract for employment and are subject to change at the discretion of the Company.</span></p><p style='font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;'><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;"> </span></p></body></div>
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