DATA SCIENTIST (MUST HAVE A BACHELORÃ¢Â€Â™S DEGREE IN ENGINEERING, MATHEMATICS/STATISTICS, COMPUTER SCIENCE OR SIMILAR) -- (AA/EE) CAPE TOWN

Recruiter:

MH Solutions

Job Ref:

CT001631/MH

Date posted:

Thursday, June 3, 2021

Location:

Capetown, South Africa

SUMMARY:
DATA SCIENTIST

POSITION INFO:

Key Responsibilities will include:

Identify opportunities where data science methods will significantly improve performance in areas such as forecasting, promotions planning, scenario modelling, pricing, replenishment, and assortment planning, amongst others.
Plan, prioritise and manage a roadmap of work that maximises value-add with limited time
Develop solutions according to the roadmap using appropriate methods, depending on the problem
Measure, report and continuously improve model performance
Work closely with the Analytics team to brainstorm, identify opportunities and guide the roadmap
Work closely with the BI team to produce consolidated, transformed data sets, where appropriate
Work closely with the Software Engineering and Machine Learning teams to deploy and maintain relevant models in production environment, ensuring Engineering best practices are adhered to

Qualifications and experience:

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Mathematics/Statistics, Computer Science or Similar
Master’s degree in Data Science, Advanced Analytics or similar highly beneficial
3-6 years’ experience in Data Science or Analytics role
Exposure to Software Engineering is essential
Experience deploying models into production environments is beneficial
Experience in retail industry is beneficial
Strong business acumen
Proficient with advanced methods for regression, optimisation, classification, and unsupervised learning problems
Proficient at modelling algorithms in either R or Python
Proficient at gathering and wrangling big data sets from various sources including SQL, databases, cloud services, APIs, Excel/Google Sheets
Good communication skills with the ability to present complex information in a clear and concise manner to a variety of audiences

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