Senior Data Scientist- Demand Forecasting - Careers

Posted Date

02-07-2022

Job ID

23244

Job Function

Marketing

REI City

Seattle

REI State

Washington

REI Location

Seattle HQ

Remote Eligible

Yes

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What's cool about this job

REI is committed to becoming a fully inclusive, antiracist, multicultural organization. To fulfill our brand promise of enabling a life well-lived outside for everyone, we are seeking candidates who demonstrate shared values of diversity, equity, inclusion, and antiracism.

REI’s Enterprise Data Science team is seeking a Senior Operations Researcher with deep experience using Data Science and Optimization approaches to solve complicated optimization problems across the organization such as Demand Forecasting, Transportation/Last-Mile, Network Design, Simulation and Revenue Management to name just a few. This role will analyze REI’s multi-channel supply chain end-to-end, identifying the biggest opportunities developing plans for system-wide optimization of cost, throughput, and customer experience to the benefit of our members and society. This is a unique opportunity to have a major impact on REI’s bottom line and continued success helping people get outside while improving our environmental and social mission!

The ideal candidate is a creative and passionate problem-solver who thinks big, understands the details, acts quickly, and is motivated to develop new approaches to optimizing REI’s business using operations research, machine learning methods, and cutting-edge technology, tools, and platforms. We are looking for someone with strong experience solving difficult supply chain and fulfillment optimization problems in large scale retail or manufacturing environments. You will design systems and forecasting methodologies that will be of significant value to REI’s Supply Chain and Operations Planning. You should have a track record of delivering real improvements in previous roles, and a solid understanding of the downstream consequences that upstream process changes can have.

Responsibilities

Provide strategic thought leadership for the subject of supply chain optimization. Significant influence into strategy and cross-team impacts
Engage broadly with the business and operational leaders to frame, structure, and prioritize optimization across our multi-channel retail supply chain
Perform large-scale statistical research, analysis, Data Science, and modeling across various phases of the Supply Chain -- from demand forecasting, allocation, and capacity planning.
Design and deliver optimization algorithms and science-driven data products, working with colleagues to develop and deploy software as is feasible and solves critical business problems
Contribute to the design and development of automated ML systems
Work within a close-knit team of Supply Chain Data Scientists and analysts providing mentorship, subject area expertise, learning and inspiration to the group
Build sophisticated simulations that will enable business leaders to make trade-off decisions given the constraints

Bring your passion and expertise

Qualifications

MS or PhD. in Operations Research, Industrial Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, Economics
5+ years’ experience implementing large scale end-to-end supply chain optimization programs
Experience working with raw and prepared data sources in a variety of RDBMS systems (oracle, TeraData, Redshift etc) and NoSQL environments such as Hadoop, Spark, Athena
Fluency with simulations, statistical and machine learning algorithms such as decision trees, neural networks, collaborative filtering, clustering, survival analysis, graph theory, etc.
Knowledge of and experience working within cloud computing environments such as AWS, Azure, GCP
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Ability to successfully communicate ideas and sell strategic plans to senior executives while influencing adoption and successful implementation

Resources Available to You

You will have access to scalable cloud computing and data management tools
You will be working with a team of talented and creative OR Scientists, ML/AI Data Scientists and Advanced Analysts, Test Optimization Analysts and Data Engineers
Dedicated resources on our Data Services team to acquire, plumb and optimize data sources both existing and new
The support of senior leadership for implementing major supply chain optimizations
Immediate group managers who are focused on supporting your success

REI hires, trains, and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law. We remain deeply committed to making the Co-op a place where everyone can feel safe and be themselves. Join us.

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As required by applicable Pay Transparency laws, REI provides a range of minimum compensation for roles that may be hired in locations under these requirements. Factors that may be used to determine your actual salary may include a wide array of factors, including: your specific skills and experience, geographic location or other relevant factors. The salary range for this position may be lower or higher in different markets.

The pay for this role is: $95,000 to $200,000 per year

At REI we offer an enviable work environment that Fortune Magazine has recognized on the "100 Best Places to Work" list since the award's inception – 23 years in a row! Sure, we work hard, but it’s balanced with time off to play—a strategy that works for us as we continue to grow and thrive. Want to enjoy a workplace where you can be yourself, be heard and be respected while having a job that challenges you? This is the place.

With more than 160 retail locations (and growing), REI offers unique competitive benefits to its more than 15,000 employees, including healthcare, gear and apparel discounts, free equipment rentals and challenge grants to help employees reach personal outdoor goals, generous retirement plan contributions, public transit subsidy, adoptions assistance, paid sabbaticals, and more.

REI is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Posting Range

$95,000 to $200,000 per year