Senior Supply Chain Data Scientist - 12 Month Fixed Term Contract

Key Skills

Aartificial intelligence, Apache Hadoop, C# Programming, Cypher, Data Analysis, Data Mining, Data science techniques, Julia, Machine learning techniques, Python Programming, Scala Programming, SQL, Supply Chain Management

Job Description

Senior Supply Chain Data Scientist - 12 Month Fixed Term Contract

Location: Macclesfield UK

Hybrid Working: 3 days a week in the office

Competitive salary and benefits

Do you have experience in and a passion for project and portfolio management, efficiency, problem-solving, and supply chain? If so, then apply your expertise as Senior Supply Chain Data Scientist in the Data Science Group within the Digital and Analytics Team (DNA)at AstraZeneca and make an impact in a company that follows the science and turns ideas into life-changing medicines?

Be part of crafting the next phase of Operations’ journey towards the 2025 strategy. Build on our foundations of dedication through agility, responsiveness, reliability, and efficiency to deliver our new modalities and complex pipeline to market at speed. Backed by a supportive team, be part of accelerating our operational excellence with innovations in ground breaking science, Lean ways of working, and constantly evolving digital technologies

Big success can come from seeing potential in something small. We empower our people to seek these out, and we support them to pursue the opportunities they find.

Supply Chain Digital & Analytics is charged with ensuring our collaborators have access to the data, insights, and innovations required to deliver against our Supply Chain Digital Strategy. Tasked with supporting a rapidly expanding set of projects and analytical demand, we are seeking a Data Scientist, who can help advance the field within the Supply Chain Organization and deliver meaningful solutions that strive to solve our biggest challenges.

What you will do:

• Deliver sophisticated elements of our Digital Strategy by applying Data Science, including Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML), to Supply Chain and Operations problems. You will help to upskill the broader team and bring awareness to the value Data Science offers our global supply chain.
• Innovator, leading Data Science projects and working with our Supply Chain Customers to solve meaningful challenges, that result in breakthroughs in understanding our business and driving results, impacting Customer Service, Efficiency, Cost, and Sustainability.
• Play a key role in developing solutions which deliver seamless user experience to our customers. Prioritise productivity, simplification, and connectivity Architect the optimal solution by focusing on People, Process, and Technology.
• Play a key role in shaping the future of analytics in the supply chain organization. You will engage with key stakeholders in operations and IT to advance the quality of analysis and data science capabilities.

Qualifications:

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field (e.g., applied mathematics, computer science, physics, economics, engineering, statistics, operations research, quantitative social science, etc.).

Required:

• Minimum of three years experience applying Data Science techniques to Supply Chain or Operations problems
• Minimum of three years experience in advanced statistical modeling, machine learning, data mining, unstructured data analytics incorporate and/or academic research environments
• Strong quantitative and analytical skills with a minimum of three years of hands-on experience with data science tools, including Dataiku or SAS, and three years of developing machine learning methods, including familiarity with techniques in clustering, regression, optimization, recommendation, neural networks, and others.
• Experience working on a team which integrates AI/ML methods into software.
• Ability to break down and understand complex business problems, define a solution, and implement it using advanced quantitative methods.
• Expert in one or more programming languages, such as Python, Java, C#, Julia, Hadoop, Scala, or others.
• Expert in one or more query languages, such as SQL, Cypher, or others.

Why AstraZeneca?

At AstraZeneca we’re dedicated to being a Great Place to Work. Where you are empowered to push the boundaries of science and spark your entrepreneurial spirit. There’s no better place to make a difference to medicine, patients and society. An inclusive culture that champions diversity and collaboration, and always committed to lifelong learning, growth and development. We’re on an exciting journey to pioneer the future of healthcare.