Data Scientist

Our Data & Analytics team creates value for Morrisons by making sure we have the right data in the right place, providing access to data and insight through reporting tools and providing the capability to answer strategic questions using analytics and Data Science. As part of a fast paced retail environment, our data scientists work closely with both our wider data and analytics team and cross functionally across the organisation to help solve business problems, improve our performance and create value from our data.

The role will have the following accountabilities:

Champion data literacy across the organisation
Embody a “quick turn around” culture for any small requests that add value and enable data products to be shipped within one working days effort
Demonstrate a culture that enables value driven data product creation
Demonstrate a lean working culture where all efforts minimise waste, maximise efficiency and contribute to an improvement in EBITDA
Contribute towards the development of a 1-2 year data product roadmap ensuring all work is strategically aligned to our core priorities and any work passed to our development partners is clearly defined and linked to the business process.

Skills and Experience

As a Technology Specialist: Data Science, you will have experience of:

Solving business problems through data
Storytelling and the ability to bring data to life
Championing data literacy
Challenging the status quo & being inquisitive
Gathering, challenging and refining stakeholder requirements
Agile and Waterfall delivery methodologies

Key Skills

Deep understanding of predictive modeling, machine-learning, clustering and classification techniques, and algorithms
Excellent SQL skills and the ability to extract data from data marts in an accurate and efficient manner
Experience of programming - preferably in Python or R - but any kind of programming experience e.g. Javascript, VBA, Java is acceptable
Creating data visualisations and possessing an understanding of how to display data in an effective and engaging way and tell stories with the data
The ability to mentor other members of the team - in particular technical concepts such as programming, whilst also being eager and enthusiastic about learning new skills from more experienced members of the team

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in quantative field (Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Engineering, etc.)
At least 2 - 3 years' of experience in quantitative analytics or data modeling

Some of the benefits you can expect as follows;

15% colleague discount in our stores and online, plus an additional 10% card for a friend or family member
Annual bonus scheme
Generous holiday entitlement
Four and a half day working week with flexible working hours
Company pension contributions
Private healthcare cover
Perks with over 850 retailers
Free parking onsite