FedEx · 8 hours ago
Data Scientist Advisor
Collierville, TN
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
$8,452.14/mo - $14,368.63/mo
7+ years expFedEx is a leading logistics and delivery services company, and they are seeking a Data Scientist Advisor to provide expert leadership in enterprise analytics and statistical modeling. The role involves guiding lower-level data scientists, designing experiments, and implementing solutions to drive business results.
E-CommerceLogisticsShippingSupply Chain Management
Responsibilities
Performs both qualitative analysis (e.g., content analysis, phenomenology, hypothesis testing, network analysis, sentiment analysis, and classification) and quantitative analysis (e.g., clustering regression, pattern recognition, descriptive and inferential statistics) on large data sets to understand trends and relationships between variables to gain predictive insights and drive business results
Designs and implements experiments to answer targeted questions, solve known issues and suggest/influence the direction of the business by effectively communicating with business partners and functional leaders to understand and prioritize key business challenges
Guides others in the collection of new data, refinement strategy, researches, tests, recommends, and implements improvements in the tools and techniques used by FedEx to manage and access data and information
Prioritizes problems so that the team works on the most valuable cases; leads investigations into multiple streams of data to solve complex business problems
Designs and implements reporting dashboards that track and visually communicate key business metrics and provide actionable insights
Identifies internal and external information sources, builds strong working relationships with subject matter experts and leadership within FedEx and the external marketplace
Act as primary author of whitepapers and will present various industry topics as it relates to Data Science at conferences
Collaborates with IT departments and communicates changes in industry trends and techniques to ensure the team is current with tools, knowledge and methods
Perform other duties as assigned
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in a quantitative discipline required
Seven (7) years experience required in solving analytics problems through the application of data science techniques or work experience in measurement and analysis, quantitative business problem solving, solutions implementation, operations analysis, marketing analysis, simulation development and/or predictive analytics
Experience should include using most of the following: Machine Learning Frameworks: SKLearn, XGBoost, TensorFlow, PyTorch, MLlib, and other core ML frameworks
Programming Languages: Python, Scala, R, C++, Java, and other modern languages
Data Tools and Frameworks: MLFlow, Databricks, Spark, Kafka, Hive, Hadoop, and others
Cloud Environments: Azure, AWS, etc
SQL (Structured Query Language)
ETL (Extract-Transform-Load) concepts, query performance tuning and testing
Visualization tools such as Tableau, Spotfire, and Power BI
Demonstrated superior analytical skills with diverse analytics, data types and statistical software and applications
Outstanding interpersonal skills, written, and oral communication skill
Proven leadership skills
Ability to design mathematical algorithms that employ predictive and machine learning models
Ability to understand how new tools/methodology can be implemented to solve business problems
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common technical journals, reports, and related documents
Ability to effectively present information to management, end users, co-workers, or vendors
Ability to perform complex tasks with limited direction
Proficient with MS office applications
Preferred
This position will be hybrid in Collierville TN and candidates must live within a 50 mile radius
Company
FedEx
FedEx provides customers and businesses worldwide with a broad portfolio of transportation, e-commerce, and business services.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$3.5BKey Investors
JP Morgan Chase
2024-03-15Post Ipo Debt· $3.5B
1998-01-20Post Ipo Equity
1995-01-01Post Ipo Equity
Leadership Team
Rajesh Subramaniam
President, CEO, and member of the Board of Directors
John W. Dietrich
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
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