Krispy Kreme · 1 day ago
Sr. Data Scientist
Charlotte, NC
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
5+ years expKrispy Kreme is looking for a Senior Data Scientist to join their Demand Planning team and help modernize their supply chain planning capabilities. The role involves developing and operationalizing demand models to enhance forecasting capabilities and support accurate predictions within the enterprise ecosystem.
HospitalityFood and BeverageFood ProcessingSnack Food
Hiring Manager
Jordan Gray Chunn
Responsibilities
Own and enhance the forecasting models developed in Lyric, including time-series, hierarchical, and ML approaches
Retrain, tune, and monitor predictions across our Fresh Delivery and Retail business and future product categories, ensuring scalability and reliability
Design and implement scalable data processing pipelines between Krispy Kreme systems and Lyric (Snowflake, Oracle DP Cloud, POS, etc.)
Build data validation frameworks to ensure clean, trustworthy inputs for production forecasting
Support initial implementation, rollout, and future enhancement of the demand planning system
Partner with Lyric’s product and engineering teams to continuously improve platform capabilities based on Krispy Kreme requirements
Serve as a technical and analytical bridge between Krispy Kreme operations, planning teams, IT, and Lyric’s data science group
Communicate complex model behaviors and results to non-technical audiences—including supply chain leaders, planners, and operational teams
Identify opportunities to enhance forecast accuracy, reduce returns, and improve finishing position performance
Introduce new ML methodologies, optimization, heuristics, or automated decision-support tools
Qualification
Required
5+ years in Data Science, Applied ML, or solutions architecture
Bachelor's degree in data science, Statistics, Computer Science or related field required
Experience working with supply chain datasets—preferably in perishable, retail, food, or high-frequency replenishment environments
Hands-on experience building and maintaining production ML systems (time-series or causal models required)
Experience with data engineering tools (SQL, dbt, Airflow, Spark, Snowflake, etc.)
Experience collaborating with IT, operations, and planning teams on data pipelines and system integrations
Experience and familiarity with ETL tools
Strong data processing or data engineering exposure
Curiosity to problem solving and mindset and adaptability
Strong technical proficiency in Python, SQL, and ML frameworks (Prophet, XGBoost, PyTorch, statsmodels, etc.)
Ability to translate complex analytics into actionable business recommendations
Excellent communication, collaboration, and stakeholder-management skills
Problem-solving mindset with strong business intuition
Ability to work in fast-paced, cross-functional environments with evolving priorities
Preferred
Master's degree in data science, Statistics, Computer science or related field preferred
Experience in DSD/merchandising networks and short shelf-life products strongly preferred
Exposure to optimization (linear programming, heuristics, routing, or inventory optimization)
Prior experience with ML Ops, CI/CD for model deployment, or cloud-native DS tools
Exposure to demand and supply planning and logistics analytics
Benefits
Comprehensive benefits (medical, vision, and dental insurance)
Employee discount program
401K plan
Generous PTO Plan
Company events
Education Reimbursement
Adoption Assistance
Life Insurance
FSA/HSA Plans
Pet Insurance
Company
Krispy Kreme
Krispy Kreme is a global retailer of premium-quality sweet treats and is famous for its original glazed doughnut. It is a sub-organization of JAB Holding Company.
5001-10000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1B2023-03-23Post Ipo Debt· $1B
2016-05-09Acquired
2001-05-17IPO
Leadership Team
Josh Charlesworth
President and CEO
Recent News
2026-02-05
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