Meijer · 11 hours ago
Associate Mgr, Data Science and Advanced Analytics
Grand Rapids, MI
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
6+ years expMeijer is a family company focused on serving people and communities. The Advanced Analytics Associate Manager is a leadership role responsible for developing a high functioning team and delivering advanced analytical support to enhance decision quality and drive business value.
Food ProcessingHealth CarePharmaceuticalRetail
Responsibilities
Deliver material impact to the organization’s performance though: providing advanced analytical support for Meijer leadership teams; identifying and championing analytics-based business opportunities; developing analytic approaches & reports that improve the efficiency and impact of the Meijer organization
Lead the development and implementation of advanced analytics & data science including customer segmentation, optimization, predictive analytics, prescriptive analytics, and machine learning algorithms & recommendations to solve business problems
Manage a team of high performing Data Scientists & Advanced Analysts working within an Agile framework
Lead talent development, including active coaching to support team member’s technical and functional skills and career growth
Develop and maintain an analytics roadmap that supports business objectives
Manage relationships with business partners and external vendors
Assess project viability and recommend strategies and tactics to satisfy customer needs. Manage the execution and delivery of projects
Provide direction to project teams and integrate activities with other Analytics & IT functions to ensure successful implementation and support of project efforts
Facilitate the removal of agile train blockers and impediments
Ensure that application systems are developed in a way that complies with security and architectural standards and established methodologies
Monitor, communicate and report to Analytics, IT and user/customer management on the status of multiple, concurrent project efforts
Responsible for identifying and hiring top talent
This job profile is not meant to be all inclusive of the responsibilities of this position; may perform other duties as assigned or required
Qualification
Required
Advanced Degree (MA/MS, PhD) in Mathematics, Statistics, Data Science, Economics, or related quantitative field
6+ years of relevant advanced analytics & data science experience in an applied role – preferable w/in retail, logistics, supply chain or CPG
Advanced and hands-on experience using: Python, Databricks, Azure ML, Azure Cognitive Service, SAS, R, SQL, PySpark, Numpy, Pandas, Scikit Learn, TensorFlow, PyTorch, AutoTS, Prophet, NLTK
Experience with Azure Cloud technologies including Azure DevOps, Azure Synapse, MLOps, GitHub
Solid experience working with large datasets and developing ML/AI systems such as: natural language processing, speech/text/image recognition, supervised and unsupervised learning models, forecasting and/or econometric time series models
Demonstrated leadership skills and possessing a track record of managing technical staff (cross-functional experience highly desirable)
Familiarity managing budgets and understanding impact of financial decisions to P&L
Preferred
Demonstrated ability to build and develop teams
Demonstrated strong abilities in relationship management
Exposure to a wide variety of project management methodologies and frameworks with a deep understanding of agile development methodologies
Have successfully developed and implemented analytic applications in new computing architecture environments using new and emerging technologies
Demonstrated ability to manage multidiscipline, high-performance work teams and development groups
Demonstrated competency in the execution of multiple projects, including managing resources across multiple projects to meet goals
Developed efficient and effective solutions to diverse and complex business problems
Ability to work effectively under tight deadlines
Benefits
Weekly pay
Scheduling flexibility
Paid parental leave
Paid education assistance
Team member discount
Development programs for advancement and career growth
Company
Meijer
Meijer is a shopping website for grocery, health, and beauty care.
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
Meijer has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (59)
2024 (45)
2023 (41)
2022 (33)
2021 (29)
2020 (36)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$27M2016-08-04Series Unknown· $7.8M
2015-09-15Series Unknown· $7.2M
2014-10-24Series Unknown· $12M
Leadership Team
Christine (Tina) Dekker
SVP, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary & Chief Compliance Officer
Alondra Munoz
Human Resources Business Partner
Recent News
2026-01-19
2025-11-10
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