Data Scientist at Gilbarco

The Data & Decision Science (DDS) Data Scientist will be responsible for utilising their analytical, statistical and programming skills and experience to collect, clean, analyse, interpret large and/or unstructured data sets and present that in a data solution protocol or visualisation.

The Data & Decision Science (DDS) Data Scientist will operate on a Data continuum from Data Analysis to the most advanced concepts of AI, neural networks, Machine learning and other genres of advanced data solutions

The Data & Decision Science (DDS) Data Scientist will also be required to analyse client business practices and goals or problems and make suggestions for improvements based on quantitative results and statistically sound outcomes.

In addition, this individual must constantly strive for continuous improvement in the way we service our customers through information and the way we lead through Data & Decision Science.

DDS is seen as a strategic function and as such the individual must also understand the strategic direction that the company wants to progress in and must be able to facilitate the delivery of this strategic intent through supporting the business with Data & Decision Science that drive Gilbarco AFS’ position as the market leader in this field. The individual will be an excellent team player and will ensure success is met through empowering themselves and team members to deliver on the objectives.

The individual will also be responsible for assisting and supporting the other DDS Managers and ultimately the Group DDS Executive in deploying operational or other strategies in order to monetise data and information by finding ways to leverage existing enterprise data and information in Gilbarco AFS' products and services. Additionally, the individual will be required to contribute strategically in order to fully leverage our data assets as a revenue stream within Gilbarco AFS. This information service is especially lucrative in the B2B market segment - selling analytics, business intelligence, insights, AI and ML applications as well as reactive and predictive data metrics as a service to partners.

The intricacies of this role require broad knowledge beyond just technical know-how – and the individual will be required to demonstrate excellent knowledge, conceptualisation & understanding of Analytics & Data Science and how it applies to the business’ we service, how it can be used to solve customer problems, and how the technical aspects and outcomes of data science can be easily explained in a business-friendly language or graphic.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Establish and maintain a Data Science capability
• Use analytical, statistical, and programming skills to collect, analyse & interpret large and/or unstructured data sets
• Deliver Data outcomes from analysis, to Business Intelligence/ Insights, to Predictive to Advanced ML and AI outcomes
• The ability to articulate technical and/or other required information to relevant clients
• Collaborate with clients to ensure comprehensive and accurate understanding of their requirement or business problems/scenarios and devise effective resolutions through innovative data solutions or data / statistical methodologies
• Publish findings and recommendations to client where the outcome remains relevant to the client
• Influence and direct conversations with client through storyboard telling or other quantitative mechanisms
• Navigate known-unknowns as well as unknown-unknowns in a data trend/relationship
• Ensure Quality Assurance processes and checks are in place for all work outputs
• Establish and maintain DDS performance management through the implementation of FBS and management and governance of procedures, deliverables, objectives, metrics and KPI’s.
• Adhere to good governance, risk and compliance within the DDS management function and within the broader Gilbarco AFS governance standards
• Contribute to strategies in order to improve on the DDS data preparation and warehousing (sourcing, acquisition, management, preparation & integration) capabilities.
• Manage, build and/or improve on the DDS reporting, analytics and data exploration capabilities.
• Partake in Bi-annual performance appraisals. Discuss development plans with manager and structure work in such a way that it enables for business continuity within the team by removing key person dependencies and fosters a culture of cross-skilling across various client portfolios Gilbarco AFS Supports

POSITION RELATIONSHIPS

Internal

External

• Reports to the DDS Manager.
• Is part of the DDS team and will be required to interact successfully at Senior/Middle management level engagements internally and externally.
• Develops solid internal service delivery relationships with each business unit leader.
• Develops a highly motivated, competent and performance-oriented mindset.

• Managerial level customer engagements.
• Operational management customer engagements and presentations.
• Develops industry relationships and becomes a thought Data Science leader in this space.

MEASURES OF PERFORMANCE (INDICATORS)

Quality

• 98% OTD of Data Requests per customer
• 98% Quality Target met for customer outputs
• 98% OTD of Data & Decision Science projects and solutions
• 95% OTD of internal statistics

Best Team Wins

• Increase engagement of reporting team by 5%
• Increase performance enablement of reporting team by 5%

HSSE

• HSSE NM/PI targets met
• HSSE Audit targets met

PERSONAL QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

Required

Preferred

Education/achievements

• A degree in mathematics/statistic or actuarial science related field is required

• A degree in computer science

Experience/Knowledge

• A minimum of 5 years of progressive responsible experience in a directly related area, during which technical, logical and statistical rapport has been established as a Data Science professional.
• Extensive experience in the Data & Decision Science/Business Intelligence/ Analytics/AI and ML space as Data Science Professional (preferably in the Insurance, financial or consulting arena).
• Demonstrated Experience in Influencing and directing conversations with client through storyboard telling or other quantitative mechanisms
• Experience in Navigating known-unknowns as well as unknown-unknowns in a data trend/relationship

Technical skills:

• Extensive expertise in Microsoft data management technologies coupled with extensive expertise in data modelling, both logical and physical (Technologies: SSIS, SSRS, SSAS, Power BI)
• Extensive experience in multidimensional data modelling, such as star schemas, snowflakes, de-normalized models, handling “slow-changing” dimensions/attributes.
• Extensive Experience in large and unstructured data sets
• Extensive Experience in Cloud technologies
• Experience and understanding of a wide variety of analytical processes (governance, measurement, etc.).
• Experience with relational - SQL - and multidimensional - MDX - query languages
• Extensive experience with Statistical Coding languages such as Python or R
• Extensive experience in other software coding languages
• A deep understanding of Mathematics & Statistics and their application in relation to Data Science
• Extensive experience in Machine Learning concepts and predictive algorithms and their application
• Extensive experience in Advanced Machine learning concepts (validation strategies and feature engineering)
• Experience in the application of Deep Learning concepts
• Experience in designing and Building Deep learning architectures (e.g. Convolutional Neural Networks, Recurrent Neural Networks, etc)
• Knowledge of Computer Vision concept
• Knowledge of Computer Vision application as it pertains to real life scenarios
• Knowledge of Natural Language Processing
• A solid understanding of data security and privacy technologies
• A solid understanding of key Data solutions and Decision Science trends.

Specific Skills

• High level of computer literacy, MS Excel, Web technologies (Master), Data technologies (Master), Statistical Programming Languages (Master), Statistical methodologies (Master), General Software Development Languages (Master)
• Ability to operate in ambiguity and within the context of poor requirement definitions by clients and can elicit the correct requirement from clients or understand the business problem and context
• Ability to easily conceptualise complex models or business subjects and then articulate it efficiently and effectively to others
• Robust and effective solution architecture or solution design
• Ability to act as a sound board to peer ideas and solution architecture initiatives and be a contributing member of the MANCO you are part of. Conversely, can accept critical review from MANCO peers to ideas presented to them
• Ability to easily identify current solution trends in the data, insights, analytics, AI and ML space and integrate that back to DDS product offerings. Furthermore, can identify gaps in product offering and advise on new products/technologies that will enable DDS to lead the business in the aforementioned and other data driven protocols
• Adaptable to clients changing needs and requirements
• Demonstrated ability to clearly understand and buy in into the company's business strategy.
• Extensive experience interacting with C-level executives and/ or Senior and Middle Management.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent presentation skills
• Experience managing large, multi-location, complex DDS type projects and teams.
• Experience in building and supporting BI/analytics/big data/AI/ML business cases
• Proven ability to complete projects and achieve results in an ambiguous work environment.
• Proven ability to build and motivate a team to achieve well against communicated expectations.
• Proven skills to work effectively across internal functional areas in ambiguous or challenging situations.

ROLE SPECIFIC COMPETENCIES & BEHAVIOURS

• High level of problem-solving ability
• High aptitude in numeric, verbal and statistical reasoning
• Ability to operate in ambiguity
• High degree of articulation
• Determined and Focused
• High level of accountability and pride in outputs delivered
• See things through to completion

ROLE SPECIFIC COMPETENCIES & BEHAVIOURS

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