Woolworths

• Permanent role, Hybrid Working (Surry Hills office location)
• Use your data science skills to solve complex problems within Woolworths eCommerce business
• Experiment with new ideas, taking a test and learn approach to your work

We strive to create better experiences together for a better tomorrow for our customers and team, bringing the best of Woolworths Group and Quantium together to make data driven decisions. Through this partnership, we've created a new business called wiq to reimagine retail by solving the most complex problems using data and analytics.

What you’ll do

This role is part of the broader wiq team and will be embedded in the Woolworths eCommerce domain supporting our 'Future Networks' team - driving how we evolve to support our customers in new ways over the coming decades.

This role will leverage demand data, understand our operations, and pair the two to drive smart solutions for how we operate in this group. Reporting to the Data Science Manager and working closely with the senior members in the team, you will be responsible for autonomously building products focused around optimisation and/or forecasting.

• Understand how the business works, the considerations of customer, warehousing, replenishment, and how to achieve an effective balance driving operational savings and explore new demand opportunities.
• Generate meaningful and valuable solutioning in collaboration with other data scientists and the business for sustainable automation while comfortably developing and maintaining in a production code setting - always looking toward reproducibility and quality.
• Work pragmatically to drive a strategic view while continuously delivering value along a roadmap to better support our operations teams' needs.

What you’ll bring

We are looking for an experienced Data Scientist, who can bring a test and learn mindset, with an ability to think clearly about the underlying business problems and to consultatively recommend data-driven approaches to solving them.

• Background in Statistics or experience in experimental design and research methodologies with a knowledge of hypothesis testing and associated statistical techniques.
• Proven experience in hands-on data science work (developing models, feature engineering)
• High level of proficiency with Python and SQL (advanced level) through to production, with strong CI/CD principles
• Demonstrable experience working with cloud platforms and associated native tools: e.g. Google Cloud Platform
• The ability to interact and influence with a wide variety of stakeholders internally and externally
• Experience with optimisation (Operations Research) and/or time series forecasting
• Confidence presenting accurate results to senior leaders and driving change

What you’ll experience

Our Team Members are at the heart of everything we do and we’re always looking for ways to support your career journey and reward great work:

• Develop your career in an organisation that gives you the time and space to think creatively and strategically
• Feel supported and empowered by your leaders
• A truly unique opportunity to be involved in driving tangible results of data science instead of PoCs
• A global business with endless career possibilities around every corner and across every discipline – with valuable exposure to a vast and exciting business network.
• Team discounts across our range of Woolworths Group brands you know and love and a robust rewards program that celebrates and incentivises purpose-driven work

Endless possibilities with Woolworths Group

We’re a proud part of the Woolworths Group – 200,000+ bright minds, passionate hearts and unique perspectives working together connected by a shared Purpose – ‘to create better experiences together for a better tomorrow.’ 

Here you’ll be supported and empowered to explore new ideas, make brave commitments and innovate better ways to meet the food and everyday needs of more than 24 million customers every week. Backed by a culture of genuine care, a flexible approach to work and the support to grow your career and make a meaningful impact, the possibilities for what we can achieve together are endless.

Everyone belongs at Woolworths Group

Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging are key to realising our purpose of better together for a better tomorrow. We recognise the value our team’s diversity brings to our business, customers, and communities and that teams with diverse experiences and backgrounds enrich our group and are better able to innovate and solve problems. As one of the largest employers in Australia and New Zealand, we aim to create a truly inclusive workplace where everyone feels that they belong, can be their best selves, and reach their full potential.

We encourage all candidates to apply; please let us know in your application if we can support you with any adjustments in the hiring process.