About this role
Junior Data Scientist - Supply Chain Advanced Analytics AI/ML The Tech Data & AI function includes an Advanced Analytics SCM team, which works hand in hand with the Supply Chain organization on strategically relevant use cases that have the potential to deliver substantial value and redefine the way that the Supply Chain business function operates. The SCM Advanced Analytics team builds data science products to make supply chain faster, more efficient, and responsive through seamless demand & supply planning, optimized logistics and distribution, customized replenishment, and automated workforce and production planning. The Assistant Data Scientist is a hands-on role within the SCM Advanced Analytics team, supporting use cases related to Global & Market - Distribution and Outbound excellence. Working under the guidance of a Data Scientist or Senior Data Scientist, the role contributes to the data preparation, analysis, modelling, and testing that sit behind our data science products - and builds, over time, the technical depth and business understanding needed to take ownership of a use case. Key Responsibilities Hands-on analytical delivery (under guidance) - Perform data extraction, cleaning, profiling, and exploratory analysis in support of active use cases - Build and test analytical components - features, model candidates, calculation logic, validation scripts - against requirements agreed with the responsible Data Scientist - Write clear, readable Python and SQL, following team standards on version control, code review, and documentation from day one - Investigate data quality issues, trace them back to source systems, and propose fixes - Prepare validation outputs, back-tests, and comparison analyses that show whether a solution performs as intended - Support solutions running in production: run scheduled checks, flag anomalies, and help reproduce and root-cause issues - Produce analysis outputs - notebooks, charts, summ...