Junior Data Scientist, Global Sourcing

Company Description

The Wonderful Company is committed to offering high-quality, healthy, and iconic brands such as Wonderful Pistachios, Wonderful Halos, FIJI Water, and POM Wonderful. We’re looking to make the world a healthier place through an uncompromising commitment to the well-being of our employees and their families. We foster a collaborative workforce that encourages an entrepreneurial spirit and openness to change.

Our Global Sourcing Analytics team is expanding with a new Junior Data Scientist position! This role will be vital in our team’s efforts to identify project opportunities, support cross-team collaboration, and increase the collective impact of Wonderful’s procurement teams. This is a great opportunity to develop your skills under the guidance of our Senior Data Scientist.

You will apply your analytical acumen to projects addressing immediate needs and building long-term capabilities for the team. The short-term projects are more classic “business analyses” that answer specific questions with insights synthesized from multiple sources. Our data science projects are different -- they span months and require a strategic and process-oriented mindset and much deeper technical knowledge. Reporting projects bridge these extremes and they require a deep understanding of the stakeholders’ needs and the intricacies of our systems/data. To succeed, you will need robust analytical capabilities, strong problem-solving skills, and a collaborative mindset. To thrive, you must be creative and curious, with an unwavering appetite to learn, improve, and make an impact. 

The Junior Data Scientist will be based at our West Los Angeles, CA office. We work a hybrid schedule with an in-office requirement Monday-Wednesday and the option to work remotely on Thursday and Friday.

Job Description

• Analyze spend data to identify trends and opportunities across all The Wonderful Company's business units
• Synthesize findings and share compelling opportunities with business unit teams
• Plan and execute analytical projects while managing multiple ongoing and ad hoc initiatives
• Lead data-related problem-solving efforts and prioritize / drive efforts to clean, validate, and prepare data for analysis and modeling
• Identify opportunities for improvement and support continuous refinement of our machine learning classification workflow
• Design, build, and maintain dashboards and reports to support ongoing opportunity identification and spend category management
• Develop and implement KPIs and other metrics for monitoring supplier performance, identifying project opportunities, and ensuring contract compliance
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, fostering communication and building strong relationships
• Develop a strong understanding of available data sources and how to manipulate and integrate them to generate valuable insights
• Identify opportunities to improve underlying data quality in collaboration with IT and business unit teams
• Become familiar with capabilities and best practices for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, including Oracle Data Science and Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse

Qualifications

• BA/BS in an analytical field (e.g., Statistics, Mathematics, Economics, Business)
• Minimum 1-2 years of experience in an analytical business function required
  • Experience within the food and beverage or consumer-packaged goods industry a plus
• Experience working with large, complex datasets
• Comfort using Python or R languages
• Basic knowledge of data visualization tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau)
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office (especially Excel and PowerPoint)
• Familiarity with DAX, Power Query, and/or SQL a plus
• Experience with text analysis, textual data, and/or language models a plus
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong organizational skills and exceptional attention to detail
• Ability to manage multiple projects and competing priorities
• Well-developed critical thinking abilities
• Comfort navigating uncertainty and solving problems by identifying creative solutions and acquiring new skills
• Desire to learn about the company and build relationships across the enterprise

Pay Range: $70,000 -  $77,000 and may include a discretionary bonus. Final compensation will be dependent upon skills & experience.

Additional Information

• Thriving Wellness Community: Access to top-notch medical coverage comprehensive vision and dental plans, and a 401k with match eligibility to secure your financial future and including: 
  • 24/7 online physician consultations 
  • virtual mental health resources 
  • life coaching 
  • engaging employee community groups 
  • cash rewards for h