Data Scientist Iii Job in General Mills

General Mills is seeking a Data Scientist to join a new data science team in the Global Business Solutions (shared services organization) that is tasked with collaborating with and enabling existing functional data science and analytics teams. This team also provides data science expertise and services to advance initiatives around demand forecasting, text classification, operational analytics, and machine learning to name just a few. It is also responsible for curating a community of practice to determine the best standards and practices around data science at General Mills.

Develop novel ways to help business partners achieve objectives through analysis & modelling
Think outside the box to identify & test new sources of information that unlock new business value
Recommend business solutions on the allocated project / analytic initiatives / POC
Curate and connect external data sets for broad enterprise-wide analytic usage
Be a storyteller to explain the why & how of your data driven recommendations to cross-functional teams
Engineer features by using your business acumen to bin, aggregate, pivot or encode data for optimal results
Utilize machine learning to create repeatable, dynamic & scalable models
Have passion to advocate and educate on the value and importance of data driven decision making & analytical methods
Identify and develop long-term data science processes, frameworks, tools, and standards
Be a part of the team, collaborate, ask questions, engage and solicit feedback from other Data Scientists
Consultation
Collaborates with technical teams like development and infrastructure.
Able to explore, troubleshoot on niche technologies and provide automation solutions
Experienced in proposing ROI based solutions to business
Leadership
Mentor Capstone project and connects with external institutes/analytic schools
Lead selection of right Jr candidates for the team

Education
Minimum Degree Requirements:Bachelors
Preferred Major Area of StudyComputer Information / Computer Science
Min Preferred Professional CertificationsData Science / Mathematics / Statistics

Experience

Minimum years of related experience required: 3years
Preferred years of experience:5 years

Specific Job Experience or Skills Needed
Experience in basic statistical analysis, modelling, clustering and data mining techniques to identify trends and insights. Understanding / experience of CPG industry is desiable.
Mathematical or statistical background required
Ability to incorporate a variety of data sources in an analysis (HDFS, file, database, JSON, HTML, etc)
Understanding of data warehousing & databases is critical
Number sense, ability to identify questionable data, dig in & address it
Experience with Hadoop, Hive, and/or Spark a plus
Bias for action with ability to deliver outstanding results through task prioritization & time management
Exemplary organizational skills with attention to detail & accuracy
Experience with machine learning
Experience with data visualization tools
Experience writing complex SQL queries