Supply Chain - Data Scientist, GCP-Senior Manager

Line of Service

Advisory

Industry/Sector

Not Applicable

Specialism

Data Analytics & AI

Management Level

Senior Manager

Job Description & Summary

At PwC our people in data and analytics focus on leveraging data to drive insights and make informed business decisions. They utilise advanced analytics techniques to help clients optimise their operations and achieve their strategic goals.

In data analysis at PwC you will focus on utilising advanced analytical techniques to extract insights from large datasets and drive datadriven decisionmaking. You will leverage skills in data manipulation visualisation and statistical modelling to support clients in solving complex business problems.

Growing as a strategic advisor you leverage your influence expertise and network to deliver quality results. You motivate and coach others coming together to solve complex problems. As you increase in autonomy you apply sound judgment recognising when to take action and when to escalate. You are expected to solve through complexity ask thoughtful questions and clearly communicate how things fit together. Your ability to develop and sustain high performing diverse and inclusive teams and your commitment to excellence contributes to the success of our Firm.

Examples of the skills knowledge and experiences you need to lead and deliver value at this level include but are not limited to:

• Craft and convey clear impactful and engaging messages that tell a holistic story.
• Apply systems thinking to identify underlying problems and/or opportunities.
• Validate outcomes with clients share alternative perspectives and act on client feedback.
• Direct the team through complexity demonstrating composure through ambiguous challenging and uncertain situations.
• Deepen and evolve your expertise with a focus on staying relevant.
• Initiate open and honest coaching conversations at all levels.
• Make difficult decisions and take action to resolve issues hindering team effectiveness.
• Model and reinforce professional and technical standards (e.g. refer to specific PwC tax and audit guidance) the Firms code of conduct and independence requirements.

Position: Senior Associate

Industry: CPG

Domain: Range of Analytics (Descriptive to Advanced) depending on the client problem

About Acceleration Center Bangalore

At PwC we connect people with diverse backgrounds and skill sets to solve important problems together and lead with purposefor our clients our communities and for the world at large. It is no surprise therefore that 429 of 500 Fortune global companies engage with PwC. Acceleration Centers (ACs) are PwCs diverse global talent hubs focused on enabling growth for the organization and value creation for our PwC Advisory Acceleration Center in Bangalore is part of our Advisory business in the US. The team is focused on developing a broader portfolio with solutions for Risk Consulting Management Consulting Technology ConsultingStrategy Consulting Forensics as well as vertical specific solutions. PwCs highperformance culture is based on passion for excellence with focus on diversity and inclusion. You will collaborate with and receive support from a network of people to achieve your goals. We will also provide you with global leadership development frameworks and the latest in digital technologies to learn and excel in your career. At the core of our firms philosophy is a simple construct: We care for our people. Globally PwC is ranked the 3rd most attractive employer according to Universum. Our commitment to Responsible Business Leadership Diversity & Inclusion worklife flexibility career coaching and learning & development makes our firm one of the best places to work learn and excel

We are looking for experienced leaders with a strong analytical background (and overall professional experience of 10 years) to work in our Analytics Consulting practice in Mumbai Bangalore.

Senior Associates will work as an integral part of business analytics teams in India alongside clients and consultants in the U.S. leading teams for highend analytics consulting engagements and providing business recommendations to project teams.

Education: Advanced Degree in a quantitative discipline such as Computer Science Engineering Econometrics Statistics Operations Research or Information Sciences such as business analytics or informatics

Required Skills: Successful candidates will have demonstrated the following skills and characteristics:

Must Have:

Proven expertise in supply chain analytics across domains such as demand forecasting inventory optimization logistics segmentation and network design

• Well versed and handson experience of working on optimization methods like linear programming mixed integer programming scheduling optimization. Having understanding of working on third party optimization solvers like Gurobi will be an added advantage
• Proficiency in forecasting techniques (e.g. HoltWinters ARIMA ARIMAX SARIMA SARIMAX FBProphet NBeats) and machine learning techniques (supervised and unsupervised)

Strong command of statistical modeling testing and inference

Proficient in using GCP tools: BigQuery Vertex AI Dataflow Looker

Building data pipelines and models for forecasting optimization and scenario planning

Strong SQL and Python programming skills; experience deploying models in GCP environment

Knowledge of orchestration tools like Cloud Composer (Airflow)

Nice to have:

Familiarity with MLOps containerization (Docker Kubernetes) and orchestration tools (e.g. Cloud composer)

Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills at the executive level

Roles and Responsibilities:

Assist analytics projects within the supply chain domain driving design development and delivery of data science solutions

Develop and execute on project & analysis plans under the guidance of Project Manager

Interact with and advise consultants/clients in US as a subject matter expert to formalize data sources to be used datasets to be acquired data & use case clarifications that are needed to get a strong hold on data and the business problem to be solved

Drive and Conduct analysis using advanced analytics tools and coach the junior team members

Implement necessary quality control measures in place to ensure the deliverable integrity like data quality model robustness and explainability for deployments.

Validate analysis outcomes recommendations with all stakeholders including the client team

Build storylines and make presentations to the client team and/or PwC project leadership team

Contribute to the knowledge and firm building activities

Education (if blank degree and/or field of study not specified)

Degrees/Field of Study required:

Degrees/Field of Study preferred:

Certifications (if blank certifications not specified)

Required Skills

Optional Skills

Accepting Feedback Accepting Feedback Active Listening Algorithm Development Alteryx (Automation Platform) Analytical Thinking Analytic Research Big Data Business Data Analytics Coaching and Feedback Communication Complex Data Analysis Conducting Research Creativity Customer Analysis Customer Needs Analysis Dashboard Creation Data Analysis Data Analysis Software Data Collection DataDriven Insights Data Integration Data Integrity Data Mining Data Modeling 46 more

Desired Languages (If blank desired languages not specified)

Travel Requirements

0%

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship

No

Government Clearance Required

No

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