Data Scientist

7 days ago

Johannesburg, South Africa Gilbarco Full time

**JOB TITLE**:Data Scientist

**DEPARTMENT**:Data & Decision Science**
**REPORTING TO**:DDS Director MEA

**REGION**:Bedfordview, South Africa

**PURPOSE OF POSITION**

The Data & Decision Science (DDS) Data Scientist will be responsible for utilizing their analytical, statistical and programming skills and experience to collect, clean, analyze, interpret large and/or unstructured data sets and present that in a data solution protocol or visualization. They will also be required to analyze client business practices and goals or problems and make suggestions for improvements based on quantitative results and statistically sound outcomes.

The individual will also be responsible for assisting and supporting the other DDS Managers and ultimately the Group DDS Director MEA in deploying operational or other strategies to monetize data and information by finding ways to leverage existing enterprise data and information in Gilbarco Veeder-Root products and services.

**KEY RESPONSIBILITIES**
- Establish and maintain a Data Science capability
- Use analytical, statistical, and programming skills to collect, analyse & interpret large and/or unstructured data sets
- Deliver Data outcomes from analysis, to Business Intelligence/ Insights, to Predictive to Advanced ML and AI outcomes
- The ability to articulate technical and/or other required information to relevant clients
- Collaborate with clients to ensure comprehensive and accurate understanding of their requirement or business problems/scenarios and devise effective resolutions through innovative data solutions or data / statistical methodologies
- Publish findings and recommendations to client where the outcome remains relevant to the client
- Influence and direct conversations with client through storyboard telling or other quantitative mechanisms
- Navigate known-unknowns as well as unknown-unknowns in a data trend/relationship
- Work in ambiguous environments where all the answers may not be known
- Ensure Quality Assurance processes and checks are in place for all work outputs
- Establish and maintain DDS performance management through the implementation of VBS and management and governance of procedures, deliverables, objectives, metrics and KPI’s.
- Adhere to good governance, risk and compliance within the DDS management function and within the broader Gilbarco governance standards
- Contribute to strategies to improve on the DDS data preparation and warehousing (sourcing, acquisition, management, preparation & integration) capabilities.
- Manage, build and/or improve on the DDS reporting, analytics and data exploration capabilities.
- Partake in Bi-annual performance appraisals. Discuss development plans with manager and structure work in such a way that it enables for business continuity within the team by removing key person dependencies and fosters a culture of cross-skilling across various client portfolios Gilbarco Supports

**DELAGATION OF AUTHORITY **:As per Board-approved DOA and as necessary for functions outside the DOA. As delegated by the Managing Director, when necessary.

**POSITION RELATIONSHIPS**
**Internal**:

- Senior/Middle management level
- Business unit leader.

**External**
- Managerial level customer

**MEASURES OF PERFORMANCE (INDICATORS)**

**Leading Indicators**
**Quality**
- 98% OTD of Data Requests per customer
- 98% Quality Target met for customer outputs
- 98% OTD of Data & Decision Science projects and solutions
- 95% OTD of internal statistics

**Lagging**

**Best Team Wins**
- Increase engagement of reporting team by 5%
- Increase performance enablement of reporting team by 5%

**HSSE**
- HSSE NM/PI targets met
- HSSE Audit targets met

**PERSONAL QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE**
**Education/ Achievements**:

- A degree in mathematics/statistic or actuarial science related field is required

Preferred:

- A degree in computer science

**Experience/ Knowledge**:

- A minimum of 5 years of progressive responsible experience in a directly related area, during which technical, logical and statistical rapport has been established as a Data Science professional.
- Extensive experience in the Data & Decision Science/Business Intelligence/ Analytics/AI and ML space as Data Science Professional (preferably in the Insurance, financial or consulting arena).
- Demonstrated Experience in influencing and directing conversations with client through storyboard telling or other quantitative mechanisms
- Experience in Navigating known-unknowns as well as unknown-unknowns in a data trend/relationship.

**Technical skills**:

- Extensive expertise in Microsoft data management technologies coupled with extensive expertise in data modelling, both logical and physical (Technologies: SSIS, SSRS, SSAS, Power BI)
- Extensive experience in multidimensional data modelling, such as star schemas, snowflakes, de
- normalized models, handling “slow-changing” dimensions/attributes.
- Extensive Experience in large and unstructured data sets
- Extensive

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