Data Scientist

Bunzl recognizes the power of data to optimize results, and we have embarked on the journey to harness the power of our data in ways to predict future behaviours of our markets and business partners. The Canadian business unit is building a team who will create predictive data models and employ AI/ML in ways that will differentiate Bunzl from our competition. The Data Scientist is a cornerstone in our digital transformation story and will play a key role in the build-out of our BI and Data Science foundation as we continue to develop our data-driven organization.

About the Role:

• Reporting to the Director of IT, the Data Scientist role has the autonomy to operate as needed to achieve results. As the first Data Scientist in the Bunzl Canada organization, you will have the freedom and support to operate independently. You will support accounting, purchasing, sales, marketing, and executive leadership with insights gained from the analysis of the company’s data.
• Supported by the Data Engineer and various data experts within the organization, you will:
• Meet with business owners to find use cases, probe for necessary understanding, and identify opportunities for leveraging company data to drive business solutions.

• Mine and analyze data to drive optimization and improvement of product development, marketing techniques and business strategies.
• Develop and train custom data models by applying clustering, regression, and classification algorithms to apply to data sets and use predictive modeling to identify opportunities to improve customer experiences, revenue generation, and other desirable outcomes.
• Coordinate with different analyst teams to implement models, monitor outcomes, and develop processes and tools to analyze and improve model performance.
• Leverage and master updated technologies and data science techniques to apply to advanced analytics problems and optimize data solutions.

• You will work and collaborate in an agile independent environment and translate learning to others as the data science capability matures.
• As the first person in the role at Bunzl, the opportunity is yours to help build out the data science discipline at Bunzl and take the practice where it needs to grow, as we continue to internalize data science expertise and build on the growing data-driven culture change.

About You:

• You are a curious problem solver at heart that takes pride in figuring things out.
• You have 3-5 years of proven data science experience, including:
• Building and training predictive models and machine learning algorithms.
• Experience in Azure Data Lake / Databricks / Spark environments.
• Experience with various data, query, transformation, and visualization technologies, e.g.:
• SQL, APIs, Python, R, Apache Spark, Analysis Services, Power BI, Plotly, etc.
• Experience with variety of structured and unstructured datasets and sources.

• You have a university degree in Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics or related field, with a Master preferred.
• Experience in a Distribution or B2B business environment is an advantage.
• You have the requisite mathematical and analytical skills to identify trends, patterns, and insights from data.

• You play well with others and like to share your expertise with individual team-members, as well as contribute to overall team success.
• You’ve got the maturity, confidence and personal skills to respectfully interact with internal and external stakeholders, discuss and gather requirements for projects, plan out the required tasks, ask for input from team-members, and implement solutions.
• You possess the organizational and planning skills to execute on multiple in-flight projects simultaneously in a multi-layered environment with a variety of cross-functional stakeholders and customers.

The role will be a hybrid remote working model, with the option to be fully virtual for the right candidate.

What’s in it for you?

Bunzl Canada Inc. (bunzlcanada.ca) provides the cleaning and hygiene products, food and retail packaging, safety products and industrial supplies that keep over 45,000 Canadian businesses running, every day. We are one of the largest, most successful global companies in Canada with a long-standing track record of retaining, developing, and investing in our people.

Come showcase what you can do in a fast-moving, evolving company that provides competitive compensation, benefits, RRSP Match, Share Save (Stock) opportunities, performance incentives and career development opportunities. You’ll find the support, leadership, and workplace culture you need to achieve your full potential. When you are successful, we are successful! At Bunzl, we don’t just say our people are our greatest asset, we really mean it. Let’s talk about your future.

Interview guidance

Bunzl is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to fostering an inclusive and accessible environment reflecting the diversity of the communities in which we operate. If requested, we will provide reasonable accommodation during the recruitment process for persons with disabilities.

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