Grainger
North America's leading B2B supplier of maintenance, repair and operating supplies and related services.
Chicago, IL

Sr Data Scientist

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Primary Function:

As a Sr. Data Scientist on Grainger’s analytics team, you will use your machine learning and statistical expertise to optimize our site experience and marketing activity. You will contribute actionable insights and build automated systems to help Grainger realize our mission of providing useful information and time-saving solutions to our customers. Areas of particular interest include: applying supervised learning techniques to understand marketing ROI and customer value; extracting insights from unstructured text to understand industries, job roles, and products; and combining automated intelligence with expert content curation to deliver the most relevant search results.

Principal Duties & Responsibilities:

  • Exploring and visualizing data to understand the most relevant features that impact Grainger’s business
  • Conducting analysis of text data to understand the relationship between Grainger’s product assortment and user search queries, industries, and job functions
  • Researching and building machine learning applications (structured and unstructured data, regression, classification, dimensionality reduction, clustering)
  • Designing, implementing, and validating your solutions using Python and SQL;
  • Providing data-driven recommendations of relevant products to customers
  • Identifying marketing opportunities and optimizing marketing spend across multiple channels

Preferred Education & Experience:

  • Masters’ or graduate degree in a quantitative field required (statistics, economics, mathematics, computer sciences, etc.) or equivalent work experience
  • Hands-on software engineering and data science experience beyond coursework
  • Ability to develop algorithms and predictive models to derive insights and business value from data
  • Demonstrable proficiency in coding (Python, Spark, R, Java, Scala) and programming concepts
  • Expertise with Python data science stack
  • Ability to build, test, and validate machine learning applications in Python, R, or other programming language (Python preferred)
  • Ability to explore data sets and identify data transformation and data quality needs for targeted applications
  • Deep knowledge of database design and logic (SQL)
  • Curiosity, enthusiasm, positive attitude and passion to build. Willingness to learn and research new concepts.
  • An iterative approach to developing data science solutions (build, test, improve)
  • Biased toward action, great collaborator and master simplifier, constantly pushing toward clarity and delivery
  • Strong product mindset: you ask and tackle the most important analytical questions with the goal of driving product impact
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Outstanding analytical skills

Grainger is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.

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What are Grainger Perks + Benefits

Grainger Benefits Overview

With benefits starting day one, Grainger is committed to your safety, health and wellbeing. Our benefits provide a wide range of programs and resources for nearly every aspect of the full life you and your family lead – supporting your life today and in the future.

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Culture
Volunteer in local community
Partners with nonprofits
Open door policy
Employee resource groups
Employee-led culture committees
Quarterly engagement surveys
Hybrid work model
In-person all-hands meetings
Employee awards
Flexible work schedule
Remote work program
Diversity
Dedicated diversity and inclusion staff
Highly diverse management team
Mandated unconscious bias training
Diversity manifesto
Diversity employee resource groups
Team members connect in, African American, Asian-Pacific Islander, Disability, Equality Alliance, Generational, Latino, Veterans and Women's Business Resource Groups.
Hiring practices that promote diversity
Diversity recruitment program
Health Insurance & Wellness Benefits
Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
Disability insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Health insurance
Life insurance
Pet insurance
Wellness programs
Mental health benefits
Transgender health care benefits
Abortion travel benefits
Financial & Retirement
401(K)
Team members can contribute up to 75% of pay up IRS limits on a pre- or post-tax basis. Your contributions are always 100% vested.
401(K) matching
Grainger automatically contributes 6% of your eligible pay into your retirement savings plan account each pay period. This contribution is always 100% vested.
Employee stock purchase plan
You are eligible to participate in Grainger's ESPP once you have completed at least 90 days of service and are regular full-time or regular part-time, scheduled to work at least 20 hours a week.
Performance bonus
Charitable contribution matching
For every $1 a team member donates to charity, Grainger amplifies that impact with a $3 matched donation.
Child Care & Parental Leave Benefits
Generous parental leave
Family medical leave
Adoption Assistance
Grainger supports team members and their families who are in the process of adopting by reimbursing up to $6,000 per adoption for eligible expenses.
Return-to-work program post parental leave
Fertility benefits
Vacation & Time Off Benefits
Generous PTO
Paid volunteer time
Paid holidays
Flexible time off
Bereavement leave benefits
Office Perks
Commuter benefits
Company-sponsored outings
Free snacks and drinks
Beverages and coffee on demand in our downtown locations.
Onsite office parking
We offer employees discounted parking rates at our Chicago office locations.
Relocation assistance
Mother's room
Onsite gym
Professional Development Benefits
Job training & conferences
Tuition reimbursement
Our tuition reimbursement plan covers the first $5,250 per year towards a degree program. Amounts that exceed $5,250 are reimbursed at 50% and there is no program maximum.
Lunch and learns
Promote from within
Mentorship program
Continuing education available during work hours
Online course subscriptions available
Customized development tracks
Paid industry certifications
Personal development training

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