Data Scientist

Brighter futures start here

At Anko you’ll be joining a diverse team who come together to collaborate globally around tech. We are an innovation hub which power and support our retail brands. You’ll feel the impacts of the work you’ll do for our millions of customers and team members every day. Our brands are focused on being customer-led, digitally enabled retailers, providing you with challenging and rewarding work that you will be proud of.

Join our team, choose your own path and work on projects that excite you.

Position Description:

Experience: 3 to 5 Yrs

• Design and Develop data science solutions fairly independently to drive incremental value for the Anko.
• Collaborate with business functions to design and shape experiments to demonstrate data science-enabled advantage.
• Define best practices related to information architecture, including collection, integration, organization, analysis and visualization of data for data-enabled impact.
• Communicate findings to internal teams to enable business impact.
• Engage in data science practice development initiatives focused on building employee knowledge and skills in specific areas of expertise through coaching and development of training course material.

Technical skills required:

• Basic statistical literacy is a must - Concepts in probability, statistical distributions, inferential statistics. Hands on experience in simple techniques such as multiple linear regression and logistic regression is mandatory.
• Data Management Skills using SQL
• Basic understanding of Cloud (AWS, Azure, etc.).
• Experience in agile development methodologies
• Excellent programming skills in Python

Roles & Responsibilities:

• As a data scientist at Anko, you will help transform the Kmart group data into tangible business value by analysing information, synthesizing insights and communicating outcomes
• Uses the latest technologies that directly impact performance. Readily learns and adopts new technologies. Identifies technologies that can help complete tasks. Understands the terminology of the latest technologies.
• Adheres to defined and communicated standards, methods, and procedures. Informs others about process problems. Seeks ways to work better within the processes. Suggests process and practice improvement ideas for own work area.
• Asks for input about how own actions impact others. Reacts positively when constructive criticism is offered. Recognises own mistakes and the need to operate differently. Seeks feedback from others.
• Willing to take on the unknown when asked to do so. Will say what needs to be said. Responds appropriately to confrontation and challenge. Faces adversity and challenges.

A place you can belong

We celebrate the rich diversity of the communities in which we operate and are committed to creating inclusive and safe environments where all our team members can contribute and succeed. We believe that all team members should feel valued, respected, and safe irrespective of your gender, ethnicity, indigeneity, religious beliefs, education, age, disability, family responsibilities, sexual orientation and gender identity and we encourage applications from all candidates.