Data Scientist

SRS Distribution, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Home Depot, currently operates under a family of distinct local brands encompassing more than 760 locations across 47 states. For more information, visit www.srsdistribution.com. 

Location:

• This is a hybrid position. Our corporate office is located 7440 S. Hwy 121 McKinney, TX 75070 

What you’ll Do: 

This role will be responsible for importing data, designing experiments, and developing various advanced analytics solutions to inform decision-making regarding customer treatment at SRS Distribution. The right person for the role is a data scientist who thoroughly enjoys defining and solving mathematical problems to address business questions. The ideal candidate is excited about delivering state-of-the-art and practical data science solutions in the construction industry.

Requirements We Look For:   

Define the Scope of the Work (20%)

• Work with product owners of different verticals, branch offices, and the senior leadership to fully understand the background, purpose, and the goals of each project.
• Work with IT and the database team to understand the data infrastructure to support each project.
• Define the additional resources needed to support each project.
• Define the big and small milestones for each project.
• Define the metrics used to evaluate the success and failure of each project.

Responsible for descriptive and inferential statistical analyses (40%)

• Drive novel insights from large and complex data sets by developing and applying cutting-edge data wrangling and analytics capabilities.
• Run descriptive statistical analysis to reveal the trend and pattern of customer data.
• Build, validate and implement predictive models to address key scientific and business questions in partnership with the business owners.
• Work with other stakeholders to design pilots, experiments, or surveys to derive insights for solving business problems.

Dashboard reporting (20%)

• Build key metrics to track customer segmentation performances.
• Work with data engineering team by delivering accurate and consistent data that meet the reporting needs.
• Create actual reports that can provide deep insights for audience to track our business performances.

Interpret and present results (20%)

• Interpret complex statistical results in an easy-to-understand language
• Convert statistical results into actionable business plans.
• Present analytics or modeling results to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Qualities that Stir our Souls (and make you stand out): 

• Minimum a bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field such as mathematics, statistics, data science, physics, computer science, or engineering, etc. A master’s degree or a Ph.D. is preferred.
• Minimum 5+ years of experience in a data analytics or data science role.
• Strong expertise in SQL and Python (or R).
• Working knowledge of data visualization or reporting tools such as Tableau, Google Data Studio, Power BI, or QLIK.
• Experience in building statistical and machine learning models independently in a business setting.
• Experience in solving customer-level business problems.
• Strong verbal and written communications skills both to technical and non-technical audiences
• Ability to prioritize and meet timelines in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
• Strong logical thinking skills
• Other responsibilities and projects as assigned.
• Working knowledge of Snowflake, AWS cloud services, and Google Cloud Platform APIs
• Experience with solving business problems in the construction industry

SRS Perks & Benefits:  

• Weekly Pay 
• Day One 401(k) Plan participation with Generous Company Match 
• Generous Paid Time Off, Holidays, Birthday, and Floating Holidays…. and more  
• Paid Parental Leave 
• Medical, Dental and Vision Benefits 
• Employee Referral Bonus Program 

Our Culture that Inspires You to Click and ‘Apply’: SRS Culture 

Equal Opportunity Employer.

Veteran Friendly Employer. SRS Distribution believes in hiring military veterans at any level for any position.  We know your service trained you in many of the areas we value, such as; leadership, teamwork, performance, integrity, and safety. If your experience matches our requirements, we want you to apply today.