Supply Chain Data Scientist

Job Description:

Supply Chain Data Scientist (The Woodlands, Texas)

Huntsman Corporation is a publicly traded global manufacturer and marketer of differentiated and specialty chemicals. Our chemical products number in the thousands and are sold worldwide to manufacturers serving a broad and diverse range of consumer and industrial end markets. We operate more than 70 manufacturing, R&D and operations facilities in approximately 30 countries and employ approximately 9,000 associates within our four distinct business divisions.

Huntsman offers unsurpassed opportunities to build a successful future. Our diverse portfolio creates a range of career fields including manufacturing, research and development, technical services, sales and marketing, customer service – and the list goes on.

Here, you can make an impact and make a difference. Come join us.

Huntsman is seeking a Supply Chain Data Scientist supporting the Polyurethanes Division located at our The Woodlands, Texas facility.

Job Scope:

The Supply Chain Data Scientist will develop innovative analytical approaches to support Huntsman’s supply chain operations and strategy. This role will design, develop, implement and rollout advanced planning and scheduling models, data analytics tools, process mining, Cost to serve modeling, and freight management solutions in support of the Huntsman supply chain management processes. This includes model requirements, definition, model construction with Huntsman supported software packages, and support of key users.

The Supply Chain Data Scientist will work closely with cross functional groups to enhance analytical capabilities, identify business opportunities, and quantify the impact of strategic projects.

In summary, as the Supply Chain Data Scientist, you will:

• Update and support the reporting systems, primarily via Power BI, used for data analytics and to present the results of plans, schedules, and KPIs to the affected businesses and/or functions,
• Candidate would design, build, configure, test, debug, and maintain the various reports and dashboards,
• Introduce Machine Learning methodologies across a wide breadth of business use cases,
• Acquire deep understanding of business problems and translate them into appropriate mathematical depictions,
• Drive the execution of Artificial Intelligence (AI) solutions to address business needs
• Collect, cleanse, and understand complex data sources to enable proper analytical modeling,
• Research, design, develop, test, and implement data science methodologies across a wide range of business applications,
• Manage Special Projects, Pilots, Proof of Concepts, and Ad-hoc project work,
• Participate in the evaluation, intake, design, and integration strategy between multiple Supply Chain functions and data sources,
• Support of Celonis’ Process Mining models to facilitate visualization of process flows, identification of process bottlenecks, and streamlining process efficiencies through alerts and automated actions (via use of bots),
• Collaborate with Supply/Demand Planning business process leads to align business requirements with systems and process solutions that ensure overall Huntsman objectives are met,
• Identify appropriate data-driven analytics from use case concept through experiment design to industrialization/deployment to end users,
• Develop professional presentations appropriate for their intended audience.
• Conducting data preparation and cleansing, and building data pipelines to support modeling and operational needs,
• Work closely with cross functional teams to encourage best practices for experimental design and data analysis,
• Create compelling interactive visualizations and presentations to enhance decision making, capabilities throughout the company.

Required Qualifications:

You must possess the below minimum qualifications to be initially considered for this position. Preferred qualifications are in addition to the minimum requirements and are considered a plus factor in identifying top candidates.

The candidate must have an unrestricted right to work for Huntsman in the United States.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, operations management, data science or related field.

Experiences

• 3-5+ years of experience as a Data Scientist
• Experience with development in Power BI, Power Automate, Automation Anywhere, Celonis, HSIMS and other technologies,
• Experience with SAP (R4) and/or SAP (4HANA).

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with programming, statistical and probabilistic analysis tools such as SPSS Minitab, R, Python, AIMMS,
• Interest/experience with Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) is highly beneficial,
• Experience with and use of the MRP tools within SAP,
• Experience with Agile project plans or SCRUM.

Skills & Knowledge

• Business acumen (strong understanding of how business operates, and how to harness data and analytics to meet business needs),
• Ability to develop and deploy advanced analytical models and algorithms that drive efficiencies at Huntsman,
• Experience visualizing/presenting data for partners using Power BI,
• Passion for solving complex data problems and generating cross-functional solutions in a fast-paced environment,
• Good facilitation and presentation skills, including training delivery,
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, organizational and time-management abilities,
• High initiative, self-starter, and able to work with limited supervision,
• Ability to think creatively, strategically, and technically,
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work across functional lines,
• Ability to work a flexible schedule based on department and Company needs.

Huntsman is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all qualified applicants for employment, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, gender identification, sexual orientation and/or expression or any other characteristic protected by law in every location in which we have facilities national or local.

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