Technology Specialist -Data Science
Our Data & Analytics team creates value for Morrisons by making sure we have the right data in the right place, providing access to data and insight through reporting tools (e.g. Looker) and providing the capability to answer strategic questions using Analytics and Data Science. As part of a fast paced retail environment, our data scientists work closely with both our wider data and analytics team and cross functionally across the organisation to help solve business problems, improve our performance and create value from our data.
Accountabilities
The role will have the following accountabilities:
Customer
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Build trusted relationships with customers across all internal functions
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Demonstrate an excellent understanding of business process and context
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Solve complex business problems, using data & mathematical modelling
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Own the customer relationship to the point of delivery providing regular updates on progress to customer and senior stakeholder groups
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Where needed to aid clarity, develop agile proof of concepts to showcase possible solutions
Colleague
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Champion data literacy across the organisation
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Embody a “quick turn around” culture for any small requests that add value and enable data products to be shipped within one working days effort
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Demonstrate a culture that enables value driven data product creation
Cash & Profit
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Demonstrate a lean working culture where all efforts minimise waste, maximise efficiency and contribute to an improvement in EBITDA
Operational
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Contribute towards the development of a 1-2 year data product roadmap ensuring all work is strategically aligned to our core priorities and any work passed to our development partners is clearly defined and linked to the business process.
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Data and basic modelling tasks including:
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Building feature sets for modelling tasks
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Productionising machine learning models in the cloud
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Building machine learning models such as forecasting sales and waste across the estate
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Use our state-of-the-art data facilities in GCP to extract, transform and load data (ETL) for the data science team
About you
As a Data Science Specialist, you will have experience of:-
Solving business problems through data
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Storytelling and the ability to bring data to life
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Championing data literacy
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Challenging the status quo & being inquisitive
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Gathering, challenging and refining stakeholder requirements
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Agile and Waterfall delivery methodologies
Key Skills
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Excellent SQL skills and the ability to extract data from data marts in an accurate and efficient manner.
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Experience of programming - preferably in Python or R - but any kind of programming experience e.g. Javascript, VBA, Java is acceptable.
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Creating data visualisations and possessing an understanding of how to display data in an effective and engaging way and tell stories with the data.
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The ability to mentor other members of the team - in particular technical concepts such as programming, whilst also being eager and enthusiastic about learning new skills from more experienced members of the team
Desirable:
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Experience using visualisation software and dashboards - preferably Looker or Looker Studio.
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Knowledge of descriptive statistics - the ability to analyse and describe data e.g. univariate analysis to describe the distribution of data in terms of central tendency (mean, median, mode), dispersion (range, quartiles, variance, standard deviation) and characteristics of the distribution such as skewness.
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A background in maths, physics or engineering
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Basic modelling - understanding of the fundamentals of simple statistical models such as linear and logistic regression.
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Workable knowledge of cloud computing resources (GCP, AWS,or Azure).
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Causal inference - the ability and understanding to analyse data in such a way that only the intended effect is measured [e.g if waste is going down in store in general but there’s a trial to improve waste, how do you understand what would’ve happened if no intervention was made so that the true benefit can be measured]
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Experience of working within a FMCG environment, manufacturing or logistics environment
About us
In return for all your hard work, you will receive:
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15% discount in store from the day you join us
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Additional 10% discount card for a friend or family member
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Annual bonus scheme
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Career progression and development opportunities
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Generous holiday entitlement
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Market leading pension scheme and life assurance
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Healthcare benefits including Aviva Digital GP
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‘MyPerks’ giving you discount with over 850 retailers
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Free parking onsite
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Enhanced Family, Maternity and Paternity Leave
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Private Healthcare
Alive with activity, our modern Head Office is home to our corporate teams that make sure everything runs smoothly. Here, you’ll find comfy breakout areas, a coffee shop, Morrisons Daily and a subsidised restaurant. We are within commuting distance of Leeds, Manchester and the Yorkshire Dales - and we even have free parking!
At our Head Office you will expect to find supplier showcases, charity fundraising and celebrations all year round for the events that mean the most to our colleagues.
There’s more to our business as it’s fast paced and ever changing, as such we’ve got lots of fresh opportunities for you to play your part in our success. We’d love to meet you!
At Morrisons, we’re proud to be building a team that reflects the diversity of the communities we serve. We want every colleague to feel respected, supported and able to be themselves at work. Different voices, experiences and ways of thinking help us grow and improve and that’s good for our customers too.
We’re always looking for people from all walks of life to join us and bring their talents to our team. Together, we can build a workplace where everyone has the chance to thrive, make a difference and belong.
Reward & Benefits
We've highlighted below some of our standard Rewards & Benefits that our colleagues receive. Please note, some roles come with additional benefits such as bonus, company car allowance etc. you'll find further details where applicable in our adverts, or you can speak to someone in our resourcing team for more information.
Plan your journey
Hilmore House (Head Office), Bradford, United Kingdom, BD3 7DL
Learning and development is at the heart of our business
As you can imagine, Morrisons is a busy place to be. There’s lots going on - processes, changes, new initiatives, different ways of working. And that’s just on a Monday morning.
It means there’s a lot to learn. But learning isn’t just about understanding what’s involved in day-to-day workloads. It’s also about growing and developing in your career, too. That’s why we’ve made sure that learning and development is at the heart of our business. We’re here to make sure everyone has everything they need to be their best - and to go as far as they want.
Our DE&I workstreams
We're proud to have a diverse group of colleagues working here. We want everyone to feel valued in an environment where we promote respect, where they feel a sense of belonging, and feel celebrated as individuals.
These are the moments that matter to them - and they matter to us, too.
Everyone is welcome to get involved in our Ethnic Diversity, Ability, LGBTQ+, Women, and Family & Carers workstreams, too. They’re designed to help us better reflect our customers, colleagues, and communities so we can become an even more inclusive business.
As a business, we love bringing people together. And we think it’s one of the biggest reasons to be part of our team.
Our Process
We've outlined below what our typical process looks like, this can vary slightly depending upon the role or team you've applied for. Our goal is to provide a positive and accessible experience for all applicants, ensuring everyone has the support they need to showcase their best selves.
Our resourcing team are on hand to help with any questions about your application and you can reach them by e-mailing resourcing@morrisonsplc.co.uk.
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Find an opportunity that's right for you
Once you've found a role that's right for you, you can apply via this site. If it's your first time applying with us then we'll need all your essential information and we might ask you to upload your most recent CV. If you've applied for roles with us before then we should recognise you and you won't need to share these details again, unless something has changed that you need to update us on.
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Online Assessment (Customer Assistant roles)
After your application, we might send you an e-mail and ask you to complete an online assessment. This is typically a situation judgement test where we'll ask you ten questions with mutliple choice answers and takes around 10-15 minutes to complete. The questions will give you a feel for the types of scenarios you might encounter working in our stores - think customer first.
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Let's find out more
For some of our stores and site roles, if you've been successful with your application we might just e-mail and ask you to book a slot for your interview. For other roles our resourcing team will get in touch with you to find out a bit more about you and why you applied. They'll also answer any questions you might have about us and the role. After all, it's a two way process!
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Interview
Our interviews are typically face to face but can sometimes be virtual. Don't worry, we'll advise either way. Your interview can differ depending on the role or team. Part of the interview may include some competency questions against our Ways of Working (listed below).
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Final Stage
With some of our roles there might be a second interveiw. This tends to be for roles in our Head Office and some salaried positions across our stores and sites. As part of this second stage, we might ask you to complete a task, such as a SWOT analysis or something similar, and present it back during the interview. This helps us understand your approach and thinking about the role.
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Decision
Our resourcing team or the store or site you've applied to will be in touch with you as soon as they can to let you know the outcome. If you've been successful we'll share the details of our offer with you and follow up with everything you need on e-mail.
Ways of Working
Our Ways of Working are like a set of values that define our core beliefs, guide decision-making, and shape our culture and how we operate.
Customer First - I care about our customers and do everything I can to meet their needs
Teamwork - I always play my part in the team, and I recognise we go further together
Working Freely in a Framework - I’m trusted to make my own decisions and encouraged to improve things for customers and for us
Care and Respect - We care more and try harder; for each other, for everyone around Morrisons
Listen and Respond - I take the time to talk with and listen to colleagues and customers, and always do the right thing for the them
Grow Sales, Low Cost - I understand my part in the end-to-end process and look for ways to drive improvement
Life at Morrisons offers more than you imagine.
We’re a Yorkshire based food manufacturer and retailer, and our story began with a simple market stall in Bradford all the way back in 1899. Today, we’re still just as committed to delivering on our promise of 'freshness from farm to fork' for every customer. It’s why we’ve grown to become one of the UK’s leading supermarkets. And, with 90,000 colleagues, nearly 500 stores, and 11 million customers every week, there are now more reasons to join us than you can imagine.
Discover Head Office at Morrisons
Our stores aren’t the only place where the magic happens. You’ll find a proper buzz at Head Office in Bradford, too. This is where support for store colleagues begins, from those big board decisions on our business processes, right down to thinking up new ideas to help support our colleagues.
But what we love most about Head Office is that there are more functions than you probably imagine - from trading to marketing, finance to tech, and HR to property. And we all work together to make sure our stores and manufacturing & logistics sites have everything they need to succeed.
Meet the Recruiter
Favourite Morrisons product
Freshly baked croissant
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