Senior Data Scientist

About the Position

At McCormick, we bring our passion for flavor to work each day. We encourage growth, respect everyone's contributions and do what's right for our business, our people, our communities and our planet. Join us on our quest to make every meal and moment better.

Position Overview

This role will be responsible for utilizing advanced analytics, AI, machine learning, and data engineering techniques to extract actionable insights from diverse datasets. The candidate should have a robust understanding of key AI / ML concepts and combine their expertise in data, computational science, and technology with MKC consumer-oriented business knowledge. Will drive high-value insights into the organization and steer strategic growth initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Mine and analyze data from enterprise sources by applying statistics, machine learning, and analytic approaches to drive insights and recommendations for the business - 10%
• Collaborate with business SMEs, functional solution leads, and IT partners to deploy scalable end-to-end AI/ML-infused systems - 25%
• Build end-to-end AI/ML solutions by selecting and justifying appropriate algorithms, model architectures, deployment environments, and user interface approaches based on business objectives, data characteristics, and technical constraints; lead model optimization, performance tuning, and lifecycle management to ensure scalable, secure, and production-grade solutions that continuously deliver measurable business value - 25%
• Train ML models using historical data and assess their performance against predefined historical metrics - 30%
• Lead and collaborate with teammates by offering technical advice and consultations for optimizing solutions - 10%

Requirements

• Level of Education and Discipline: Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, Data Analytics/Science, or related field
• Experience:
  • Advanced analytical skillset. Proficiency in cleaning, visualizing, transforming, analyzing, and presenting insights from data sets
  • Demonstrated ability coding in one or more languages (Python required)
  • Architecting scalable data solutions and using cloud environments (Azure preferred)
  • Demonstrated ability developing full ML workflow training applying, integrating, optimizing, deploying and scaling AI/ML models, timeseries and NLP applications
  • Implementation of robust ML OPS
  • Experience with data visualization software (Power BI preferred)
  • Communicate results of projects to business leaders (storytelling) and work with stakeholders to map product requirements to determine the algorithm / model output that needs to be built
• Interpersonal Skills:
  • Strong communication and diplomacy skills
  • Strong analytical decision-making and direction-setting
  • Experience working with regions and different culture
  • Fluent English is required
• Other Skills and HPO Competencies:
  • Ability to translate strategy into actionable information
  • Ability to connect the dots between complex data/analytics and business application
  • Strong problem-solving skills: leads others in problem-solving and root cause analysis
  • Knowledge of emerging technologies and driven for innovation
  • Ability to simplify and communicate complex information to internal audiences

Nice to Have

• Level of Education and Discipline: Master's Degree in related field
• Experience:
  • Experience with SQL queries
  • Knowledge of other Data Science skills such as graph databases, Generative AI and RAG, ML Opps, significance testing etc.
  • Experience implementing solutions for sales and consumption forecasting
  • Experience with an SAP ERP system preferred

We Offer

• Competitive and comprehensive benefits
• Opportunities for growth and development
• A culture built on respect, recognition, inclusion, and collaboration

About the Company

At McCormick, we have over a 100-year legacy based on our “Power of People” principle. This principle fosters an unusually dedicated workforce requiring a culture of respect, recognition, inclusion and collaboration based on the highest ethical value.

Why Work at McCormick?

As a McCormick employee you’ll be empowered to focus on more than your individual responsibilities. You’ll have the opportunity to be part of something bigger than yourself-to have a say in where the company is going and how it’s growing.

Between our passion for flavor, our 130-year history of leadership and integrity, the competitive and comprehensive benefits we offer, and our culture, which is built on respect and opportunities for growth, there are many reasons to join us at McCormick.