Data Scientist at General Motors East Africa Limited

(REF SSM/HRBP/004)  

Reporting to the CRM & Digital Marketing Manager, the successful candidate le for the following functions:-

•Develop tools, techniques and theories to facilitate ongoing research activities of the company. Collaborate with business analysts and other stakeholders to suggest other products of interest to management.
•Model and frame business scenarios that are meaningful and which impact on critical business processes and decisions.
•Identify unique opportunities to collect and study new and diverse data.
•Discover "stories" told by the data and present them to the business managers and management. Design, modify and build new data processes.
•Keep up to date with latest technology trends and apply them to identify and develop innovative solutions and projects.
•Work with the IT team to support data collection, integration and retention.
•Research and develop statistical learning models for data analysis and provide overall business metrics. Qualify where information can be stored or what information, external to the organization, may be used.
•Educate the organisation both from IT and business perspectives on new approaches, such as testing hypothesis and statistical validation of results.
•Communicate results and ideas to management.

For appointment to this position, the successful candidate must have the following minimum requirements:-

• Bachelor's degree in Mathematics and Statistics.
• Four years relevant experience.
• Possess a combination of creative abilities and business acumen.
• Knowledge in data mining and statistical analysis.
• Good knowledge in programming language, analytical and problem solving skills.
• Demonstrate excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Proficiency in SPSS. Microsoft Power Bland Tableau.
• Good knowledge in database management, data modelling, data warehousing. predictive analytics, business intelligence and big data analysis.