Data Scientist - Global Planning Operations in Supply Chain Operations

At Juniper, we believe the network is the single greatest vehicle for knowledge, understanding, and human advancement the world has ever known.

To achieve real outcomes, we know that experience is the most important requirement for networking teams and the people they serve. Delivering an experience-first, AI-Native Network pivots on the creativity and commitment of our people. It requires a consistent and committed practice, something we call the Juniper Way.

About Juniper Networks

Juniper Networks is in the business of network innovation. From devices to data centers, from consumers to cloud providers, Juniper Networks delivers software, silicon and systems that transform the experience and economics of networking. Our products and technology run the world's largest and most fast paced networks today, enabling service providers, enterprises, and governments to bring value and accelerate business success. Every day our 9,000+ colleagues come together across 46 countries to realize our company vision - Connect Everything, Empower Everyone. We are innovating in ways that empower our customers, our partners and ultimately, everyone in a connected world. These customers include the top 130 global service providers, 96 of the Fortune 100 and hundreds of public sector organizations.

Where will you do your best work?

Wherever you are in the world, whether it's downtown Sunnyvale or London, Westford or Bangalore, Juniper is a place that was founded on innovative thinking - where colleague innovation is not only valued but expected. We believe that the great task of delivering a new network for the next decade is delivered through the creativity and commitment of our people. The Juniper Way is the commitment to all our colleagues that the culture and company inspire their best work. At Juniper, we believe this is more than a job - it's an opportunity to help change the world.

Job Description

Data Scientist, Global Planning Operations in Supply Chain Operations

Job Summary:

We are looking for a data scientist to join the Global Planning Operations team in Bangalore who is excited about solving supply chain problems using data and applying statistics & machine learning techniques to analyze and leverage vast amounts of information for insight and action. Our environment is highly collaborative, fostering learning and teamwork, and encouraging all members to take ownership of our collective success.

What you will do:

• Support Design, Solutioning and/or Brain Storming Supply Chain business problems, identify and draw on leading-edge analytical tools and techniques to develop creative approaches and new insights to the issues through data analysis.
• Work with data under minimal guidance from business leaders to identify new trends and insights based on data and get creative to drive improvements or enable better decision making.
• Projects, analysis & reporting, and other responsibilities as assigned by management.
• Proactively recommend solution improvements for existing and/or new Solutions.
• Performs other duties assigned as needed.
• Liaison effectively with multiple stakeholders and other functional disciplines. Collaborate with other cross-functional and IT teams for end-to-end delivery of solutions use cases.
  
  

Responsibilities

• Identify valuable data sources and automate collection and reporting processes.
• Collaborate with IT & Business Intelligence team to locate the relevant and accurate data sources.
• Undertake preprocessing of structured and unstructured data.
• Perform exploratory analysis on data to discover trends and patterns to support business processes, solve supply chain problems.
• Build ETL pipelines to fetch data and refresh reports.
• Present information using data visualization tools/techniques.
• Build & deploy predictive/prescriptive models using statistics & machine learning.
• Follow-up and incorporate business needs/feedback to enable adoption of solutions with simple and intuitive user experience.
• Create Business Requirement Documents (BRDs), Functional Spec Documents (FSDs) etc. capturing requirement, approach, findings, feedback, etc. for enabled solutions.
• Responsible for communicating with business to enable better transparency, agility and effectiveness.
  
  

What you will bring:

• Bachelor’s degree in Data-Science/Statistics/Industrial Engineering/Computer Science/a graduate degree/diploma in Data Science and or quantitative field is preferred.
• Experience with demand, inventory, and/or supply planning is highly preferred.
• Experience in data mining, statistical analysis, machine learning modeling, optimization, or similar analytics.
• Experience with tools like Alteryx workflow design, Docker, Git, Unix deployment environments.
• Experience using business intelligence and visualization tools such as Tableau.
• Knowledge of Excel, SQL, Python, & R for data analysis.
• Working knowledge of data frameworks such as Snowflake.
• Inquisitive, proactive, and interested in learning new tools and techniques.
• Proven ability in demonstrating, developing, and deploying large to medium analytics Solutions in-house or in client Environment will be highly preferred.
• Analytical mind and driven to solve complex problems.
• Ability to communicate data insights in appropriate detail to all levels of the organization.
• Well-organized, a self-starter, independent and ready to work with minimal supervision.
• A respectful and committed teammate, willing to excel and work with talented people.
• The ability to work effectively and implement solutions in a cross-functional team environment will be preferred.
  
  

What you’ll receive in return

As part of the Juniper Family, you’ll enjoy excellent compensation and a comprehensive benefits package that includes generous PTO, retirement, savings, and stock investment plans, incentive compensation, and much more. You’ll also experience exciting opportunities for professional and personal growth and recognition.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a culturally diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, or protected veteran status.

About Juniper Networks

Juniper Networks challenges the inherent complexity that comes with networking and security in the multicloud era. We do this with products, solutions and services that transform the way people connect, work and live. We simplify the process of transitioning to a secure and automated multicloud environment to enable secure, AI-driven networks that connect the world. Additional information can be found at Juniper Networks (www.juniper.net) or connect with Juniper on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.

WHERE WILL YOU DO YOUR BEST WORK?

Wherever you are in the world, whether it's downtown Sunnyvale or London, Westford or Bangalore, Juniper is a place that was founded on disruptive thinking - where colleague innovation is not only valued, but expected. We believe that the great task of delivering a new network for the next decade is delivered through the creativity and commitment of our people. The Juniper Way is the commitment to all our colleagues that the culture and company inspire their best work-their life's work. At Juniper we believe this is more than a job - it's an opportunity to help change the world...

INCLUSION AND DIVERSITY AT JUNIPER

At Juniper Networks, we are committed to elevating talent by creating a trust-based environment where we can all thrive together. We know from experience that people from underrepresented groups often do not apply for roles they do not feel they meet all the criteria for. If you think you have what it takes, but do not necessarily check every single box, please consider applying. We’d love to speak with you.

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