Senior Data Scientist at WK Kellogg Co

At WK Kellogg Co, we exist to create joy and connection to inspire Gr-r-reat days. We believe that doing good is always good for business and we have stood for this since Kellogg Company was founded more than 118 years ago. We are passionate about doing our part to make nutritious foods, create social connectivity and respect natural resources. Together, these actions create positive progress for people and the planet – today and for years to come. We have big plans for how we are going to accomplish this, and we would love for you to join us in this effort.

At the heart of the WK Kellogg Company is technology — a key enabler of how we market, sell, and manufacture our well-known and beloved brands. As a Senior Data Scientist, you will play a pivotal role in collecting, processing, and preparing enterprise data for analytics and reporting, to support WK Kellogg’s digital business initiatives.

HERE’S A TASTE OF WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING 

• Utilize Your Tech-pertise: You will bescoping and designing technical solutions, working with a variety of internal customers, including functional stakeholders, data scientists and data analysts. You will developand maintain solutions to ingest raw data from enterprise systems and third parties into the Kellogg data lake to build a better tomorrow.
• Transform: Part of you day to day will be all about engineering data transformations to prepare data for analytics according to business requirements. You will also get to design and build data warehouse models
• Best Practices: You will be establishing and championing data engineering best practices within the engineering community. While being a champion you will analyze incoming data and trends and develop monitoring systems to track anomalies and data quality issues.
• Innovation and Continuous Improvement: You will be driving innovation and continuous improvement of the global data engineering practice, including evaluation of emerging technologies and approaches.
• Exposure to a variety of technologies: You’ll have the opportunity to lead the design and implementation of data products, working with a range of AWS services, including S3, Redshift, EMR, Lambda, Glue and SageMaker.

YOUR RECIPE FOR SUCCESS

• Bachelor degree REQUIRED
• Oversee forecast evaluation methodologies for generating more dynamic models to increase forecast accuracy 
• Manage the review of forecast inputs/outcomes and provide insights to leadership for business drivers
• Lead sustainment/enhancement of forecasting models and best data governance/practices processes
• Proven experience developing and maintaining production data pipelines and ETL jobs
• Expert with SQL, Python and/or R
• Knowledge of Snowflake, BW HANA, Alteryx and Power BI
• Experienced in data modelling for self-service business intelligence, advanced analytics, and user applications
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts by adjusting messaging to the audience: business partners, IT peers, external stakeholders, etc.

At WK Kellogg Co, our success depends on our most vital asset — our people. That’s why we’re committed to providing you with benefits and programs that support your Total Health and your journey to be and feel your best — physically, financially, emotionally, and socially. Our benefit offerings include:

• Healthcare coverage, including vision and dental.
• Savings and Investments contributions and match
• Paid Time Off
• Life and AD&D insurance coverage

Our comprehensive and competitive benefits not only deliver value to you and your family, but also offer choice to meet your unique needs and knowledge to empower confident decision-making.

ABOUT WK KELLOGG CO

At WK Kellogg Co, we bring our best to everyone, every day through our trusted foods and brands. Our journey began in 1894, when our founder W.K. Kellogg reimagined the future of food with the creation of Corn Flakes, changing breakfast forever. Since then, we have embraced the same spirit of innovation and entrepreneurship in everything we do, channeling our founder’s passion and commitment to creating high quality and delicious products while fostering communities. Our iconic brand portfolio includes Frosted Flakes, Rice Krispies, Froot Loops, Kashi, Special K, Raisin Bran, Frosted Mini Wheats, and Bear Naked. With a presence in the majority of households across North America, our brands play a key role in enhancing the lives of millions of consumers every day, promoting a strong sense of physical, emotional and societal wellbeing. Our beloved brand characters, including Tony the Tiger and Toucan Sam, represent our deep connections with the consumers and communities we serve. For more information, visit www.wkkellogg.com. 

If we can help you with a reasonable accommodation throughout the application or hiring process, please email TalentAssist@wkkellogg.com

THE FINER PRINT

The ability to work a full shift, come to work on time, work overtime as needed and the ability to work according to the necessary schedule to meet job requirements with or without reasonable accommodation is an essential function of this position.

WK Kellogg Co is an Equal Opportunity Employer that strives to provide an inclusive work environment, a seat for everyone at the table, and embraces the diverse talent of its people. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, disability, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, sexual orientation, age, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

For US applicants:

Where required by state law and/or city ordinance; this employer will provide the Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), with information from each new employee’s Form I-9 to confirm work authorization. For additional information, please follow this link.

Let’s create gr-r-reat days,

WK Kellogg Co Recruitment