Scientist à United States

Amway is the world's #1 direct-selling company and one of the largest family-owned businesses globally. Since 1959, we've been empowering people with innovative solutions and over 450 premium products in nutrition, beauty, and home care. Sold exclusively through our network of independent distributors and our webshop, our products help millions live healthier, more vibrant lives. With a presence in over 100 countries and $7.4 billion in revenue in 2024, Amway continues to lead the way.

Our top brands? Nutrilite - the world's #1 brand of vitamins and supplements, ARTISTRY - high-performance skincare and beauty, and eSpring - cutting-edge water filtration systems.

What is the purpose of this role?

D&A Data Scientist role is focused on providing analytical insight to support strategic and operational decision-making for ESAN Markets. The analysis is targeted on Topline Forecasting, providing insights and impact analysis around:

1. Markets Growth/Decline Drivers
2. Analyzing historical trends of Sales considering qualitative insights to do Forecasting.
3. Marketing promotions: pre/post evaluation
4. Key launches and business programs: pre/post evaluation and tracking
5. Product, Customer Analytics as well as Buyer & Behavior Segmentation
6. Portfolio changes and product forecasting

What you'll do:

1. Play a sparring business partner role for Chief Digital, Sales Director & Marketing Officer of the region for all analytical topics.
2. Collaborate with various functional and project stakeholders to design and plan Go-to-market initiatives. Present the key trends and performance insights at regular Marketing team meetings.
3. Keep a tight communication and provide the needed support to other D&A local and global teams as well as to FP&A Analysts community to share knowledge and ensure the highest possible alignment concerning focus initiatives, D&A platform, applications, and methodologies.
4. Marketing Promotions - key launches and business programs - performance analysis & insights.
5. Develop and implement cutting-edge forecasting models to predict future trends, demand, and market/customer behavior based on transactional data.
6. Conduct in-depth advanced analytics, utilizing statistical techniques and machine learning algorithms to extract actionable insights from complex datasets.
7. Lead product analytics initiatives, analyzing user behavior, product performance, and identifying opportunities for enhancement and optimization.
8. Design, construct, and refine buying segmentation and behavioral segmentation models to support targeted marketing and product strategies.
9. Conduct comprehensive analysis on the impact of launches and promotions, providing actionable insights to optimize future initiatives.
10. Collaborate cross-functionally with teams to translate analytical findings into actionable recommendations and strategic business decisions.
11. Take part in Global D&A community meetings around Digital/Marketing as a representative of the ESAN region.

What you'll need:

Education & Experience:

1. Academic degree in Mathematics, Computer science, Statistics, or comparable professional experience
2. 4 years in Business Intelligence/Data Analytics
3. Database management and dashboards (Tableau / Alteryx, SQL)
4. Strong expertise in statistical analysis, predictive modeling, and machine learning techniques is a must.
5. Demonstrated experience in forecasting methodologies including time series analysis.
6. Experience with programming languages such as Python or R, and SQL.
7. Excellent Skills in MS Office applications (Excel, PowerPoint)
8. Proven experience (3 years) as a Data Scientist.
9. Proficiency in programming languages such as Python/R and experience with relevant libraries (NumPy, Pandas, Scikit-Learn, etc.).
10. Familiarity with cloud platforms like GCP
11. Expertise in building and implementing segmentation strategies based on consumer behavior and preferences.
12. Experience with data visualization tools (Tableau, Looker Studio, etc.) to present insights effectively.
13. Excellent communication skills with the ability to articulate complex findings to non-technical stakeholders.

Personal Characteristics:

1. Critical thinking - Ability to objectively analyze and challenge the status quo of data, identifying biases, inconsistencies, and areas for improvement.
2. Intellectual Agility - solid analytical and verbal reasoning ability.
3. Comfortable with ambiguity - ability to adapt to complex situations, to focus & prioritize
4. Savvy Communicator - effective communication skills, proactive transparent messaging to senior leadership.
5. Fluent in English
6. Team-orientation: ability to succeed in multi-functional global teams and to build/sustain relationships (internally and externally)

Apply if you are:

1. Expert in their field, combining theory with practice.
2. Trusted client partner.
3. Confident in leading and managing projects.
4. Proactive, innovative, and action-oriented.
5. Customer-focused, simplifying complexities.
6. Collaborative, inclusive, and fair.

What you can expect from us:

1. 18-month temporary contract
2. Competitive salary & great bonus potential
3. Recognition system
4. Additional day off for your Birthday
5. 66% discount on Amway products
6. Healthcare
7. Free healthy lunch on 2 of the 3 collaboration days
8. 6 weeks of vacation plus extra days off on Dec 24 and Dec 31
9. Company life/pension insurance