Senior Data Scientist, Manufacturing & Ops (Remote)

Fleet Glass Services, Inc.; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Kreate, a family-owned plastic injection molding company, is seeking a Senior Data Scientist to own analytical methods across demand, inventory, capacity, and core metrics. You will lead forecasting, optimization, experimentation, and data governance to inform decisions across plants and functions, partnering with engineering, finance, and leadership.

The role includes mentoring a Data Scientist, establishing standards for analytical methods, and driving production-ready tools and models with

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in data science, operations research, advanced analytics, or a related field, ideally within manufacturing, supply chain, CPG, or similar environment.
• Experience with forecasting and inventory methods in production environments, including intermittent and hierarchical demand forecasting and service-level-based safety stock.
• Experience with optimization techniques such as LP/MIP using tools like OR-Tools, PuLP, Pyomo, or similar, or scheduling heuristics.

Responsibilities

• Own the production planning model, including demand forecasting, safety stock and inventory targets, and forward production plans across plants.
• Build capacity and scheduling optimization models, including press and mold assignment, site balancing, and utilization targets with real-world constraints.

Skills

Forecasting

Optimization

SQL

Python

Leadership

Data governance

Tools

OR-Tools

PuLP

Pyomo

Git

Power BI

Job description

Kreate, a family-owned plastic injection molding company, is seeking a Senior Data Scientist to own analytical methods across demand, inventory, capacity, and core metrics. You will lead forecasting, optimization, experimentation, and data governance to inform decisions across plants and functions, partnering with engineering, finance, and leadership.

The role includes mentoring a Data Scientist, establishing standards for analytical methods, and driving production-ready tools and models with