Senior Data Scientist - Merch Analytics & ML

Sam's Club; Bentonville (AR); On-site; USD 90,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) plan

Stock purchase plan

Paid time off

Job summary

Sam's Club is seeking a Data Scientist III to leverage advanced analytics and predictive modeling on merchandising, pricing, and member behavior challenges. The role drives data-driven decisions and collaborates across functions to improve business outcomes.

The team focuses on data governance, quality, and scalable analytics, using Python, SQL, and cloud platforms to deliver insights and decision-support across merchandising, pricing, and category performance.

Qualifications

• Minimum qualifications include a degree in statistics, economics, analytics, mathematics, CS or related field with analytics experience.
• Bachelor's or Master’s degrees are preferred for advanced data science work.
• Experience in analytics or related fields is required.

Responsibilities

• Apply advanced statistical, analytical, and machine learning techniques to merchandising, pricing, and member behavior challenges.
• Conduct exploratory data analysis and develop data-driven insights for assortment, pricing, promotions, and category performance.
• Partner with merchandising, pricing, and cross-functional teams to translate objectives into analytical frameworks.
• Develop and maintain predictive and descriptive models to support demand forecasting and pricing optimization.
• Utilize Python, SQL, and cloud platforms to extract and optimize large datasets.
• Create dashboards and executive-ready reports to communicate insights and recommendations.

Skills

Python

SQL

Data visualization

Power BI

Data governance

Statistical methods

Machine learning

Education

Bachelor's degree in Statistics, Economics, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, IT or related

Master's degree in Statistics, Economics, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, IT or related

Tools

Databricks

BigQuery

Job description

Sam's Club is seeking a Data Scientist III to leverage advanced analytics and predictive modeling on merchandising, pricing, and member behavior challenges. The role drives data-driven decisions and collaborates across functions to improve business outcomes.

The team focuses on data governance, quality, and scalable analytics, using Python, SQL, and cloud platforms to deliver insights and decision-support across merchandising, pricing, and category performance.