Data Scientist

This is a 12 month fixed term contract, where you can work remotely and occasional travel to our hub in Northampton What you’ll do As the Data Scientist you’ll be working closely with other teams in Digital, Commercial , Supply Chain and Marketing to successfully apply and quantify data science and machine learning techniques. You will mine and analyse big data sets, and deliver appropriate outcomes for the business, for example analysis, modelling and/or recommendations. You’ll be able to explain your output clearly to all levels of the business. Some accountabilities of the role: - Responsible for the design, development and deployment of descriptive, predictive and prescriptive analytical models - Support Senior team members maintaining business engagement and managing expectations. - Manages ad-hoc requests for data aggregation, cleansing and descriptive insight, will provide recommendations on the back of this. - Creates and delivers reports and presentations to the business. Is this you? As a successful Data Scientist you will have had previous cloud experience in technologies such as MLOps, AWS or GCP. You will have strong programming skills e.g. SQL & Python, it would be an added bonus if you had GIT but not essential. - It will also be great if you had - - Experience of using machine learning/frameworks - Great business acumen and presentation skills - Experience of managing senior stakeholders and their expectations - Able to explain complex algorithms in a simple way What’s in it for you? You’ll be supported by some fantastic training and development and have the opportunity to learn, grow and develop across the Travis Perkins Group. We’ll also equip you with a benefits package that grows as you grow with the company: - Competitive bonus - Save-as-you-earn scheme - Buy-as-you-earn scheme - Contributory pension scheme - Colleague discount across a variety of Group businesses

A bit about us As the largest distributor of building materials in the UK, Travis Perkins has been helping to build Britain for over 200 years. With over 5 businesses, 16,000 colleagues and more than 1,200 branches, stores and sites around the UK we believe we have the best people and the best place to work. Everyone works hard together to deliver results, but most importantly, have some fun along the way!

We’re driving to become a truly inclusive employer. We want everyone to be at their best and it’s our ambition that everyone within our Group feels safe, welcome and confident to be their authentic selves. You be you, it makes us, us

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