Job Specifications
Founded over 35 years ago, First Quality is a family-owned company that has grown from a small business in McElhattan, Pennsylvania into a group of companies, employing over 5,000 team members, while maintaining our family values and entrepreneurial spirit. With corporate offices in New York and Pennsylvania and 8 manufacturing campuses across the U.S. and Canada, the companies within the First Quality group produce high-quality personal care and household products for large retailers and healthcare organizations. Our personal care and household product portfolio includes baby diapers, wipes, feminine pads, paper towels, bath tissue, adult incontinence products, laundry detergents, fabric finishers, and dishwash solutions. In addition, we manufacture certain raw materials and components used in the manufacturing of these products, including flexible print and packaging solutions.
Guided by our values of humility, unity, and integrity, we leverage advanced technology and innovation to drive growth and create new opportunities. At First Quality, you’ll find a collaborative environment focused on continuous learning, professional development, and our mission to Make Things Better®.
We are seeking a Data Scientist for our First Quality facilities located in McElhattan, PA; Lewistown, PA; and Macon, GA.
The role will provide meaningful insight on how to improve our current business operations. This position will work closely with domain experts and SMEs to understand the business problem or opportunity and assess the potential of machine learning to enable accelerated performance improvements.
Principle Accountabilities/Responsibilities
Design, build, tune, and deploy divisional AI/ML tools that meet the agreed upon functional and non-functional requirements within the framework established by the Enterprise IT and IS departments.
Perform large scale experimentation to identify hidden relationships between different data sets and engineer new features
Communicate model performance & results & tradeoffs to stake holders
Determine requirements that will be used to train and evolve deep learning models and algorithms
Visualize information and develop engaging dashboards on the results of data analysis.
Build reports and advanced dashboards to tell stories with the data.
Lead, develop and deliver divisional strategies to demonstrate the: what, why and how of delivering AI/ML business outcomes
Build and deploy divisional AI strategy and roadmaps that enable long-term success for the organization that aligned with the Enterprise AI strategy.
Proactively mine data to identify trends and patterns and generate insights for business units and management.
Mentor other stakeholders to grow in their expertise, particularly in AI / ML, and taking an active leadership role in divisional executive forums
Work collaboratively with the business to maximize the probability of success of AI projects and initiatives.
Identify technical areas for improvement and present detailed business cases for improvements or new areas of opportunities.
Qualifications/Education/Experience Requirements
PhD or master’s degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science or other relevant discipline.
5+ years of experience using large scale data to solve problems and answer questions.
Prior experience in the Manufacturing Industry.
Skills/Competencies Requirements
Experience in building and deploying predictive models and scalable data pipelines
Demonstrable experience with common data science toolkits, such as Python, PySpark, R, Weka, NumPy, Pandas, scikit-learn, SpaCy/Gensim/NLTK etc.
Knowledge of data warehousing concepts like ETL, dimensional modeling, and sematic/reporting layer design.
Knowledge of emerging technologies such as columnar and NoSQL databases, predictive analytics, and unstructured data.
Fluency in data science, analytics tools, and a selection of machine learning methods – Clustering, Regression, Decision Trees, Time Series Analysis, Natural Language Processing.
Strong problem solving and decision-making skills
Ability to explain deep technical information to non-technical parties
Demonstrated growth mindset, enthusiastic about learning new technologies quickly and applying the gained knowledge to address business problems.
Strong understanding of data governance/management concepts and practices.
Strong background in systems development, including an understanding of project management methodologies and the development lifecycle.
Proven history managing stakeholder relationships.
Business case development.
What We Offer You
We believe that by continuously improving the quality of our benefits, we can help to raise the quality of life for our team members and their families. At First Quality you will receive:
Competitive base salary and bonus opportunities
Paid time off (three-week minimum)
Medical, dental and vision starting day one
401(k) with employer match
Paid parental leave
Child and family care assistance (de
About the Company
First Quality was founded over 30 years ago and has grown to become a diversified family of companies with over 4,000 employees. Manufacturing Adult Incontinence Products, Feminine Hygiene Products, Baby Wipes, Adult Washcloths, and Consumer Paper Products, we serve institutional and retail markets throughout the world. Our trusted, household brands include Prevail(r), Cuties(r), Plenty(r), Panda(r), and Incognito(r)
Our facilities operate independently to maintain focus on the markets they serve, but benefit from being a ...
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