DESCRIPTION

Ingram Micro is the business behind the world’s brands, providing more ways to realize the promise of technology®. We are an integral part of the technology ecosystem, helping our partners grow and thrive through the creation and delivery of Information Technology, Cloud solutions and Lifecycle services. With more than $54 billion in revenue and the ability to reach 90% of the global population, we are one of the world’s largest technology distributors, serving our partners through operations in 61 countries with 29,000 associates.

Ingram Micro has earned Great Place to Work Certification™ for 2022-2023 in the United States! This prestigious recognition reflects our commitment to our people and our culture.

Come join our team where you’ll make technology happen in surprising ways. Let’s shape tomorrow - it’ll be a fun journey!

This position is in the Irvine, California corporate headquarters and has the opportunity for hybrid work with up to three days remote per week.

YOUR ROLE:

Data continues to transform organizations. We are recruiting a data scientist to help us turn data into actionable insights that drive value for our customers, our vendors and our associates.

The ideal candidate is a data scientist who can meet with business stakeholders, understand the problems they are trying to solve, then go and solve them. We are leveraging data from formerly disparate data sources; our ideal candidate can both wrangle and harmonize data while finding value data through modeling techniques including AI & ML and black-box solutions from third parties.

• Ability to meet with senior stakeholders to understand business problems and present findings. Communication and willingness to assert yourself is key
• Work with large datasets. Knowledge of programing languages. We are using the Google Cloud Platform through BigQuery. There are a variety of compatible modeling tools you can use.
• Ability to go deep into datasets and propose ideas of ways the data can generate value for our various stakeholders. What are ways we can use the data as-is? What additional insights could we leverage if we augmented it with first party or third-party data? What existing solutions exist in the market?
• Model development. Leverage Machine Learning, AI, economic, geographic, and applied mathematical models to address our complex business problems. Models will be both causal and predictive.
• Maintain the health of machine learning systems implemented in market. Evaluate speed, accuracy, reliability and performance. Our ability to get insights into market is critical; our success is evaluated off our learnings and improvements.
• Participate in R&D projects including reading existing bodies of literature and staying current in research and academic communities by participating in presentations, attending conferences and publishing papers of successful insights to help Ingram Micro grow our academic reputation.
• Be curious. What business problems can we solve with data? How can analytics or data science make our organization better?
• We can teach you tools, we can't teach you attitude and thought process. If you're unfamiliar with the tools we're using, show us how you've learned what you do know, we believe you can get up to speed quickly

TOOLS WE USE:

• Google Cloud Platform
• Big Query (SQL-Based)
• Vertex AI
• AutoML
• Spark
• BigQuery ML
• TensorFlow
• Looker
• MS Office Suite

WHAT YOU BRING TO THE ROLE:

• Masters in Statistics, Operations Research, Applied Mathematics, Physics, Engineering, Economics or related technical field AND 4+ years of quantitative experience
• Ability to apply insights to high impact questions with immediate and long-term relevance
• Experience performing econometric and statistical analysis on very large granular transaction level data sets
• Experience developing causal models to derive insights about market behavior and building predictive models to forecast upstream and downstream market activities
• Experience with machine learning and AI models

This is not a complete listing of the job duties. It’s a representation of the things you will be doing, and you may not perform all these duties.

Please be prepared to pass a drug test and successfully pass a pre-employment (post offer) background check that includes verification of vaccination status.

Ingram Micro requires all new associates to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Therefore, this position requires applicants to submit proof, prior to start date, that the successful applicant is fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Ingram Micro will comply with applicable laws regarding the reasonable accommodation of individuals with disabilities and/or sincerely held religious beliefs. Applicants will be notified of the requirements of Ingram Micro’s COVID-19 policy and process for verification of vaccination status prior to the start of employment.

Ingram Micro believes there is no place in our society for social injustice, discrimination, or racism. As a company we do not – and will not – tolerate these actions.

Ingram Micro Inc. is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status, or any other protected category under applicable law.

It’s no surprise that technology powers the planet. And what might surprise you is that Ingram Micro has the ability to reach more than 90% of the global population.

By joining us, you make Ingram Micro’s contribution a reality: helping businesses grow, supporting industries from healthcare to education with their technology, or even connecting the world.

What’s in it for you? Well, we take great care of our people, everyone is made to feel welcome, and opportunities to grow apply to all. But the prospect of shaping the future through technology is something you’re unlikely to find anywhere else.

Let’s shape tomorrow.