[Remote] Principal Data Scientist, ML - Planning

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Quince is a retail and technology company aiming to provide high-quality goods at lower prices. The Principal Data Scientist will lead the design and implementation of data science solutions to optimize inventory planning and allocations, significantly influencing the company's future success.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute the data science strategy for inventory and logistics planning, aligning with broader business goals.
• Identify and prioritize high-impact data-driven projects that optimize the company’s planning processes and drive operational efficiency.
• Design, develop, and refine predictive models for demand forecasting, inventory optimization, and workforce allocation.
• Leverage advanced machine learning and optimization techniques to solve complex supply chain and planning problems at scale.
• Deploy the ML models into production, run experiments, and enable performance monitoring in production.
• Collaborate across functions: Work closely with product, business, and engineering partners to initiate, develop, and deploy solutions with cross-functional support.
• Communicate insights: Present outcomes and insights to business stakeholders and leadership.
• Enhance data infrastructure: Identify gaps in existing data, create data product specifications, and collaborate with Engineering teams to implement enhanced data tracking.
• Promote best practices: Partner with Analytics team members and other functions to share insights and best practices, ensuring consistency in data-driven decision-making across the organization.
• Drive automation: Continuously strive for automated and production-ready solutions to improve efficiency and scalability.

Skills

• 7+ years of experience as a data scientist in relevant industry, with hands-on experience applying machine learning, predictive modeling, optimizations, and GenAI to optimizing inventory and logistics planning.
• Deep knowledge in statistical, optimization and machine learning techniques.
• Data science libraries in a programming or scripting language (proficiency with Python and SQL).
• Model productionalization.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Experience with BI platforms such as Looker, Tableau, etc.
• Move fast, be a team player, and be kind.

Education Requirements

• MS or PhD in statistics, mathematics, engineering, computer science, operations research or another quantitative field.

Company Overview

• Quince is an affordable luxury brand that sells high-quality fashion and home goods at radically low prices— direct from the factory floor. It was founded in 2018, and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, US, with a workforce of 201-500 employees. Its website is https://www.quince.com.

Company H1B Sponsorship

• Quince has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 1 in 2023. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.