Co-op/Intern Associate Business Data Scientist

About Kinaxis

In 1984, we started out as a team of three engineers. Today, we have grown to become a global organization with over 2000 employees around the world, with a brand-new HQ based in Kanata North in Ottawa. As one of Canada’s Top Employers for Young People (2024), we want to help you take the first step in crafting your career journey.

At Kinaxis, we power the world’s supply chains to help preserve the planet’s resources and enrich the human experience. As a global leader in end-to-end supply chain management, we enable supply chain excellence for all industries, with more than 40,000 users in over 100 countries. We are expanding our team as we continue to innovate and revolutionize how we support our customers.

Location

If in Ottawa, you must be in the office at least three days a week. Other Canadian Locations - Remote

About The Team

You would be a contributing member of the Kinaxis Professional Services organization, collaborating with team members to deliver committed customer projects using Kinaxis RapidResponse software.

If you love solving analytical problems, analyzing complex datasets, finding actionable insights, communicate the story within the data and learning new technologies, this role is for you!

This is a full-time, 4 or 8-month position, starting January 2025.

What you will do

• Develop cutting edge expertise in Kinaixs’ AI/ML capabilities to translate customer’s business needs into actionable insights that can drive business improvements
• Support customer to define and implement value metrics and KPIs that will demonstrate visible business success
• Evaluate and measure models’ outputs to ensure client requirements are met and drive continuous value
• Seamlessly collaborative with cross functional teams of Product Data Scientists, ML directors and customer business and IT to complete ML projects
• Provide on-going support and thought leadership to customers to continually improve their AI/ML models by demonstrating and delivering value
• Work with Product development and R&D in shaping the product roadmap and provide thought leadership content and points of view on industry trends
• Perform any additional projects as needed
  
  

What we are looking for

• Ability to understand customers business’ and supply chain needs and leverage it to effective design solutions to drive business value
• Ability to effectively communicate with executives and business stakeholders to shape and influence decision making
• Conceptual knowledge of AI/ML techniques and eager to learn and adopt new approaches and methodologies
• Hands-on experience with relational databases (e.g. Oracle, MySQL, MS Sql Server, PostgreSQL), BI/data analysis. Working knowledge of distributed computing techniques
• Working knowledge of ML stack such as Kubernetes, Project Jupyter, Kafka and workflow engine etc.
• Ability to translate planning processes to different industrial environments such as B2B, Life Sciences/ FMCG/ Automotive industry
• Excellent interpersonal, presentation and client relationship building and facilitation skills (meeting sessions, conflict resolutions, brainstorming etc.)
  
  

Things that would definitely help

• Experienced in developing and applying time-series forecasting machine learning models.
  
  

We’re accepting applications now through end of day on Wednesday, Nov 13, 2024. All submissions will be reviewed during this time, as well as after the posting closes.

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Work With Impact: Our platform directly helps companies power the world’s supply chains. We see the results of what we do out in the world every day—when we see store shelves stocked, when medications are available for our loved ones, and so much more.

Work with Fortune 500 Brands: Companies across industries trust us to help them take control of their integrated business planning and digital supply chain. Some of our customers include Ford, Unilever, Yamaha, P&G, Lockheed-Martin, and more.

Social Responsibility at Kinaxis: Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee weighs in on hiring practices, talent assessment training materials, and mandatory training on unconscious bias and inclusion fundamentals. Sustainability is key to what we do and we’re committed to net-zero operations strategy for the long term. We are involved in our communities and support causes where we can make the most impact.

People matter at Kinaxis and these are some of the perks and benefits we created for our team:

• Flexible vacation and Kinaxis Days (company-wide day off on the last Friday of every month)
• Flexible work options
• Physical and mental well-being programs
• Regularly scheduled virtual fitness classes
• Mentorship programs and training and career development
• Recognition programs and referral rewards
• Hackathons
  
  

For more information, visit the Kinaxis web site at www.kinaxis.com or the company’s blog at http://blog.kinaxis.com .

Kinaxis strongly encourages diverse candidates to apply to our welcoming community. We strive to make our website and application process accessible to any and all users. If you would like to contact us regarding the accessibility of our website or need assistance completing the application process, please contact us at [email protected] . This contact information is for accessibility requests only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.

Kinaxis is committed to ensuring a fair and transparent recruitment process. We use artificial intelligence (AI) tools in the initial step of the recruitment process to compare submitted resumes against the job description, to identify candidates whose education, experience and skills most closely match the requirements of the role. After the initial screening, all subsequent decisions regarding your application, including final selection, are made by our human recruitment team. AI does not make any final hiring decisions.