Data Science Intern, Analytics

About Brandless
 
We are a community of people who believe everyone deserves better and better should not cost more. We are democratizing access to goodness, starting with a carefully curated collection of amazing high-quality products. We offer non-GMO and organic food, clean beauty and personal care products, non-toxic cleaning supplies, home goods and office supplies, all at simple, fair prices.

We’re thinking beyond building a brand. We’re building a MOVEMENT. A movement deeply rooted in quality, simplicity, community-informed values and tangible acts of kindness.

 
What you’ll do:
The data team plays a crucial role in the growth of Brandless as we partner with engineering, product, marketing, operations and other teams to lead data-supported decisions and product design. We are excited to reinvent modern consumption and we are the data experts behind our mission!
 
We are looking for a data science intern to join our Minneapolis team this fall, from late August until December 2019. Their main responsibility will be to work with merchandising data and produce recommendations that will have a measurable impact on the Brandless business. The intern will receive a list of one or many potential projects from their manager to evaluate. With this project list, it will be the intern’s responsibility to better understand each problem by discussing with the relevant teams. The intern will be responsible for the full cycle of analysis (with the help of her/his manager and other data team members), from initial data exploration to sharing insights and recommendations with team members across the organization..
 
You’ll create impact by:
  • Exploring the Brandless data universe to provide actionable insights to multiple parts of the business
  • Analyzing purchase pattern data from Brandless customers to make recommendations on assortment decisions, merchandising strategy, and inventory planning
  • Following your analysis from beginning to end (querying, exploring, and visualizing data, and then communicating it effectively)
  • Helping setup and evaluate experiments across the Brandless site and business
  • Learning from members of the data and merchandising teams
 
What you’ll need:
  • Must be located in Minneapolis
  • Undergraduate student in a technical field (Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Economics, etc..) with plans to graduate by Spring 2021
  • Ability to pull your own data via SQL
  • Working knowledge of a data science scripting language such as Python or R
  • Strong understanding of statistics and hypothesis testing
  • Love for large datasets with so much to explore
  • Ability to think critically and find solutions to open-ended problems
 
Brandless provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Brandless follows applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

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