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Rsgroup lists this Data Scientist opportunity in fort worth, Texas. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
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Data Scientist
Location:
Fort Worth, TX, US, 76118
Function: Procurement
Work Location: Hybrid
About RS Group
RS is a high-service global product and service solutions provider for industrial customers, enabling them to operate efficiently and sustainably.
We operate in 33 markets, stock over 875,000 industrial and specialist products and list an additional five million relevant for our industrial customers, sourced from over 2,500 suppliers. This extensive range supports our customers across the industrial lifecycle of designing, building and maintaining equipment and operations. We enhance their experience through a tailored service model, leveraging our efficient physical, digital and process infrastructure sustainably. We combine a technically led and digitally enabled approach with an exceptional team of experts; ultimately, it’s our people that make the difference.
Our purpose, making amazing happen for a better world, reflects our focus on delivering results for people, planet and profit.
This role sits at the center of a strategic transformation to modernize sales quoting, pricing, and revenue processes through the implementation of Salesforce Revenue Cloud and related platforms.
About the Role
Role Purpose
The Data Scientist plays a critical role in driving profitable growth by identifying, analysing, and delivering data-driven insights that optimise margin performance across the organisation. This role leverages advanced analytics, statistical modelling, and machine learning techniques to uncover pricing, cost, and product mix opportunities within an industrial and electronics distribution environment.
Responsibilities
Working closely with pricing, sales, procurement, and finance teams, the Data Scientist translates complex data into actionable recommendations that support strategic decision-making
Analyse margin/growth performance across customers, products, suppliers, and channels to identify improvement opportunities
Detect margin leakage drivers such as discounting, pricing inconsistencies and cost fluctuations
Analyse win/loss data, deal-level performance, and competitive pricing trends
Develop predictive models for demand, price elasticity, and customer behaviour
Apply machine learning techniques to identify cross-sell, upsell, and mix optimisation opportunities
Aggregate and transform large datasets Sales, Customer, Product, Competitor
Provide clear, actionable insights through storytelling (narrative building)
Enable self-service analytics for business stakeholders
Track and measure realised impact of implemented initiatives
Support RS through gaining deep understanding of various areas of the business, bringing fresh ideas and ways of thinking to change strategy and policy
Maintain documentation for models, data pipelines, and methodologies
Ensure compliance with data governance and internal policies
Promote best practices in analytics and data science across the organisation
How I make a difference in this role
You bridge the gap between analytics and business execution by translating complex models into clear, actionable recommendations that sales, pricing, and procurement teams can use in real decisions (e.g., deal pricing, contract negotiations).
Candidate Requirements
Python
Advanced SQL
Advanced statistics and machine learning knowledge
Advanced data engineering and feature building
Reasonable level of price theory (willingness to pay, share of wallet, elasticity etc)
Stakeholder management (simplifying advanced concepts into narratives/visualisations)
Strong problem solving
Strong ideation
Strong interpersonal skills, willing to work in group-projects
Snowflake/AWS
Spark/Databricks
Essential Qualifications (Must be evidenced at offer stage)
Bachelor’s degree in a technical or related field or equivalent experience.
RS Americas is an equal opportunity employer and maintains policies and practices that are designed to prevent and prohibit unlawful discrimination against any qualified employee or applicant on the basis of race, colour, religion, ancestry, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, military/veteran status, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, or any other unlawful classification to the extent protected by law. This policy of nondiscrimination applies to all employment practices, including hiring, compensation, benefits, promotion, training and termination. Employees who engage in unlawful discrimination will be subject to disciplinary action, up to and including termination.
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Worksite address
fort worth, TX, 76102, US
Who can apply
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