About the Role
Tiger Analytics is seeking a Senior Data Scientist – Forecasting to join their advanced analytics team, supporting leading Retail, CPG, and Supply Chain clients. This role involves designing, developing, and deploying forecasting solutions to drive critical business decisions in areas like demand planning, inventory optimization, and supply chain operations. The ideal candidate will collaborate with stakeholders to build scalable models delivering measurable business impact, combining statistical forecasting expertise with machine learning experience and the ability to translate complex findings into actionable recommendations.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and deploy time-series forecasting models including ARIMA, SARIMA, and ETS
- Build machine-learning-based forecasting models using GBM, Random Forest, XGBoost, and LightGBM
- Develop hierarchical and multi-level forecasting solutions across products, regions, and channels
- Perform large-scale data extraction, transformation, and analysis using SQL
- Partner with supply chain, merchandising, planning, and business teams to understand forecasting requirements
- Translate business problems into analytical solutions
- Present model insights and recommendations to senior client stakeholders
- Lead workshops and forecasting strategy discussions with clients
- Implement and operationalize models in cloud environments
- Collaborate with business stakeholders to translate demand planning requirements into scalable analytics solutions
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in applied data science or advanced analytics
- 5+ years of hands-on experience in demand planning, demand forecasting, or sales forecasting
- Strong domain experience in CPG, FMCG, retail, or similar industries
- Advanced proficiency in Python (pandas, NumPy, scikit-learn, statsmodels)
- Strong SQL skills for large-scale data processing
- Proven experience deploying models in cloud environments (Azure preferred)
Skills
- Data Science
- Machine Learning
- AI
- Forecasting
- ARIMA
- SARIMA
- ETS
- GBM
- Random Forest
- XGBoost
- LightGBM
- Hierarchical forecasting
- Multi-level forecasting
- SQL
- Python
- pandas
- NumPy
- scikit-learn
- statsmodels
- Cloud environments
- Azure
Experience Level
- Senior
- 10+ years of experience in applied data science or advanced analytics
- 5+ years of hands-on experience in demand planning, demand forecasting, or sales forecasting
Benefits
- Excellent opportunity for significant career development
- Fast-growing and challenging entrepreneurial environment
- High degree of individual responsibility
About the Company
- Tiger Analytics is a fast-growing advanced analytics consulting firm.
- Consultants bring deep expertise in Data Science, Machine Learning and AI.
- Trusted analytics partner for multiple Fortune 500 companies, enabling them to generate business value from data.
- Business value and leadership recognized by various market research firms, including Forrester and Gartner.
- Building the best global analytics consulting team in the world.
Equal Opportunity
- Tiger Analytics provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, marital status, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other basis as protected by federal, state, or local law.
