Senior Manager Data Science, Logistics Modeling

Carmax

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
Richmond, VA
Salary
$138,500–$221,600 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
125 days ago
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This role pays less than 60% of similar roles. Most pay $164,550–$223,187 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $180k versus about $194k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

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About Carmax

CarMax is the largest used car retailer in the United States, offering a customer-friendly, no-haggle buying experience with a broad selection of quality used vehicles, financing, and vehicle protection plans. Industry: Automotive Retail

Carmax currently has 33 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $104,000–$156,000 across 19 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Manager Data Science, Logistics Modeling

Sr. Manager Data Science, Logistics Modeling joins the Logistics Modeling team to plan the efficient movement of vehicles across a nationwide network. This role involves leading a team of data scientists to develop optimal planning strategies and sophisticated models that autonomously determine vehicle transport routes and driver assignments. You will build software to calculate logistics plans in seconds, leveraging mathematics, statistics, machine learning, Python, and computer science skills. The position requires managing cross-functional efforts with IT and the field to implement new models while using experiment test and design skills to measure business impact. The core work involves solving complex logistics problems to optimize driver utilization and on-time delivery while minimizing transportation costs for a large-scale automotive retail network.

What does a Data Science Manager earn?

Median $211200 from 43 postings across 13 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Develop optimal logistics planning strategies to meet short and long-term business objectives.
  • Build and lead a team of 4-7 data scientists to implement logistics strategies across millions of moves.
  • Lead the development of artificial intelligence to autonomously plan vehicle moves in an optimal way.
  • Build software to calculate optimal logistics plans and deliver them to the logistics team in seconds.
  • Lead cross-functional efforts with IT and field teams to implement new models and strategies.
  • Apply experiment test and design skills to measure the business impact of different planning changes.
  • Deliver $10-25MM of incremental annual value by continuously improving the logistics strategy.

What we're looking for

  • Undergraduate degree with exceptional academic performance in a quantitative discipline like Statistics, Math, Data Science, Computer Science, or Engineering.
  • Advanced Degree (Master’s/Ph.D.) is a plus (preferred).
  • 4+ years of experience in strategy, analytics, and/or data science.
  • Mathematical, modeling, and reasoning skills to build complex planning models.
  • Computer programming skills to turn mathematical models into Artificial Intelligence.
  • Leadership skills to build a highly engaged team and work cross-functionally to implement new logistics models.
  • Experience managing highly analytical projects and people.
  • Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.

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