The Forecast Center of Excellence (FCOE) at 84.51° is looking to improve the management of forecasts used by Kroger in supply chain and labor planning by leveraging diverse data sets and ensuring the best price, promotion, and historical sales information possible.
Requirements
- Strong SQL (and/or PySpark) skills, with experience working on large data sets.
- Technical understanding of data structures, flow diagrams, and ability to read/write Python/PySpark code.
- Experience working with Databricks
- Experience with data management, architecture, governance, science, or related fields
- Ability to work with large data sets
- Experience with data quality, reliability, and compliance with enterprise standards
Responsibilities
- Become the Data SME: Dive deep into our data, develop expertise in its structure and meaning, and become the go-to resource for data-related questions.
- Document & Share Knowledge: Create clear documentation, data dictionaries, flow diagrams, and business rules to help others understand and use our data confidently.
- Collaborate Across Teams: Partner with data science, product, and engineering teams to validate new use cases, assess data quality, and identify opportunities for improvement.
- Solve Data Challenges: Analyze and resolve data issues, discrepancies, and questions, supporting internal teams in making informed decisions.
- Drive Data Discovery: Explore new and existing data sources, perform queries and analyses (primarily using SQL in Databricks), and help shape how data is used across the organization.
- Champion Data Governance: Work with 84.51° and Kroger/KTD data governance teams to ensure data quality, reliability, and compliance with enterprise standards.
Other
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
- 2–4 years of relevant experience in data management, architecture, governance, science, or related fields.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams.
- Applicants for employment in the US must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United Stated and with the Kroger Family of Companies
