Udaan - SCM Analyst

About Udaan :

UDAAN is about making business easy in India, about making B2B commerce convenient and efficient. We believe B2B is the new B2C in India.

India has 50m+ SMBs, who form core of Indian economy and society. They are the entrepreneurial pulse of India. We believe internet is a great equalizing platform. We want to bring our energies together in bringing power of Internet to these millions of entrepreneurs.

Udaan is a B2B trade platform for small & medium businesses in India. It brings traders, wholesalers, distributors, retailers and manufacturers in India on to a single platform. At Udaan we are looking to create a fundamentally disruptive value proposition for small and medium businesses across India.

About the role :

Lead : Supply chain Data and analytics

The Data Analytics team creates metrics, models and data products to sustainably educate and enable our business partners to make great data-based decisions. This team is also the source of the data and analytics behind Supply Chain optimization, planning, operational efficiency.

As a Lead - Supply chain data and analytics you will :

- Work within the Supply Chain function to define a problem, find the requisite data and propose solutions based on data analysis

- Lead a team of analyst, statisticians, and data science professionals providing strategic guidance on projects

- Understand and anticipate problems and move to solve them quickly

- Create and automate reporting and insights at scale that informs and influences business decisions

- Provide thought leadership in how we measure a business area from the code that we use to collect data all the way to the application of the insights you derive reports and analysis

- Incorporate data-based approaches to hold functions accountable for results against goals and objectives

- Effectively communicate and educate function leaders by leveraging data analysis, insights, testing and measurement

About You :

- BS degree in Applied Mathematics, Statistics, Economics or other related quantitative field

- 7+ years of experience developing BI, Data Science solutions including analysis, design, testing and report development

- A simple thinker. You love finding simple solutions to complex problems

- Understand the Product model and ability to work and lead an Agile team

- Influential - able to engage and negotiate with business leaders and teams

- Inquisitive on Big Data technology - current on tools utilized in Data Science and Analytics

- Good understanding of data structures and the design of algorithms

- Good understanding of mathematical concepts and ability to grasp complex mathematics

- Familiarity with statistical tools such as SAS, R, SPSS and with scripting languages such as Python for analysing data and building prototypes

- Experience with data visualization tools (Tableau, PowerBI) and automation tools

Preferred Qualifications :

- B.Tech, MBA or MS in Applied Mathematics, Statistics, Economics or other related quantitative field

- Experience in start-ups, e-commerce

- Strong analytical skills including model development, hypothesis design and testing, and the ability to teach analytical concepts to others

- Experience leading projects involving complex data sciences requirements, a variety of business stakeholders, and a team of analytics professionals with a variety of skills

- Proven track record of learning new tools and technologies

- Experience developing future leaders in a data rich environment

LOCATION : Bangalore