Inventory Management Data Scientist

Clark Associates, a distinguished leader in the food service equipment and supplies industry, is seeking a dedicated and visionary individual to join our Augmented Inventory Management (AIM) team. As the foremost and rapidly expanding food service equipment and supplies dealer in the USA, we leverage a network of over 20 strategically positioned national distribution centers to promptly deliver an extensive catalog of 90,000+ products to our valued customers within an efficient 1-2 business day timeframe.

Clark Associates, a distinguished leader in the food service equipment and supplies industry, is seeking a dedicated and visionary individual to join our Augmented Inventory Management (AIM) team. As the foremost and rapidly expanding food service equipment and supplies dealer in the USA, we leverage a network of over 20 strategically positioned national distribution centers to promptly deliver an extensive catalog of 90,000+ products to our valued customers within an efficient 1-2 business day timeframe.

This role sits on the Augmented Inventory Management (AIM) team within Procurement Operations. The team is responsible for building and improving the systems that drive inventory decisions at scale—ensuring the right products are in the right place at the right time across our distribution network.

As part of AIM, you will use data, forecasting, and optimization models to directly influence purchasing, allocation, and replenishment strategies. Your work will help improve product availability, reduce excess inventory, and support efficient growth as the business continues to scale.

This is a highly applied role focused on solving real operational problems. You’ll partner closely with Procurement and Operations to translate business needs into prescriptive solutions, while continuously improving the models and processes that power our inventory decisions.

• Model Development:
  Create advanced statistical, and machine learning models that optimize inventory management processes, fostering efficient allocation and utilization of resources.
• Collaboration:
  
  Interface with stakeholders in procurement and operations to devise systematic solutions for intricate inventory management challenges.
• Continuous Enhancement:
  Research and implement enhancements to existing models, keeping abreast of emerging methodologies in the field.
• Actionable Insights:
  Extract meaningful insights from data and formulate actionable recommendations that tangibly bolster the company's financial performance.
• Solution Validation:
  Implement robust monitoring mechanisms to validate the efficacy of deployed solutions.

• Work is performed while sitting/standing and interfacing with a personal computer.
• Requires the ability to communicate effectively using speech, vision, and hearing.
• Requires the regular use of hands for simple grasping and fine manipulations.
• Requires occasional bending, squatting, crawling, climbing, and reaching.
• Requires the ability to occasionally lift, carry, push, or pull medium weights, up to 50lbs.

• Access to a reliable and secure high-speed internet connection. Cable or fiber internet connections (at least 75mbps download/10mbps upload) are preferred, as satellite connections often cannot support the technologies used to perform day‑to‑day tasks.
• Access to a home router and modem.
• A dedicated home office space that is noise‑and distraction‑free. The space should have strong wireless connection or a wired Ethernet connection (wired connection is preferred, if possible).
• A valid, physical address (apartment, suite, etc.). PO Boxes are not supported, as a physical address is required for you to receive your computer equipment.
• The desire and ability…