Data Scientist for Supply Chain Management

Job Description

We help the world run better

At SAP, we enable you to bring out your best. Our company culture is focused on collaboration and a shared passion to help the world run better. How? We focus every day on building the foundation for tomorrow and creating a workplace that embraces differences, values flexibility, and is aligned to our purpose-driven and future-focused work. We offer a highly collaborative, caring team environment with a strong focus on learning and development, recognition for your individual contributions, and a variety of benefit options for you to choose from.

We are seeking a talented Data Scientist to enhance our team’s mission of pushing AI boundaries in Supply Chain Management. Our team aims to equip Supply Chain Management products with comprehensive End-to-End intelligent business processes. In collaboration with product development units, you will play a crucial role in integrating AI capabilities into these products. Your responsibilities will involve working closely with product management, development teams, and other key organizational stakeholders. The role includes driving AI use cases from concept to product implementation – this encompasses refining use cases, crafting AI models, and conceiving product integration, including user experience and technical aspects.

What you'll do

As an AI Scientist, you will undertake projects that facilitate the incorporation of AI features within the Supply Chain Management solutions. Your work will revolve around the delivery of specific AI features as well as contributing to broader initiatives that enhance the underlying framework for AI feature development.

Your tasks will include:

• Identifying and refining AI use cases

• Prototyping AI functionality using Python, open-source tools, and SAP services, including AI model definition and evaluation

• Integrating new functionalities into SAP’s Supply Chain Management products from both functional and technical perspectives.

• Developing and sharing best practices for the development of AI features

What you bring

• You are an effective communicator with strong analytical skills, and you thrive in diverse environments, collaborating with colleagues from various disciplines
• You possess a pragmatic, goal-oriented approach to your tasks, demonstrating independence and accountability for both your work and the team’s success
• University degree in Computer Science, Business Informatics, or related field

• Minimum 2 years of experience in Data Science, AI, or Machine Learning, preferably in a product development setting. Familiarity with LLMs or AI Agents is advantageous

• Proficiency in AI/ML technologies, models, and techniques within a Python ecosystem

• Fluency in English

• Prior experience with AI and ML in supply chain planning and execution software, particularly SAP Integrated Business Planning, is beneficial

Meet your team

The SCM Data Science Team is dedicated to expanding the AI capabilities within Supply Chain Management. We aim to empower the development workforce with intelligent technology awareness, support product units in ideation and use case delivery, and promote the adoption of innovative concepts and technologies in Supply Chain Management.

​Bring out your best

SAP innovations help more than four hundred thousand customers worldwide work together more efficiently and use business insight more effectively. Originally known for leadership in enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, SAP has evolved to become a market leader in end-to-end business application software and related services for database, analytics, intelligent technologies, and experience management. As a cloud company with two hundred million users and more than one hundred thousand employees worldwide, we are purpose-driven and future-focused, with a highly collaborative team ethic and commitment to personal development. Whether connecting global industries, people, or platforms, we help ensure every challenge gets the solution it deserves. At SAP, you can bring out your best.

We win with inclusion

SAP’s culture of inclusion, focus on health and well-being, and flexible working models help ensure that everyone – regardless of background – feels included and can run at their best. At SAP, we believe we are made stronger by the unique capabilities and qualities that each person brings to our company, and we invest in our employees to inspire confidence and help everyone realize their full potential. We ultimately believe in unleashing all talent and creating a better and more equitable world.
SAP is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to the values of Equal Employment Opportunity and provide accessibility accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. If you are interested in applying for employment with SAP and are in need of accommodation or special assistance to navigate our website or to complete your application, please send an e-mail with your request to Recruiting Operations Team: Careers@sap.com
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Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, age, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, et al), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or disability.
Successful candidates might be required to undergo a background verification with an external vendor.

Requisition ID: 425579 | Work Area: Software-Design and Development | Expected Travel: 0 - 10% | Career Status: Professional | Employment Type: Regular Full Time | Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid.