Job Description
Job Description
About Welspun
Welspun World is one of India's fastest growing global conglomerates with businesses in Home Textiles, Flooring Solutions, Advanced Textiles, DI Pipes, Pig Iron, TMT bars, Stainless Steel, Alloy, Line Pipes, Infrastructure & Warehousing.
At Welspun, we strongly believe in our purpose to delight customers through innovation and technology, achieve inclusive & sustainable growth to remain eminent in all our businesses. From Homes to Highways, Hi-tech to Heavy metals, We lead tomorrow together to create a smarter & more sustainable world.
Job Purpose/ Summary
We are seeking a highly skilled and results-driven Principal Data Scientist with deep expertise in predictive modeling, traditional machine learning, and Industry 4.0 analytics. The ideal candidate will combine strong technical acumen with leadership capabilities, managing a team of data scientists and analysts while also contributing hands-on to critical projects.
You will be responsible for conceptualizing and delivering advanced analytics solutions to optimize manufacturing processes, enhance operational efficiency, and drive digital transformation initiatives across smart factory and industrial ecosystems.
This role involves close collaboration with CXO leadership, including the CEO, and cross-functional teams in engineering, operations, and IT to embed data-driven intelligence into business decision-making.
Job Title
General Manager Principal Data Scientist
Job Description
We are seeking a highly skilled and results-driven Principal Data Scientist with deep expertise in predictive modeling, traditional machine learning, and Industry 4.0 analytics. The ideal candidate will combine strong technical acumen with leadership capabilities, managing a team of data scientists and analysts while also contributing hands-on to critical projects.
Principal Accountabilities
Lead mentor and guide a team of data scientists ML engineers and analysts to deliver highimpact analytics projectsbr Collaborate with senior leadership and the CEO to define data science strategy and translate business challenges into datadriven opportunitiesbr Evangelize data science best practices and ensure the adoption of scalable and efficient methodologiesbr Design build and deploy predictive and prescriptive models to address manufacturing and operational challenges such as predictive maintenance quality optimization and energy efficiencybr Apply traditional ML techniques including regression classification time series forecasting clustering and anomaly detectionbr Perform model validation optimization and monitoring to ensure robustness and business relevancebr Leverage Python PySpark SQL and cloudbased data platforms AWS Azure Databricks for model development and deploymentbr Work with largescale multisource industrial datasets including sensor IoT ERP and MES databr Collaborate with data engineering teams to design efficient data pipelines and feature storesbr Translate analytical insights into actionable business recommendations and present outcomes to executive leadershipbr Quantify the ROI of analytics initiatives and measure their impact on KPIs such as production efficiency downtime reduction and quality improvement
Key Interactions
Top Management,Mid Management,Junior Management,Cross-Functional Collaboration ,Client Relations
Experience
10
Competency Name
Competency Name Proficiency Level Business & Commercial acumenExpert EntrepreneurshipExpert Global Mind-setExpert People ExcellenceExpert Machine LearningExpert PythonExpert PysparkExpert Predictive ModellingProficient
Additional Section (Can Be Added, If Required.
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Company Description
Welspun is one of India's fastest-growing global conglomerates valued at US$ 5 billion. We have businesses across categories like Line Pipes, Home Textiles, Infrastructure, Warehousing, Oil and Gas, Steel, Advanced Textiles, and Flooring Solutions. While we are headquartered in Mumbai, we've established leadership in the Line Pipes and Home Textiles sectors, across the world. With 30,000+ employees and over 100,000 shareholders, we have a foothold in over 50 countries. Our manufacturing facilities are strategically located in India, the USA, and Saudi Arabia, and our clients include most Fortune 500 companies. We pride ourselves on our customer centricity and prioritize innovation, digital fluency, and engineering excellence across every aspect of our business. We're serious about our three Es–Environment, Education and Empowerment–-and have numerous initiatives in place that drive sustained and systematic change at the grassroots level.
At Welspun, we acknowledge that our employees are the backbone and we work towards curating robust learning and education opportunities so that our teams thrive with us. We hire more than 10,000 new members every year and take responsibility for providing every Welspunite a nurturing environment, competitive compensation, merit-based career progression, and opportunities to enhance their personal and professional growth. We've built a culture that recognizes and promotes talent, transparency, and inclusion and we work hard to ensure we live by our values.
From the communities, we touch to the entrepreneurs we partner with, we're determined that as Welspun, we create a positive impact in every interaction.
Join us and be a proud and happy Welspunite.
