About Us

Founded in 1956, Williams-Sonoma, Inc. is the premier specialty retailer of home furnishings in the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, Australia, United Kingdom and the rest of the world with franchise partnerships. Our family of brands are Williams-Sonoma, Pottery Barn, Pottery Barn Kids, PBteen, West Elm, Williams-Sonoma Home, Rejuvenation, Mark and Graham, and GreenRow. Our passion for high-quality products, functional design, outstanding customer service, enhancing the lives of our customers and the communities remains as our core values.

Today, we are a more than USD 8.7 billion company, with a multi-brand, multi-channel, global enterprise supported by state-of-the-art technology and some of the most talented teams in retailing - and we're always looking for new energy and ideas.

The Singapore regional office was set up in 2008 and we currently have more than 160 associates in functions such as sustainability, customs & compliance, finance, human resource, information technology, inventory planning, logistics, sourcing and quality assurance.

The Asia team is an inclusive employer where we recruit and provide employees with fair opportunities on the basis of merit, regardless of age, race, gender, religion, marital status and family responsibilities, or disability. Find out more about us at our WSI LinkedIn Page!

JOB PURPOSE:

As part of our initiative to start an Innovation Centre of Excellence for Sustainability in Singapore, we are looking for passionate and quick-thinking individual, in the area of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to join our dynamic team.  The ideal candidate will have strong background in artificial intelligence and machine learning, and be responsible to develop cutting-edge solutions and drive AI solutions to empower management for better decision. This successful candidate needs to work with cross-functional teams to design, implement and optimize AI models and applications.

 

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Learn and understand WSI Sourcing business workflow and data requirements. In the capacity as an AI business partner, design, develop and deploy AI and machine learning models within the organization. Develop and implement data collection techniques where needed. Identify, analyze and preprocess large datasets to ensure quality and readiness for model training. Continuously monitor and improve model performance, accuracy and efficiency. Collaborate with software engineers to integrate AI solutions into existing systems and applications. Evaluate and define new process improvement opportunities

 

JOB HOLDER’S COMPETENCIES & EXPERIENCE: 

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Management, Statistics or Mathematics At least 3 years of relevant working experience in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Statistics, Data Analytics, or Data Science Familiar with AI/ML frameworks and libraries. Experience with at least one programming languages, including Python, C# Technical expertise regarding data models, database design development, data mining and segmentation techniques would be advantages Experience with the implementation of Large Language Models and reinforcement learning will be preferred. Familiar with supply chain concepts and best practices is a plus. Proficient in data automation as well as intelligent document processing

 

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