AI Engineer [REMOTE] - Remote

The AI Engineer makes Saturns data decision-ready. The role builds one reliable data foundation across SAP S/4HANA, Ignition, Excel, and external market data, automates the reporting produced from it, and applies AI so that management receives analysis and recommendations directly, without the manual collecting, reconciling, and formatting steps in between.

It is a hands-on position: the incumbent builds the data models, reports, and AI solutions personally and is accountable for their accuracy. The role also makes the wider organization AI-ready by raising data quality at the source, building skills across the functions, and setting the rules for responsible use of data and AI.
Data Quality and the Data Foundation
Make high-quality base data an organizational standard: define entry rules, master data discipline, and data quality measurement together with the functions, which remain accountable for the accuracy of the data they create.
Build and operate one data foundation that connects SAP S/4HANA, Ignition and production systems, Excel-based sources, and external market data such as Nielsen, as a Single Source of Truth.
Establish consistent KPI and master data definitions and documented calculation logic, so that every report and every AI answer uses the same numbers.
Work with the functions to eliminate the causes of poor data rather than correcting data downstream.
Inventory existing reporting, consolidate duplicates, and retire the manual spreadsheets that automated reporting replaces.
Deliver executive-level output: few, clear views showing performance, drivers, and recommended action, so that leadership receives decisions to make rather than data to process.
Use AI to generate commentary, variance explanations, and meeting-ready summaries from the underlying data, with human review before release.
Move reporting from describing the past to anticipating the future: forecasting, scenario and sensitivity analysis, and early-warning indicators.
Apply AI and statistical methods across all available data - financial, operational, machine, quality, and market - to identify trends, anomalies, and predictive maintenance opportunities.
Quantify the financial impact of operational trends so that leadership sees the P&L consequence, not only the metric.
AI Solutions and Automation
Identify, prioritize, and implement AI and automation use cases across all functions, each with a business case and a measured benefit.
Build and maintain AI agents and automated workflows that connect to Saturns systems and perform real work, rather than standalone chat usage.
Test and monitor the quality of AI output, and keep a human accountable for every decision.
Making the Organization AI-Ready
Build data and AI capability across the organization: train and coach employees at all levels in the practical, day-to-day use of AI, reporting, and automation tools.
Identify where AI changes how work is done, and lead the change so that new ways of working are adopted and the replaced routines are retired.
Make company knowledge and process documentation structured, current, and retrievable, so that both employees and AI systems can use it.
Set and maintain the rules for responsible use of data and AI, aligned with heristo group policy and recognized frameworks such as the NIST AI Risk Management Framework, ISO/IEC 42001, and the EU AI Act, including protection of customer- and partner-confidential data from external AI services.
Support the optimization of SAP S/4HANA and related business processes, ensuring that data, reporting, AI, and automation requirements are built into the system landscape.
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Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Bachelors degree in Data Science, Business Analytics, Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, Business Administration, or a related field; 5+ years of hands-on experience in data analytics, business intelligence, or data engineering, including personally building and operating reporting solutions; Practical experience delivering AI or automation solutions into productive use, not pilots alone.
~ Strong communication, training, and change-management skills, including the ability to present to executives. Computer and Technology Skills - Required:
SQL at a working level: able to query, model, and transform data independently.
Advanced Excel and advanced proficiency in a modern business intelligence platform (Power BI preferred; SAP Analytics Cloud an advantage), including data modeling.
Practical experience extracting and modeling data from an ERP system, preferably SAP S/4HANA.
Hands-on application of generative AI in a business setting: AI agents, workflow automation, retrieval over company documents, and the judgment to know where AI should and should not be used.
Computer and Technology Skills - Preferred:
Python, or an equivalent language, for data processing and automation.
Industrial and machine data: A modern data platform such as Microsoft Fabric, Databricks, Snowflake, SAP Datasphere, or SAP Business Data Cloud.
Statistical forecasting or machine learning; familiarity with AI governance frameworks.
Language Skills:
Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions and procedural manuals. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of the organization. German language speaking skills is another advantage.
Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Products produced in this facility may contain the following allergens: Job descriptions are not intended to create a contract, nor are they to be construed to constitute contractual obligations of any kind or a contract of employment between Saturn Petcare Inc. and any of its employees.