Junior Data Scientist Commerce – Albert Heijn – Zaandam

Albert Heijn; Zaandam; Hybrid; EUR 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working hours

Work from home

Travel allowance

Pension plan

Company laptop

Discounts on groceries

Job summary

Albert Heijn is seeking a Junior Data Scientist for the Merchandising and Sourcing domain within the Data Science & Analytics department in the Netherlands.

You will build data science products, design experiments, and help decide on shelf space and product promotions across millions of customers daily. The role involves collaboration with category managers, engineers, and analysts, in a fast-moving retail environment.

Qualifications

• Master in Data Science or related field and strong analytical skills.
• At least 2 years of experience as Data Scientist in eCommerce or similar.
• Ability to explain complex matters to varied audiences.
• Advanced experience in Python and Spark.
• Experience in productionizing solutions based on packaged code, not notebooks.
• Cloud platforms experience (Azure Databricks) and visualization tools is a plus.
• Based in the Netherlands.

Responsibilities

• Build data science products and design experiments to test and validate effectiveness.
• Continuously improve model performance following CI/CD best practices.
• Convey complex ideas to different audiences in an effective manner.
• Join the Data Science Team during scrum rituals and write code.
• Work in multidisciplinary product teams and collaborate with stakeholders.

Skills

Data science concepts

Audience communication

Experiment design

CI/CD familiarity

Education

Master in Data Science

Econometrics

Computer Science

Tools

Python

Spark

CI/CD

Azure Databricks

Job description

Wat ga je doen?

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Do youwant to be a data scientist that makes impact on the lives ofmillions of people in the Netherlands and Belgium? Do you want tomake sure they can buy all the groceries their hearts’ desire andnot miss out on great bonus promotions? Would you like to builddata science products in a company with the ambition to base allits decisions on data? Then we’re looking foryou!

Whatwill my role be?

In your role as aJunior Data Scientist you will be working in the Merchandising andSourcing domain within our Data Science & Analytics department.There are many exciting ongoing and upcoming projects in theMerchandising & Sourcing domain. In these projects you willbuild AI products that help category managers and RetailSpecialists to do their day-to-day jobs. You could for example helpfurther shape an algorithm that decides which products earn a placeon every meter of shelf in every one of our stores. Or you couldsharpen the model that decides how much space each category gets,so every store reflects what customers actually want. We workclosely with category managers, engineers and analysts and othersin the organization to deliver value for millions of customersevery singleday.

Whatwill my daily work looklike?

While you will hone yourcraft in your day-to-day work, you will also have the opportunityto shape our way of working within the team and facilitateknowledge sharing across the organization. Your teammates havedifferent backgrounds and nationalities, which we believe is animportant asset. But most importantly: we will never stop evolvingand learning to unlock value from wealth of data we have at AlbertHeijn.

AsJunior Data Scientist (Merchandising and Sourcing) at AH Technologyyou:

• Builddatascience productsanddesignexperimentsto test and validate theireffectiveness
• ContinuouslyimprovemodelperformancefollowingCI/CDbestpractices
• Conveycomplexideas todifferentaudiencesin an effectivemanner
• Join the Data Science Team during scrumrituals and work together to write code
• Work inmultidisciplinary product teams and closely to our businessstakeholders

Therecipe for maximum impact:

At AHTechnology, you'll be working for one of the world's biggestretailers, and we know you are bursting with the ambition to keepup with us. You supplement this ambitionwith:

• A Master in Data Science,Econometrics, Computer Science or other relevant studies. If norelevant study, demonstrably relevant experience andinterest
• At least 2 years of experienceasData Scientist, preferablywithinaneCommerceenvironment
• Theability to explain complex matter in an effective way to variedaudiences
• Advanced experienceinPythonandSpark
• Experiencein productionizing maintainable solutions basedonPackages instead ofNotebooks
• ExperienceinCloud Platforms, MicrosoftAzure Databricks and visualization tools are a bigplus
• You are based in TheNetherlands

Whatwe offer:

At Albert Heijn we aimto grow, and this is only possible if you grow along with us. As wework together to build our brand and your career, you can count on(based on 40 hours per week):

• Anannual salary up to €75k including holiday allowance and a flexiblebonus. Depending on your experience
• 45 days ofpaid leave to enjoy your well-deserved holidays: 25,5 regularvacation days and 19,5 ADV days.Enjoy!
• Flexible working hours and thepossibility to work from home
• Access to achallenging training curriculum – Albert Heijn DataAcademy
• An excellent pension plan where we asan employer contribute 4,5 more than you as anemployee
• A travel allowance or a NS-businesscard for traveling to and from Zaandam bytrain
• Attractive discounts on various insurancepolicies
• 10% staff discount on groceries in allAlbert Heijn stores, to a maximum of €300 peryear
• A free Mijn Albert Heijn Premiummembership with many benefits
• A company laptopand telephone

• +/- 20passionate data scientist and machine learning engineercolleagues
• +/- 80 analyst colleagues workingevery day on the vast amount of data we have at AlbertHeijn

We’reAlbert Heijn, food retail reinventors.
Albert Heijn goes way back. More than 135 years, to be exact.So for millions of people, food shopping is synonymous with theAlbert Heijn brand. We didn’t achieve this with a complacent, ‘hey,if it works today, it’ll work tomorrow’ approach, but bycontinually rethinking our propositions and staying plugged in tocustomer demands. More than 125,000 colleagues? Check. Over 1,250stores in the Netherlands and Flanders? Check. The leading onlinefood retail platform? Check, we build, run and loveit.

Together we makeeating better the easy choice. Foreveryone.

The world around us haschanged, and significantly at that. These changes have impact onthe lives of our customers, colleagues and partners. And therefore,also on Albert Heijn. We’re moving towards a new world with newopportunities and challenges. Albert Heijn wants more people to eatfresher, healthier and more sustainable food. Eating brings ustogether, keeps us healthier and contributes positively to theworld. Our mission is: Together we make eating better the easychoice. For everyone.

Albert Heijn theNetherlands is B Corp certified. This underscores our purpose,through which we aim to contribute to a healthier, more social, andsustainable society. B Corp certification is a designation that abusiness is meeting high standards of verified performance,accountability and transparency.

Ready to contribute to ourmission?

Do you want to play anactive role in changing the food retail landscape as we know it?Then hop on board and join us on our expedition.Would youlike to learn more first, before you apply to Albert Heijn? We’rehappy to tell you everything about this vacancy! An assessmentmight be part of our selection process.

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Wat wevragen?

• An inquisitiveattitude
• Excellent analyticalskills
• Truetech-savvy
• Passion for yourexpertise
• Passion fordata
• High focus onquality
• A positiveattitude