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Head of Applied Science - Supply Planning & Analytics (w/m/d)

Employer
Zalando
Location
Berlin
Closing date
22 Jan 2021

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Function
Strategy & Business Intelligence
Level
Manager
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Job Details

As a Head of Applied sciences, you will be responsible for all the AI & ML solutions being built within the Supply Planning and Analytics department. You will lead a dedicated team of applied scientists, data analysts and where needed engineers too. You would work with Supply Planners, Buyers and Category management business stakeholders in order to create the long term strategy and roadmap for your team. You will be responsible from planning to delivery and maintenance of the science deliverables your team launches. While you will be looking at some state of the art solution for solving business problems, ensuring measurability, reliability and constant delivery would be equally important. Zalando has a large science community and you will be collaborating with them and represent SP&A in that forum

WHERE YOUR EXPERTISE IS NEEDED
  • Define the long term strategy and roadmap of applied science for your team, while working with different business stakeholders, product management and engineering leaders of your Organization and align it to Zalando strategy
  • Identify, explore, develop prototype. automate and formalize solutions for areas which are yet to be explored and enable data driven decision making. Willing to look at ambiguous situations and bring clarity to the stakeholders.
  • You bring deep knowledge and expertise in the applied science areas and share with the existing team. Keeping business impact as priority, you define, build and launch highly scalable machine learnt solutions within the department.
  • Attract, hire, develop and retain applied scientists and ML engineers to scale and build state of the art solutions with them. Build a strong sense of ownership and responsibility within the team for the solutions they build.
  • Build deep relations with stakeholders, technical and non-technical, in order to identify opportunities and launch solutions.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR
  • An excellent background with a Masters or PhD degree in the field of Data science/machine learning/computer science as well as experience in end to end development and delivery of data driven products.
  • Minimum 5 years of leadership experience leading applied scientists (cross functional team is a plus), working in an agile environment.
  • A go-getter attitude and hands on experience in working with large scale of data, preferably e-commerce or fashion, and a track record of successful launches creating business impact.
  • Proven expertise in the field of Forecasting, Time Series, Predictive Analytics and Optimizations.
  • Excellent collaborator and communicator and ability to work with non-technical business stakeholders to translate business requirements into technology solutions.
  • Python is the language of choice within our department however as applied science leader, you will have freedom to use any algorithms & solutions of choice while helping build reliable software.

PERKS AT WORK
  • Culture of trust, empowerment and constructive feedback, open source commitment, meetups, game nights, 70+ internal technical and fun guilds, knowledge sharing through tech talks, internal tech academy and blogs, product demos, parties & events
  • Competitive salary, employee share shop, 40% Zalando shopping discount, discounts from external partners, centrally located offices, public transport discounts, municipality services, great IT equipment, flexible working times, additional holidays and volunteering time off, free beverages and fruits, diverse sports and health offerings
  • Extensive onboarding, mentoring and personal development opportunities and an international team of experts
  • Relocation assistance for internationals, PME family service and parent & child rooms* (*available in select locations)

We celebrate diversity and are committed to building teams that represent a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit and business need.

Zalando SE

Zalando is Europe's leading online platform for fashion and lifestyle, connecting customers, brands and partners across 17 markets. We drive digital solutions for fashion, logistics, advertising and research, bringing head-to-toe fashion to more than 35+ million active customers through diverse skill-sets, interests and languages our teams choose to use.

Please note that all the applications must be completed using the online form - we do not accept applications via e-mail.

Company

Zalando is Europe’s leading online platform for fashion and lifestyle. Founded in Berlin in 2008, we bring head-to-toe fashion to 35 million active customers in 17 markets, offering clothing, footwear, accessories and beauty from over 3,000 international brands.

Our platform is a one-stop fashion destination for inspiration, innovation and interaction. As Europe’s most fashionable tech company, we work hard to find digital solutions for every aspect of the fashion journey: for our customers, partners and every valuable player in the Zalando story.

Our goal is to become the starting point for fashion. We focus on the fashion industry and therefore operate in a variety of business areas.

  • Fashion Store​
    Zalando online shops are tailored to local customers’ needs in 17 different European markets. The range extends from renowned global brands and fast fashion to local brands and is supplemented by our private labels.
     
  • Offprice
    The Offprice business of Zalando serves the sale of previous season’s assortments. As part of a shopping club, the Zalando Lounge offers registered members exclusive sales campaigns at discounted prices.
     
  • Zalando's Private Labels
    Zalando’s private label assortment includes shoes, clothing and accessories for women, men and children. With a total of six private labels, Zalando creates its own products, covering the entire value chain from design to sales.
     
  • Zalon
    Zalon is our style advice service, via which customers can consult and get inspiration from selected stylists regarding individualized purchases.
     
  • Zalando Marketing Services
    The entirety of Zalando’s expertise and scope is bundled in Zalando Marketing Services, which now offers personalized marketing solutions for our brand partners.
     
  • Zalando Fulfilment Solutions
    Zalando makes its own logistics capabilities available to external partners, so they do not have to be concerned with infrastructure issues but can concentrate fully on their core competence in the fashion business.
     
  • Zalando Partner Services
    Zalando helps other players in the industry to be successful in the digital world. For example, by connecting warehouse stocks with multiple retailers, by digitizing processes involved in fashion wholesale and by integrating offline businesses into our Zalando platform.


With a strong workforce of around 14,000 employees of over 130 different nationalities, Zalando unites diverse people, capabilities and concepts. Consolidating our effort and ideas scales our impact as an innovator in Fashion, Technology, Digital Marketing and Logistics Operations.

Company info
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Telephone
+49 (0)30 2759 4693
Location
Zalando SE
Valeska-Gert-Straße 5
 Berlin
Germany
10243
Germany
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