Operation Researcher
- Employer
- Zalando
- Location
- Berlin
- Closing date
- 7 Jun 2022
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- Function
- Operations
- Level
- Manager
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Job Details
Help build Zalando's Pricing Platform to recommend discounts for more than 500.000 Zalando's articles. Such power comes with big responsibility, and we are always looking to improve the way we price, make our processes smoother, and deliver solutions fast. We apply Operations Research and Machine Learning to provide data-driven and robust approaches, while continuously experimenting and discovering new solutions.
Help us to evaluate, explore and potentially productionize these ideas in our pricing products. You can expect to do a lot of prototyping with real data, doing presentations inside and outside the team and to contribute to our production systems. We are committed to help you grow as an Applied Scientist in the areas of Mathematical Optimization, Data Analysis and Software Engineering. You have a chance to work with a high impact applied research-oriented team.
You will be able to learn a lot of things which constitute the toolbox of modern Data Science. You will develop solutions with pyspark, Databricks and AWS stack to tackle large scale problems.
WHERE YOUR EXPERTISE IS NEEDED
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR
PERKS AT WORK
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.
Help us to evaluate, explore and potentially productionize these ideas in our pricing products. You can expect to do a lot of prototyping with real data, doing presentations inside and outside the team and to contribute to our production systems. We are committed to help you grow as an Applied Scientist in the areas of Mathematical Optimization, Data Analysis and Software Engineering. You have a chance to work with a high impact applied research-oriented team.
You will be able to learn a lot of things which constitute the toolbox of modern Data Science. You will develop solutions with pyspark, Databricks and AWS stack to tackle large scale problems.
WHERE YOUR EXPERTISE IS NEEDED
- Researching new ideas to improve our pricing products. These can be ideas coming from team brainstorming sessions, product requirements or research literature
- Prototyping solutions to have a quick idea of what works and what does not. We solve things which matter, and we are a product-focused team
- Sharing your knowledge and results with your colleagues
- Contributing to our production system code base
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR
- Degree (M.Sc., PhD) in Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, Operations Research or similar
- 2+ years of relevant industry experience
- Familiarity with Operations Research methods and tools, such as Mixed-Integer Programming, Linear Optimization, CBC, Gurobi or similar
- Basic experience with Python language and its environment like Jupyter, pandas, numpy
- Affinity for research tasks, and good attitude towards uncertainty in projects
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
- Website
- https://jobs.zalando.com/
- Telephone
- +49 (0)30 2759 4693
- Location
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Zalando SE
Valeska-Gert-Straße 5
Berlin
Germany
10243
Germany
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