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(Senior) Data Scientist Causal Inference â€" Pricing Platform

Employer
Zalando
Location
Berlin
Closing date
13 May 2022

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Function
Operations
Level
Senior Manager

Job Details

Econometrics, machine learning, data science, and operations research drive our algorithmic pricing platform to recommend discounts for 500K+ articles in 22 countries every day. We use causality and forecasting tools to predict the relationship between discounts, sales and demand. With techniques from operations research and the right tooling we help our pricing experts make data-informed decisions.We algorithmically propose aggregate country-level discounting strategies for all 22 Zalando markets. These proposals will maximize the benefit for Zalando while both fulfilling business goals and showing trade-offs between profitability and growth.We create Machine Learning models to forecast short- and long-term KPI performance and use Operations Research methods to create optimized pricing scenarios. As a new team experimentation with regards to methods and approaches is important and welcomed.We are looking for a person with a research mindset who will help us to evaluate, explore and 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 in the areas of Causal Inference, Optimization, Forecasting, and Software Engineering. You have a chance to work with a high impact applied research-oriented team.You will model the causal impact of pricing algorithms such as demand forecasts and discount recommendations on customer lifetime value, revenue and profitability. Your cross-functional team, consisting of Applied Scientists and Software Engineers, plays a key role in informing price discount levels for our markets (countries) and product categories via counterfactual scenario simulations. You are closely working with colleagues in your team and across several collaboration teams and will have access to Zalando's comprehensive data sources and software tooling. We will help you grow your career by collaborating with other economists and machine learning experts across the company and exposing yourself to senior leadership.WHERE YOUR EXPERTISE IS NEEDED
  • Define best practices for causal inference with other experts in both the department and beyond
  • Work with the team to model the impact of pricing scenarios on aggregated levels to help our platform and stakeholders make long term optimal pricing decisions.
  • Own the research and development pipeline for these models, from the initial prototype to delivered iterations to evaluating your team's delivered products.
  • Help colleagues and stakeholders grow their understanding of causal inference
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR
  • Strong foundation in causal inference, both in terms of identification and estimation. Experience in empirical industrial organization, in particular demand estimation is a plus.
  • Excellent educational background (minimum M.Sc) in economics, epidemiology, political science, statistics or other similar quantitative fields.
  • Effective communication with technical and business stakeholders
  • The ability to implement your models with a high level language (e.g. Python or R).
  • Experience with SQL and large data sets.
  • Working knowledge of machine learning.
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.ABOUT ZALANDOZalando 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 23 million active customers through diverse skill-sets, interests, and languages our teams choose to use.Pricing Platform is at the core of our commercial operation. Our tools help to determine how much of each product to buy, to recommend the best prices for these products, and to ensure that we have the right level of logistics capacity to fulfill our customers' demand. The Pricing Platform engineering team uses cutting-edge technology, data science, and machine learning, to forecast demand and pricing with a focus on business and customer experience. Partnerships happen with all key engineering and product teams, business and customer experience teams.Please note that all 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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