Skills

Python Go SQL Machine Learning git Marketing Data Science NLP

Job Specifications

Internal Use only - Grade F

About Us

We're the team behind digital retailer Very.

Our purpose, helping families get more out of life, powers everything we do.

And we want our people to get more out of life too! If you're high-performing, ambitious and make the most of every opportunity, we want to hear from you. In return, you'll enjoy heaps of flexibility, great perks and benefits, and the freedom to be yourself, keep learning and take your career wherever you want it to go.

If you love making a difference, you'll love making it sparkle for millions of Very customers.

About The Team

Our Data Science teams work across the business in a number of areas to help drive innovative, collaborative and iterative solutions to challenging problems. You will work closely with various business areas to drive insights, improve our products and help create more effective solutions. Typical Data Science projects may involve Experimentation, Marketing, Retail and Operations or Digital Product and CX. The key thing that all our teams do is support our business colleagues to make bold data driven decisions that drive value for our business and our customers.

About The Role

What do we look for...

We are seeking an outcome driven data scientist (12 month FTC) who is comfortable working as part of a wider team. You will have demonstratable ability to solve problems and establish working relationships with others, including key stakeholders who may or may not hold the same level of technical expertise as yourself. It is vitally important that you are eager to learn, to get involved and to work on a number of different challenges and business problems. The Very Group is a constantly evolving environment to work in, and being comfortable with change and embracing it as an opportunity to develop personally and professionally is essential. Collaboration and knowledge sharing are vitally important and encouraged within the team.

Self-development is important for us. We see both learning together as a team through the process of delivery and individual learning to build specific skills to be able to contribute more to the team, as important. We will give you the time and tools to do this!

What We Do

We utilise sophisticated analytical techniques and statistical modelling to support many areas of the business and contribute to their success. This can range from working on how we measure and optimise our marketing spend, how we make stock purchasing decisions, to how do we diagnose the crucial customer challenges in our digital customer experience and make recommendations to improve them.

Some of our key wins recently have included

Launched demand forecasting models to provide daily demand recommendations for 100,000s of SKUs to help support more effective product planning and buying decisions
Developed and launched a suite of price optimisation models to support the business' pricing and promotions strategy
Utilised Machine Learning NLP techniques to analyse customer feedback as part of our NPS survey which helps us to diagnose customer pain points more accurately
Adoption of a Quasi Experimentation methodology to provide more robustness to our measurement testing of business changes
Launched a suite of individual product recommendations within email communications to our customers
Drove data decisioning of our contact strategy for our retail media proposition as part of Very Media Group

These recent wins highlight the importance of the function. Demand for the team is always greater than what we can meet. Data is at the very heart of our business with board level visibility of many of the projects we work on.

How we work:

We work with many different parts of our business, adopting working styles to best suit collaboration. The team champions innovation and a pioneering spirit for constant development. Our teams are empowered to deliver complex projects and develop a strong culture of friendship and collaboration. We encourage our team members to feel part of the wider data community.

Does this sound like you...

A theoretical command of a range of different models and analytical techniques.
Knowledge of Data Science techniques gained through academic study or practical experience.
Proficient in Python with an ability to produce readable, well-structured reusable code, along with demonstrable experience in data wrangling, cleaning and pre-processed data.
Proficient in SQL, with the ability to extract and manipulate data.
Comfortable working with Git-based workflows (e.g. pull requests, code reviews) to support team collaboration and continuous integration.
Eagerness to learn and develop technical skills as well as being happy to share knowledge with others.
Previous experience solving problems, anticipating issues and challenges in data processes and the ability to find opportunities to improve processes and ways of working.
Ability to take people on a journey with you, tailoring your communications to non technical

About the Company

We're the people behind Very, one of the largest digital retailers in the UK and Ireland. Our purpose is simple. We help families get more out of life. In fact, we believe that everyone deserves to get more out of life. Our customers, our own talented teammates, and the communities we work with. That's why careers at Very are more than a job. We're a place where brilliant people belong, grow, and are inspired and empowered to make a difference. Heaps of flexibility, great reward and benefits, and an inclusive culture wher... Know more