Data Scientist

METRO Digital Romania is the tech product-led company of METRO, the leading international specialist for wholesale and food trade. With longstanding experience in global wholesale, METRO.digital develops customized IT services and products worldwide for all METRO countries. Located in Germany and Romania, the METRO.digital employees are working continuously on one goal: digitalizing the wholesale industry.

University degree in statistics, mathematics, physics or engineering with a focus in analytics, machine learning, statistical learning methods and approaches
More than 3 years of experience in successfully working as part of a professional Data Science unit, ideally, in the area of retail / wholesale
Practical experience in big data technologies, cloud services. Experience with Google Cloud Platform would be a strong plus
Fluency in SQL and Python
Ability to expand own knowledge to business domains like marketing, assortment optimization, pricing, supply chain
Very strong analytical skills and ability to contribute to an open, international team culture to drive the knowledge exchange and learning of all team members
Continuous self-learning attitude combined with high level of curiosity to explore new ways of working
Our international environment requires that you must be fluent in English (both written and spoken)
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Experienced and self-motivated professional with the ability to work in a dynamic and demanding environment
Having an agile mind-set to work in scrum team
A focus on customer service/satisfaction with strong interpersonal skills and responsiveness
Ability to build strong working relationships and work within a global, remote workforce

Your responsibilities may range from utilizing data to draw meaningful insights and solve business problems, to developing and implementing advanced analytical products, depending on the use case of the supported business products/solutions
You apply your skills in analytics, statistical modelling or machine learning to translate business requirements into analytical solutions whereby identifying and preparing relevant input data and appropriate internal or external data
You work on use cases emerging from business domains like B2B marketing, assortment optimization, pricing or supply chain management
Research new analytical techniques and best practices within the industry. Prototype new analytical approaches that can address internal customer needs. Design and run large-scale experiments that gain new insights or validate approaches
You use modern big data analytical technologies like Google Cloud Platform in a data rich environment
You interface regularly with MCC country business analysts and corporate stakeholders to capture their needs and requirements for analytical solutions. As well as, document, visualize and present achieved results towards business stakeholders

Work life-balance: flexible working time, work from home forever, celebrate your birthday with a free day;
Personal growth: trainings in the area of soft, technical and business skills, free Bookster account, opportunity to learn and work with a variety of technologies;
Well-being: online sport activities, fitness centers discounts, health and life insurance, private pension, lunch tickets;
Working mode: multicultural, self-organizing teams, agile environment