Data Scientist

Calling all Data Scientists: My client, one of the largest health and beauty retailers in the world are currently seeking a Data Scientist to join their London office. The Data Scientist will be responsible for translating the delivery of the company’s global group customer strategy. As a Senior Data Scientist, you will be using customer’s data and insight through the evolving data landscape. Core competencies • Stakeholder management – clear communication across businesses and functions to management agreed expectations • Result-Orientated – focused on measurement and areas to improve results • Innovative – Recommend changes based on scientific understanding of customers • Insights and Impact – ability to apply insights to maximise impact and opportunities • Collaborative - Works collaboratively across businesses and functions to share best practice and specialist expertise within the CRM team, the BU, and out to Group • Expertise - Can demonstrate expertise in analytics and provide thought leadership in CRM and analytics. • Knowledge of direct marketing metrics and tools. • Minimum of 3 years of relevant marketing experience in customer insights analytics, segmentation or commercial analyst role • University graduate or equivalent with strong analytical skills. Background in Operations Research, Marketing Science, Economics, Quantitative Psychology, Applied Mathematics, and related quantitative fields. • Experience with data related tools - Analytics, Database and Data mining skills in either SAS, Oracle, or SQL - Advanced Excel skills (e.g. v-lookups, pivot tables, VB macro scripting) • Retail Analytics. Strong Retail / FMCG experience at an International level • Experience of working with a high volume of SKU level transactional and customer data across multiple databases • Experience in loyalty, direct marketing, and marketing analytics • Strong presentation skills and experience in generating and sharing meaningful customer insights across business categories and multiple stakeholders (up to director level) to drive business decisions and trading plans • Expert in managing multiple stakeholders and driving action from insights shared • Evidence of mentoring of other analysts and line-management • Multilingual. Ability to discuss business topics on CRM analytics, ideally native French speaker • Excellent project management and time management skills. Ability to multi-task and keep calm under pressure. If you have the above and are looking for your next move, please click apply for immediate consideration