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Candidate and Job Specification – Commercial Scientist
Tesco is the leading multichannel retailer in the UK, with more than 3,000 stores and
successful online and digital businesses. As a result of this Tesco is producing large
amounts of data. Clever analytics and data science is required to make sense of this data
and to help Tesco make better decisions on top of these insights.
You will be joining a highly analytical team that focuses on delivering data applications
that help Tesco make better decision. The Commercial Science Team combines in depth
analysis with practical recommendations to solve complex problems. We work closely
with the commercial teams in General Merchandise (Toys, Hardware, Electrical, Home
and Celebrations) to deliver these business changes. You will be part of a bigger network
of data scientists across the Tesco group that can give you access to opportunities across
very different parts of the businesses.
Our Commercial Scientists are expected to apply a scientific approach to retail problems,
delivering solutions to improve the customer experience as part of a dedicated project
team. They need to have strong business awareness and the ability to combine detailed
analysis with practical recommendations. They should have a strong mathematical
understanding and coding experience while being able to explain complex issues and
present solutions simply and clearly.
The role of the Commercial Scientist covers four main areas; strong candidates should
be able to demonstrate their ability across these areas.
1. Business Awareness: To ensure that we consistently deliver real value for our
customers it’s vital our scientists combine a strong understanding of our market
and the competition (both online and offline)
2. Communication: To interpret complex data and communicate findings, both
written and verbal, in a simple and clear way and to engage with Senior Directors
to implement business change.
3. Analytical Expertise: To develop and test hypotheses based on their knowledge
of the Tesco business using carefully selected data and mathematical techniques.
To deliver insightful, rigorous, analysis to drive business change.
4. Coding / Programming: To turn the analysis into an application that helps the
business make better decisions or provides a better experience to our end
customers.
Candidate Profile:
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Technical Understanding: A strong numerical degree and a minimum A in Alevel maths or equivalent.
Communication: The ability to communicate complex ideas simply and clearly
both verbally and in writing
Time Management: The ability to prioritise tasks and take ownership of their
own work in order to support project timelines.
Programming Experience: Experience in SAS, R or other analytical software
packages. Experience in MySQL, NoSQL and Hadoop. Experience in Javascript,
PHP, d3 or other front end languages. The ideal candidate will have a background
in machine learning.
A background or strong understanding of the retail sector and/ or ecommerce would be
advantageous.
Benefits
As part of ‘Every Little Helps’ and our commitment to our people we ensure every
employee receives the necessary training and support to do their job and develop their
career at Tesco.
As well as a very competitive basic salary we also offer an excellent benefits package,
after all, Every Little Helps.
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Award-winning defined benefit pension scheme
Life Assurance
Staff Discount on Tesco purchases (received after six months in role)
Shares in Success reward, based on company results
Save As You Earn and Buy As You Earn discounted share purchase scheme
The position will be based at Head Office in Welwyn Garden City. Free parking is
available onsite as well as a discounted gym, petrol station and a dry cleaning service.
We are also connected to London Kings Cross with a fast over-ground rail service.
For more information on General Merchandise and our vision please visit:
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http://www.tesco-careers.com