Job Detail

Global Data Scientist (Advanced Analytics)

Global Data Scientist (Advanced Analytics)

KANTAR

London, England

Job ID : 6646715132535245526f44666d31354c49673d3d

Job Description :

Kantar Worldpanel
Kantar is the world’s leading data, insights and consulting company, and our Worldpanel colleagues are experts in shopper behavior. Offering continuous monitoring, advanced analytics and tailored solutions for our clients, they help turn purchase behavior into a competitive advantage across a wide range of markets including tech, fashion, telecoms and fast-moving consumer goods.
Job Details
Kantar Worldpanel is a world leader in consumer knowledge and insights based on consumer panels. Our High-Definition Inspiration approach combines market monitoring, advanced analytics and market research solutions that inspire successful actions on our customers. We deliver both the big picture and the fine detail that encourage successful actions by our clients. Our expertise about what people buy or use – and why – has become the market currency for brand owners, retailers, market analysts, and government organisations internationally. Advanced Analytics is the driving engine of global growth, providing huge scope for personal development. Our Analytical Solutions Team provides the opportunity to quickly challenge and grow your expertise in the field of Data Science by working with and learning from a group of expert analysts, our most senior commercial leads, and our biggest clients. Utilising some of the most powerful analysis tools and techniques to power a suite of new technology-led solutions you will play a key part in understanding real-life consumer behaviour.
Does the idea of working with large, consumer led data sets, using innovative analytical techniques to answer our biggest and most challenging clients’ marketing and business challenges attract you?
We are looking for a Global Advanced Analytics Data Scientist with a passion for advanced analytics solutions who will make a significant impact on blue-chip companies, embarking on an exciting challenge to significantly improve our global analytical capabilities. Utilising industry-leading consumer information and statistical techniques, you will help our customers address their toughest marketing-related issues and identify opportunities to grow.
You will play a pivotal role in supporting the role out and continued development of a new suite of software solutions that require advanced analytical procedures embedded within them to meet the increasingly complex needs of our clients. To do so, you will work with an international community of experts combining best-in-class data collection and preparation through top-end, efficient analytical thinking culminating with dynamic final client results. We are embarking on an exciting new challenge to significantly improve our analytical client driver offer and this position will play a pivotal role in bringing this to market.
Throughout 2022 we have been rolling out globally a new suite of over 20 software solutions built with best-in-class advanced analytical procedures embedded within them. These will be linked to a new question led narrative putting the Kantar Worldpanel consumer data at the heart of addressing the ever increasingly complex needs of our clients. Our need is for someone who can support the analytical roll out of these solutions, as well as manipulate methodologies where required, working with a wider community of experts both internally across Kantar Worldpanel but also across our biggest and most challenging clients. Key metrics will be driving penetration of solutions and clients as well as ultimately growing and nurturing new revenue streams.

Key outcomes
  • Work with Kantar Worldpanel local and global advanced analytics team, as well as senior commercial leads and key clients to sell, produce and deliver best in class outputs across our suite of new analytical solutions.
  • Apply a range of statistical techniques and modelling processes to transactional and attitudinal data to help deliver innovative solutions to answer our clients’ business questions.
  • Work on the development of new skills, new analytical approaches and new ways of representing insight to constantly improve our offer.
  • Acting as an analytical expert on key global projects, providing advice internally to ensure that our approaches and outputs remain best-in-class and are fully understood by senior partners.
  • Become an expert in both our clients and the methodologies you apply. Feed this expertise back into the rest of the team and business to drive continue improvement and innovation.
  • Collaborate with others to help transform consultative project work into repeatable analytics and production applications within our delivery platform.
Capabilities
  • University degree in a mathematical/scientific field, preferably with a statistics element.
  • A Masters-level degree in a closely related subject area (statistics, data science, etc.) and/or professional experience in analytics and modelling.
  • Proven experience in applying statistics, data science and machine learning to solve business questions ideally within a FMCG/Retail/Media setting
  • Proficiency in data manipulation, analysis and visualisation using R. Additional experience with Shiny and package development desirable.
  • Experience with other data science languages and frameworks (Python/Spark) as well as coding experience in other languages used across our business (Java, JavaScript, C++) desirable
  • Experience working with, and deep understanding of the detail behind relevant modelling techniques – clustering techniques, GLMs, decision trees, ensembling techniques etc.
  • Fluent in English (other languages are advantageous).
  • Experience working across our tech stack which includes - Java, Spring, Angular, Databricks, Spark, SQL, Docker, and Kubernetes all running in an Azure environment – beneficial.
  • Applying analytics applications in production settings.
  • A self-starter working across various levels of partners to form complex briefs while pushing back where appropriate to achieve best outcomes.
  • Working well as part of wider project teams.
Country
United Kingdom
Location
London, Westgate
Why join Kantar?
We go beyond the obvious, using intelligence, passion and creativity to inspire new thinking and shape the world we live in. We understand more about how people think, feel, shop, share, vote and view than anyone else. Combining our expertise in human understanding with advanced technologies, nobody knows people better than Kantar.
And because we know people, we like to make sure our people are looked after as well. Equality of opportunity for our people is our highest priority and we encourage our people to work in a way that supports their health and wellbeing. While we encourage our colleagues to spend part of their working week in the office, we understand no one size fits all, and we’re flexible in our approach to ensure people feel included and accepted. We’re committed to creating an inclusive culture and value the diversity of our people, clients, suppliers and communities, which is why we welcome applications from all background and sections of society. Even if you feel like you’re not a perfect fit, we’d love to receive your application and talk to you about this job or others at Kantar.

Company Details :

Name : KANTAR

CEO : Chris Jansen

Headquarter : London, United Kingdom

Revenue : Unknown / Non-Applicable

Size : 10000+ Employees

Type : Company - Private

Primary Industry : Research & Development

Sector Name : Management & Consulting

Year Founded : 1993

pixelaxiom.com is the go-to platform for job seekers looking for the best job postings from around the web. With a focus on quality, the platform guarantees that all job postings are from reliable sources and are up-to-date. It also offers a variety of tools to help users find the perfect job for them, such as searching by location and filtering by industry. Furthermore, pixelaxiom.com provides helpful resources like resume tips and career advice to give job seekers an edge in their search. With its commitment to quality and user-friendliness, pixelaxiom.com is the ideal place to find your next job.

Details

: London, England

: 45000 - 55278 GBP ANNUAL

: 4 days ago

Share Job :

Related Jobs

Operations Manager

Bon Appetit Group Limited

Rickmansworth, England

38000 - 40000 GBP ANNUAL

Full Time

You will be responsible for the day-to-day management of the site, ensuring admin and resource is covered, whilst providing excellent service to our customers.

Production Operative

Recra Consulting

Leicester, England

10 GBP HOURLY

Full Time

You will be a key part in the Recycling Plant, your role will be removing contamination (non-recycling items) from a conveyor belt.

London, England

33950 - 48000 GBP ANNUAL

Full Time

Spreading local financial risk knowledge to the Financial Control centre of excellence and supporting the central team with complex queries that require local

Trainee Technician/Labourer

Integrated Care Guard Ltd

Kidderminster, England

10 - 14 GBP HOURLY

Full Time

Must be within 15 minutes of the M5 (J2 to J5),M42 (J2 furthest) or Kidderminster for pickup on days away and have own transport.

HR Consultant

Buzzacott

London, England

19099 - 33600 GBP ANNUAL

Full Time

Assist with the marketing of the HR Consultancy service through various means including, but not limited to, presentation to internal teams, networking and the