Data Scientist (H/F)

At Lyreco, we believe in working together for tomorrow, which means constantly looking to innovate and evolve so that our employees, customers and business continue to grow and develop. We believe in a culture that values our employees and inspires them to be the best they can be and our core values of passion, excellence, respect and agility play a key part in this. Through a perfect blend of people, technology and our corporate social responsibility strategy, our future looks bright.

Job Description

At Lyreco, we believe in working together for tomorrow. Which means constantly looking to innovate and evolve so that our employees, customers and business continue to grow and develop in the ever-changing world that we live in. Our employees are an essential ingredient to the success of the company, and we are committed to providing a positive, productive and supportive work environment where all employees are valued and inspired to be the best they can be.

In order to provide our customers with the best solutions and experience, Lyreco has to become a more Customer centric & Data driven company. Therefore, Lyreco is looking for a Data Scientist, working within the Data Science team and acting as :

• Strategic business solution provider based on data
• Referent of the transformation of the data to help the business improve operations and gain a competitive edge

The Data Science team is already composed of 4 data scientists and a manager and attached to the Customer Data & Governance department.

To contribute towards the overall mission, your key responsibilities include:

• Convince and Support the various BUs on the contribution of data science
• Formalize business needs in Data Science projects
• Standardization and structuration of data in link with local team, Group COO teams and IS department to define, select and validate the relevant data for segmentation and analysis (Customer Marketing, Product Marketing, Sales, Logistics, Finance).
• Create and challenge existing Data Science models, identify opportunities and guarantee the quality of deliverables
• Model documentation and follow up on day to day to ensure to ensure the sustainability of the model
• Support and Subsidiary Management:
  • In link with the governance teams, propagate best practices within the Group and the subsidiaries and optimize processes for data management, analysis, tracking and reporting.
  • Share best practices regarding segmentation and scoring usages.
  • Ensure proper ownership of the different tooling solutions by the different users

To deliver on this mission, of course you will need a collaborative and creative mind-set but we are also looking for a truly unique character with a pioneering, entrepreneurial and results orientated approach.

Other essential requirements:

• Degree in Science/Statistics  (Bac+5)
• You master the Python (or R) language, SQL and have knowledge of relational databases (Oracle), NoSQL (MongoDB), …
• Previous experience in running projects related to Data Science
• Customer Centric & Data driven culture: familiar with an environment using customers journeys and mixing data analyst, data scientist, data engineers, data steward, devops, web analyst …
• Organisation is key: you will be dealing with multiple priorities, so having a structured yet agile approach – with good knowledge of the scrum agile methodology - will be essential
• Excellent interpersonal skills with ability to communicate and collaborate with multiple stakeholders.
• Fluent written and spoken English

If you would like to work in an ever evolving and collaborative environment that puts our people at the forefront with the mission of delivering to our customers, then we would love to hear from you.