Senior Data Scientist

Let’s talk numbers. When it comes to UK retail, it’s hard to find a bigger name. We sell thousands of items an hour and are expanding our e-commerce business by the second. For anyone in Tech, this is the place to learn. To grow. And to thrive. 

eCommerce Data provides the department and the business the means to see what is working and what is not by drawing data and analysing patterns of shopping on our site and in general.

The role
As a Senior Data Scientist at NEXT you will build data driven solutions through state of the art machine learning techniques in order to improve the quality of our online product recommendations. What else is involved?

• Working with teams from around the business to understand problems and opportunities and gather requirements for model building
• Interrogating large volumes of data from a range of sources, including transactional, demographic and online, to collect data for modelling
• Building recommender systems to increase profitability and improve the customer experience
• Working with the commercial teams to implement tests to prove the value of predictive models
• Presenting model findings and analysis to a range of audiences
• Proactively identifying opportunities for personalisation and improvements to the customer experience

You’ll be doing all this from our Leicestershire Head Office. Our offices are inspiring, yes. But we understand that life happens. So, we’re big on making sure your work works for you which is why we offer flexible working.  Bring your energy. Play to your strengths. Make things bigger and better than before. 

So if you’re an expert in Data Science, have strong Python/SQL/Pyspark skills and considerable knowledge in test design, implementation and reporting, can work with initiative and can build great working relationships within the business, this is the place for you – and your career.

Benefits

• Competitive salary band of £49,000 - £62,000
• Flexible working 
• Annual company performance based bonus
• Sharesave scheme, which allows you to invest in NEXT and claim your share of our success
• Annual Pay Reward
• Pension 3% Employer/ 5% Employee
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays (can also buy/sell up to 3 days)
• 25% staff discount and free next day delivery to desk for online purchases
• A newly refurbished subsidised restaurant and bar
• Staff shops in Yorkshire and Leicestershire
• Juice bar and coffee shop
• Gympass - discounted gym membership
• Free company bus service to and from Leicester city centre and other areas
• Onsite nursery (salary sacrifice scheme) in Leicester
• A digital GP healthcare service
• & loads more!

The business

You know NEXT, but did you know we’re a FTSE-100 retail company employing over 43,000 people across the UK and Ireland. We’re the UK’s 2nd largest fashion retailer and for Kidswear we’re the market leader. At the last count, we have over 500 stores, plus NEXT Online and it’s now possible to buy online from over 70 countries around the world.