<p>Ahold Delhaize is one of the world's largest food retail groups and a leader in both supermarkets and e-Commerce. Its family of great, local brands serves more than 50 million customers each week in Europe, the United States and Indonesia. Together, these brands employ more than 420,000 associates in more than 7,000 grocery and specialty stores. Our Global Support Office (GSO) is based in Zaandam in the Netherlands, but GSO associates also work in all the countries we serve. This team supports all our great local brands in finance, HR, IT, legal, communications, sustainable retailing, and other key functions. .</p> <p>Senior Data Scientist- Internal Audit</p> <p>In your role as Senior Data Scientist, you will have a unique opportunity to see and understand many different retail areas and support functions of our company. You will be part of a global team with colleagues from different backgrounds and you will be performing full data driven audits and data analysis to support business and IT audits. In addition, you will contribute to the improvement of our risk assessment model to ensure that we allocate our audit resources to the most important areas in the company and other internal improvement projects. Every audit is unique, as you will work on different topics within different Global brands.</p> <p>Internal Audit initiated a digital transformation program to establish a global Data & Technology team, execute data driven audits and risk assessments using new tools and technologies. You will be part of this Global Data & Technology team and contribute to the development of automated dataflows and the implementation of new data science tools and techniques.</p> <p>Your new work environment.</p> <p>You will be joining the Global Internal Audit team, consisting of 42 colleagues, including three experienced data scientists. Our goal is rather straightforward: we perform audits across Ahold Delhaize's Global Office and the US and European brands, leveraging our data analytics capabilities to drive more impactful and efficient audits. The impact on the organization is tangible: we act as the third line of defense, performing approximately 70 audit engagements globally per year driving innovation and change in different domains of the company. Our Internal Audit team is filled with smart, high-performing professionals who enjoy pioneering and taking ownership of their work.</p> <p>About Ahold Delhaize</p> <p>We're Ahold Delhaize, one of the world's largest food retail groups and a leader in both supermarkets and e-commerce. Together with our 19 strong local retail brands all over the world, we aim to make a meaningful difference in the lives of our customers, our people and the world around us. We offer a highly dynamic, international work environment in which our employees thrive.</p> <p>Key responsibilities of your role</p> <p>Your role is highly diverse and encompasses various responsibilities. Here are the key ones:</p> <p>A sharp, critical thinker who thrives in a team environment and enjoys collaborating. You use independent and creative thought to obtain information, analyze complex situations and solve problems. You excel in and enjoy communicating and you listen carefully to understand. You embrace technology and can adapt and thrive in a fast-paced, changing environment.</p> <ul> <li>Experience within a large and complex organizational structure. </li><li>Experience in or a clear passion for retail. </li></ul> <p>What's in it for you?</p> <p>Aside from what we ask of you in this role, we also have a great deal to offer you: plenty of growth opportunities and various cross-brand career options; flexible working hours; a hybrid working model (we ask you to spend at least 50% of your working time at the office); and the chance to drive meaningful change on a global scale. You can look forward to a good work-life balance, and the chance to work in an inclusive environment that wholeheartedly encourages growth and welcomes you just the way you are.</p> <p>Requirements</p> <p>We think you'll be best geared for success if you meet the following requirements:</p> <ul> <li>A master's degree in data science or computer/information science </li><li>A minimum of 4-6 years of working experience in the field of data science/analytics (e.g., developing data analytic scripts and models on complex datasets) and data engineering (e.g., data pipeline development to automate the ETL process and dataflow) </li><li>Experience with programming languages like SQL and Python. </li><li>Experience with SQL Server Management Studio, Databricks, Azure Data Factory and Power BI </li><li>Critical thinking skills - use independent thought to obtain information and analyze complex situations and intrinsic curiosity. </li><li>Effective communication skills - convey information and ideas concisely, both verbally and in writing. Project management skills - work in and/or lead teams to effectively perform work and prioritize assignments within challenging deadlines. </li><li>Business Acumen - the ability to understand organizational processes and objectives as well as obtain organizational insight through effective relationships. </li></ul> <p>The ideal candidate will also have:</p> <ul> <li>Understanding of SAP (e.g., database structure, tables and SAP analytics scripts) </li></ul> <p>Apply now!</p> <p>Are you keen to join the team? Even if you don't tick all the boxes, but you still believe you have the personality and skills that make you a suitable candidate, we strongly encourage you to reach out to us. Apply now via the button on this page.</p> <p>At Ahold Delhaize and our local brands, we broadly define diversity as being inclusive of thoughts and skills, generational differences, LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disabilities, nationalities and more, and we accept all people for who they are.</p> <p>The GSO sets global strategies frameworks, facilitates the sharing of best practice and encourages economies of scale. Great examples include sharing technology and digital know-how, so we can continue to lead in online and in-store retailing, setting global targets for healthy and sustainable products-including reducing food waste, use of plastics and making our products healthier to use and eat, and championing development for our future leaders-from learning about the digital mindset to leading our stores of the future.</p> <p>Under the federal Transparency in Coverage rule, group health plans are required to make publicly available machine-readable files that include in-network rates and out-of-network allowed amounts and billed charges. Click the link to view the in-network rates and out-of-network allowed amounts and billed charges under the welfare benefits plan in which GSO participates</p> <p>We are an equal opportunity employer. We comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws. Qualified applicants are considered without regard to sex, race, color, ancestry, national origin, citizenship status, religion, age, marital status (including civil unions), military service, veteran status, pregnancy (including childbirth and related medical conditions), genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, legally recognized disability, domestic violence victim status or any other characteristic protected by law.</p>