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INSPIRE SUCCESSFUL DECISIONS

Kantar’s Worldpanel division is searching for a collaborative and dedicated Data Scientist. Based in Chambourcy, France, this is an incredible opportunity to be part of our exciting vision for the future!

Role’s mission

The Worldpanel division of Kantar Group is seeking a Data Scientist to join our tech teams. Our mission is to drive a successful transition to Cloud solutions, delivering innovative and efficient ways to enhance service quality and customer satisfaction.

Joining a collaborative and high-spirited team, you'll support production and statistical research teams in developing and refining processes. As a trusted advisor to prestigious French and international consumer goods brands, you'll operate in a dynamic, ever-evolving environment. Your role will be pivotal in leveraging Kantar's innovations, expertise, and solutions to meet current and future demands.

If you’re willing to go beyond the obvious, using intelligence, passion and creativity to inspire new thinking and shape the world we live in, apply for a career that’ll be out of the ordinary by joining us!

Key outcomes

• Guarantee the migration of SAS/WPS processes to R and/or Python, ensuring seamless transition and enhanced efficiency in data processing.
• Analyse customer requirements comprehensively to develop and deliver tailored software solutions, addressing specific business needs effectively.
• Drive innovation by championing the adoption of cutting-edge technologies such as big data, Azure cloud, and AI, proposing transformative solutions to optimize business operations.
• Collaborate closely with internal and external stakeholders to proactively identify and resolve customer issues, fostering strong partnerships and ensuring high levels of client satisfaction.

Key Capabilities

Your background will ideally look like this…

• University Degree (Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree) in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Statistics, or equivalent fields.
• Business proficiency in English (B2 Level Minimum required).
• Native proficiency in French (C2 Level).
• Significant previous experience in Data Science and/or Engineering roles.
• Comfortable proficiency in R programming is required.
• Demonstrated experience in deploying, managing, and optimizing solutions on cloud-based platforms – experience with Azure Cloud is a plus.
• Knowledge or experience with SQL and SAS/WPS will be highly appreciated.
• Professional experience with Python programming and libraries although not mandatory will be appreciated.

With the following qualities…

• Enjoys actively looking for new and more efficient ways of improving processes, raising standards, reducing errors, and overcoming omissions.
• Is proactive, optimistic, and willing to get involved to achieve the team's goals and objectives.
• Is highly collaborative and adaptable with the ability to work effectively within different cultural and technical environments.
• Possesses outstanding communication and interpersonal skills in order to comfortably connect with partners at all levels across the organization and facilitates discussions in a constructive manner.

Join us!

At Kantar, we have an integrated way of rewarding our people based on a simple, clear and consistent set of principles. Our approach helps to ensure we are market competitive and to support a pay-for-performance culture, where your reward and career progression opportunities are linked to what you deliver.

We also make sure we create an equality of opportunity in a fair and encouraging working environment where people feel included, accepted and are allowed to thrive in a space where their mental health and well-being are taken into consideration.

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Why join Kantar?

We shape the brands of tomorrow by better understanding people everywhere. By understanding people, we can understand what drives their decisions, actions, and aspirations on a global scale. And by amplifying our in-depth expertise of human understanding alongside ground-breaking technology, we can help brands find concrete insights that will help them succeed in our fast-paced, ever shifting world.

And because we know people, we like to make sure our own people are being looked after as well. Equality of opportunity for everyone is our highest priority and we support our colleagues to work in a way that supports their health and wellbeing. While we encourage teams to spend part of their working week in the office, we understand no one size fits all; our approach is flexible to ensure everybody feels included, accepted, and that we can win together. We’re dedicated to creating an inclusive culture and value the diversity of our people, clients, suppliers and communities, and we encourage applications from all backgrounds and sections of society. Even if you feel like you’re not an exact match, we’d love to receive your application and talk to you about this job or others at Kantar.