Senior Applied Scientist- Network Optimization (all genders)

at  Zalando

THE ROLE & THE TEAM

Zalando fulfills more than a hundred million customer orders every year and volumes are increasing. Fulfillment Core within Zalando builds and operates systems that are at the core of Zalando’s platform strategy and ensure timely, efficient, and correct delivery of every one of our customers’ 185+ million orders every year.
Enabling the fulfillment of orders is a complex process, involving the choice of physical locations of our warehouses and the placement of stock, the planning of inner warehouse processes and capacity management, the management of a diverse range of fulfillment and delivery configurations, all while optimizing towards various competing targets.
As a Senior Applied Scientist, you will play a pivotal role in transforming Zalando’s supply chain by enhancing customer experience, and addressing complex and critical challenges. You will develop financially viable self-serve products utilizing Optimization or Simulation techniques. Collaborating with a team of highly talented colleagues in Fulfillment Core, you will drive innovation and resilience within our supply chain operations.You’ll find our Berlin campus and HQ in the vibrant area of Friedrichshain. With amazing views of the Spree river and East Side Gallery, it’s a campus designed to inspire. Berlin is the city that has shaped our business. Are you up for a new experience in one of the most vibrant, diverse, and green cities in Europe?

WHAT WE’D LOVE YOU TO DO (AND LOVE DOING)

• Together with other Operations Research scientists, Applied scientists and Analysts from Fulfillment Core, you will immerse yourself in the domain and develop complex mathematical models to ensure that the right product is available at the right location at the right time, all while adhering to our network constraints..
• You will collaborate with our skilled engineers to implement the mathematical models in production and assist in maintaining and adapting them.
• You will work closely with our stakeholders to understand the current goals and challenges within the fulfillment domain.
• You will help optimize a wide range of business processes (e.g. inventory distribution strategies, warehouse processes or order placement strategies) and configurations (e.g. warehouse network resilience, delivery connections) by leveraging various mathematical approaches, including Discrete Event Simulation, Mixed-Integer Linear Programming, and metaheuristics.
• As a member of Fulfillment Core, you will also provide inputs to other research initiatives across the business unit.
• More generally, you will be part of our vibrant community of Applied Scientists at Zalando, participating for example in regular exchange meetings, reading groups and mentoring opportunities.