Vacature Medior Data Scientist Operations in Zaandam bij Albert Heijn

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  • Geplaats op: 2025-10-24
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Wat ga je doen?

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How does a jar of peanut butter make its way to the shelf at your local Albert Heijn? Does that question get you thinking about suppliers, pallets, distribution centers, trucks, and delivery routes? Do you start visualizing the planning, algorithms, and optimizations that ensure these processes run efficiently and sustainably? If terms like knapsack problems, the traveling salesman, linear programming, and meta-heuristics come to mind, you might be the perfect fit for our team! We’re looking for curious, talented individuals to join and strengthen our Operations Analytics and Data Science team.

At Albert Heijn, we operate on a just-in-time logistics model, which means there’s no room for delays. Every optimization you help implement ensures our customers find their favorite products exactly when they need them. You’ll be at the heart of our business, driving innovations that keep our shelves stocked efficiently and sustainably.

 

As a Medior Data Scientist - Logistics Optimization, you will:

  • Design, build, and deploy data science and optimization algorithms to enhance logistics operations, such as efficiently grouping store orders, optimizing order picking, and ensuring products are transported sustainably
  • Leverage cloud platforms and CI/CD pipelines to continuously integrate and deploy scalable and robust solutions
  • Collaborate with stakeholders across the business to translate complex data insights into practical solutions that improve overall efficiency
  • Effectively communicate complex ideas to various audiences, from technical teams to business stakeholders
  • Work in multidisciplinary product teams to tackle real-world logistics challenges
  • Share your expertise and coach other team members

 

We’re looking for candidates who have:

  • A Master’s degree in Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, Operations Research, or a related field (or equivalent relevant experience and interest)
  • An understanding of Operations Research and algorithms such as local search, preferably with experience applying them in logistics or a related field
  • A pragmatic, hands-on approach to problem-solving with a focus on getting things done
  • A focus on developing robust, maintainable software instead of only experimenting with algorithms in notebooks
  • A willingness to actively collaborate through code reviews, pair programming and knowledge-sharing sessions
  • Proficiency in Python and the Python data science ecosystem
  • 4+ years of relevant experience
  • Experience with modern software development practices (IDEs, Unit Testing, Version Control, CI/CD)
  • Knowledge of or interest in learning a systems programming language (such as C++ or Rust) is a big plus

Read more about the technical side of our work on our blog: https://blog.ah.technology/.

If you’re passionate about logistics, data science, and solving complex problems, join us to help shape the future of retail logistics!

 

What we offer:

  • A salary up to €77K gross per year, including holiday allowance (8%) and excluding a bonus
  • 25,5 vacation days
  • A budget choice in which you can decide whether you spend it on extra days off (+19,5 days), discounts or pay-outs
  • Flexible working hours and the possibility to work from home
  • An excellent pension plan with a personal contribution of 6.2%
  • A travel allowance for traveling to and from Zaandam
  • Attractive discounts on various insurance policies
  • A MacBook and an iPhone
  • 10% discount on your grocery shopping in our Albert Heijn stores, up to €300 per year

 

We’re Albert Heijn, food retail reinventors!🚀 
Albert Heijn goes way back. More than 135 years, to be exact. So for millions of people, food shopping is synonymous with the Albert Heijn brand. We didn’t achieve this with a complacent, ‘hey, if it works today, it’ll work tomorrow’ approach, but by continually rethinking our propositions and staying plugged in to customer demands. More than 125,000 colleagues? Check. Over 1,250 stores in the Netherlands and Flanders? Check. The leading online food retail platform? Check, we build, run and love it.

 
Together we make eating better the easy choice. For everyone!

The world around us has changed, and significantly at that. These changes have impact on the lives of our customers, colleagues and partners. And therefore, also on Albert Heijn. We’re moving towards a new world with new opportunities and challenges. Albert Heijn wants more people to eat fresher, healthier and more sustainable food. Eating brings us together, keeps us healthier and contributes positively to the world. Our mission is: Together we make eating better the easy choice. For everyone. 

Albert Heijn the Netherlands is B Corp certified. This underscores our purpose, through which we aim to contribute to a healthier, more social, and sustainable society. B Corp certification is a designation that a business is meeting high standards of verified performance, accountability and transparency.

 
Ready to contribute to our mission? 

Do you want to play an active role in changing the food retail landscape as we know it? Then hop on board and join us on our expedition. Would you like to learn more first, before you apply to Albert Heijn? We’re happy to tell you everything about this vacancy! An assessment might be part of our selection process.

 

Apply

Do you want to play an active role in changing the food retail landscape as we know it? Then hop on board and join us on our expedition. Apply via the button on this page. We ask you not to send a standard motivation letter, but to formulate an answer to the following questions: 

  • Why do you think you will be successful in this position and what kind of technical skills do you bring with you for this role?
  • What is one of your personal strengths and one skill you wish to improve or develop?

Want to know more before you apply for our role at AH Technology? Peter Dirks, Talent Acquisition Partner Data Science & Analytics, is happy to tell you everything about this vacancy via peter.dirks@ah.nl

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