Solution Consultant

Would you like to help a client's team unlock the unprecedented value an AI-driven solution generates? Are you an analytics consultant at heart who would love to work with the latest technologies to steer a retail organization in the right direction?_

At Crunch Analytics, we help **EU retail and e-commerce teams** at **Beerwulf, G-Star, Unilin, Roompot**, or others to embrace big data & AI techniques. We introduce **AI-driven** (advanced analytics) solutions that fundamentally change how these organizations create value.

As a Solution Consultant, your **key responsibility** is to ensure the creation of **a superior level of business value** by leveraging the **Crunch Analytics Pricing and Inventory solutions**. As you grasp the business objective of the client, each stakeholder's challenges, and the unique business environment, you subsequently ensure that the use of our AI-driven solutions creates a striking amount of business value, validated by said client.

To this end, you help guide the setup of the solution, finetune it to accommodate client-specific needs, and train the client in using it. Along this journey, **you act as a trusted advisor**. You advise customers on some of the most challenging questions, be it tactical business decisions or design choices that influence how our technology performs.

In the said role, **you work alongside** data scientists, cloud engineers, and product owners. As you mentor a client's team through unchartered territory, you share lessons learned with your squad and provide input on how to improve our solutions.

**What will be part of your responsibilities?**

You ensure the creation of **a superior level of analytics business value** by leveraging the Crunch Analytics Pricing and Inventory solutions:

- You understand the business needs of our clients by participating in meetings and asking the right questions;
- You support the Product Owner in translating those business needs into functional requirements. Given your expertise, you challenge the client on those requirements if you feel that even more business value can be created;
- When the data connection with the client's system is set up, you import the data, interpret it, and transform it into a usable format;
- You set up the data pipelines that feed the data of clients into our systems, all the while keeping an eye out for abnormalities and things that can improve;
- Based on the specific context of a client, you use our algorithm toolbox to tune the solution to the client's precise needs. This requires you to look at everything with a critical eye and spot where problems and opportunities lie;
- You configure the UI and train the client to use the solution.

You act towards our clients as a **trusted advisor** in **pricing and inventory analytics**:

- You gain expertise in the functional domains of pricing and inventory within (fashion) retail by delivering the Crunch Analytics Pricing and Inventory solutions to a multitude of clients;
- You leverage that expertise and use analytics to answer some of our client's most challenging questions. As clients are not always data-savvy people, they require your advice when using complex pieces of technology. You are responsible for advising customers on tactical decisions and nitty-gritty design choices that will influence our technology's performance. Some examples, ranging from holistic to more detailed:

- What goal should I really be pursuing when setting discounts during the markdown season?
- How can I determine what the residual value of products is? Can we use this knowledge to improve our current objectives?
- Should I, and if so, how do I consider return costs in my discounting strategy?
- Is it beneficial to differentiate my pricing or discounting strategy per shop, region, country, or continent?
- How do I redistribute my inventory across stores to minimize stock-outs
- More than just answering questions, you are expected to be proactive - challenging clients' beliefs if you believe they are unsound. You will become an expert, and they will need you to guide them through unfamiliar terrain.

You contribute towards **continuously improving our software solution**.
- You feed back your experience of using the Crunch Analytics Pricing and Inventory solution towards our Product Manager so the product can improve;
- If you wish, from time to time, you will be able to roll up your sleeves and help design better algorithms or parts thereof.
- You test new prototypes with clients willing to act as bèta testers.

**‍ What skills are required or can be perfected on the job?**

You have a BS or MS in Business, Economics, Computer Science, AI, Analytics, Data or Marketing Analysis, Maths, or Statistics (or equal based upon experience);
- You are **eager to learn** new things and thrive in a fast-growth environment;
- You are fluent in **English and Dutch**.

You are an **analytics consultant at heart**:

- You have a passion for using analytics to solve the m