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Data Scientist

Executive Placements
Cape Town Full-day Full-time

Description:

We are seeking a Data Scientist passionate about turning complex commercial challenges into actionable, high-impact solutions?

Were looking for someone to take the lead on our pricing and markdown optimisation models, refactoring and redesigning them to improve performance, scalability, and business value. Youll work closely with data engineering and commercial teams to enhance demand forecasting, price elasticity, and markdown algorithmsbuilding a smarter, more sustainable pricing capability that drives real financial impact.

If you thrive at the intersection of data science, optimisation, and business strategy, this role is for you.

Role Objectives

Take ownership of existing markdown and pricing optimisation models Refactor, optimise, and where necessary redesign models for long-term internal ownership Improve performance, scalability, and interpretability of pricing algorithms Strengthen the link between data science, data engineering, and commercial outcomes Build a more robust, simplified, and sustainable markdown optimisation capability

Key Responsibilities

Pricing & Markdown Optimisation

Maintain, analyse, and improve existing markdown and price optimisation models Enhance demand forecasting, elasticity modelling, and markdown effectiveness algorithms Translate complex commercial problems into robust data science solutions Continuously test, validate, and improve model performance and financial impact

Model Refactoring & Improvement

Understand and reverse-engineer existing models Refactor codebases to improve structure, performance, maintainability, and explainability Redesign models where needed to improve accuracy, scalability, or business usability Introduce better modelling approaches, feature engineering, and optimisation techniques

Data Engineering Collaboration

Work closely with data engineers to optimise pipelines feeding pricing models Improve data quality, feature availability, model inputs, and processing efficiency Support productionisation, monitoring, and automation of models

Business & Stakeholder Engagement

Partner with pricing, planning, and commercial teams to understand real-world challenges Translate model outputs into actionable commercial insights Support adoption of models through documentation, knowledge transfer, and enablement

Core Skills & Experience

Essential

Strong experience as a Data Sc
17 Jan 2026;   from: gumtree.co.za

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