Your new company \nWorking for a globally renowned retail company.\n\nYour new role\n \nSeeking a hands-on Data Science role in London to support R&D for automated packaging. You'll combine operations research, simulation, and practical engineering to create models that improve how the products are counted, bagged, and boxed. The goal: deliver iterative, production-ready solutions that make our packaging systems faster, smarter, and more reliable.\n\nWhat you'll need to succeed\n \n Not the classic "predictive modeling" skillset.\n\nRequired skillset:\n\nExploration vs.

exploitation mindset.\nAbility to search optimal recipe space within a model.\nBuild models to explore and exploit possibilities, not just predict outcomes!\nOperations research: handling constraints, finding optimal arrangements for fastest packing.\nStochastic simulation: accounting for variability in machine speeds and conveyor setups.\nTechniques: statistical simulation, stochastic modeling, linear optimization.Tools & Platforms Expertise:\n\nDatabricks for data workflows.\nGitHub for CI/CD and version control.\nPackage management for reproducibility.\nWhat you'll get in return \nFlexible working options available.\n\nWhat you need to do now\nIf you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.\n\nHays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at (url removed)