Job Detail

The main task of Revenue Management (RM) is to achieve the optimal revenue and to maximize profitability for the company by managing the relationship between price, demand and capacity.

RM Business Solutions is responsible for the continuous optimization of the RM principles and methods in coordination with the strategy and operational RM departments. The team brings innovative RM methods into practice via prototypes and projects and ensures an efficient transfer of expert knowledge within the Lufthansa Group (LHG) RM community.

As a Data Scientist in RM Business Solutions, you will transfer theoretical RM results and strategic guidelines into operational measures relying heavily on data-based insights. You will help LHG RM discover the information hidden in vast amounts of data and help us make smarter decisions to provide customers with the optimal offer. Your primary focus will be in applying state of the art statistical analysis and building high-quality prediction systems integrated with our forecasting systems within a large LHG RM innovation project.

You will be working closely with the technical experts in the RM Systems and Solutions department and the IT department as well as the operational Pricing units. You report to the Head of RM Business Solutions based in Zurich.

Your duties:

• Support continuous optimization and standardization of RM methods within LHG


• Carry out the methodological transfer of the RM strategy into operational systems and frameworks


• Develop and apply customized models and algorithms to data sets in collaboration with data scientists and operations research experts as well as business analysts


• Analyze large amounts of information to discover hidden trends and patterns


• Evaluate statistical accuracy of current and future forecasts and make adjustments according to market requirements


• Present complex information to internal and external stakeholders using data visualization techniques

Your profile

• University degree in Statistics, Data Science, Mathematics or equivalent professional experience


• Experience in Revenue Management is an advantage


• Experience creating and using advanced machine learning algorithms and statistics


• Knowledge and experience in statistical and data mining techniques


• Experience querying databases and using statistical computer languages, especially R and SQL


• Strong analytical, numerical and problem solving skills


• Good interpersonal, presentation and communication skills


• Entrepreneurial spirit and capable of seeing the bigger picture with a strong lead for change


• Confident and able to perform consistently also under pressure


• A drive to learn and master new technologies and techniques


• English written and spoken (German is an asset)

Details:

Type of contract: CLA

Employment level: 100%

Department: RM Business Solutions 

Work place: Zurich/Kloten

Starting date: upon agreement 

Application deadline: 23. April 2019 

Contact:

Head of RM Business Solutions: Dr. Benedikt Zimmermann

Human Resources: Magdalena Aigner

Recruiting Support: Tel.: +41 44 564 6928