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Durban, KZN, ZA

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Duties include building predictive models and machine learning algorithms to increase and optimize customer experiences, revenue generation, ad targeting and other business outcomes. Work with the product team, innovation team, client management team as well as the engineering team to identify opportunities to leverage company’s data to drive business.

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Successfully developed and implemented statistical models to accurately forecast customer demand 14 days in advance for every hour for all 466 Checkers Sixty60 stores nationally. This significantly improved inventory management and operational efficiency of Sixty60, South Africa’s number one grocery delivery app.

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Developed a sentiment analysis tool which included, topic modelling, and topic classification. By utilizing a combination of machine learning, mathematical models and natural language processing, this solution empowered the business to effectively read and respond to employee feedbacks or complaints effectively via the Siyaringa App, the data free app used.

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Developed a geo-spatial solution for the retailer’s on-demand grocery delivery app, Checkers Sixty60, optimising delivery zones and ensuring deliveries in under 60 minutes

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Responsible for working with financial data and using analytical tools and techniques to provide valuable insights to clients. Some of the key Responsibilities includes supporting Portfolio Managers and Investment Analysts, to ensure that the findings are relevant and actionable, by creating reports and visualizations to communicate complex data insights.