An enormous quantity of information
Initially from Poland, Eryk studied in Rotterdam, took a detour again to his residence nation, and returned as soon as once more to the Netherlands. “Earlier than becoming a member of bol, I labored at a Fintech startup. It was an ideal expertise, however one through which I performed many various roles. I used to be wanting to focus significantly on machine studying and likewise wished to hitch a extra mature group. That’s when Bol caught my consideration.”
Eryk continues: “Along with the maturity and dimension, the probabilities when it comes to know-how and information in bowl actually fascinated me. There’s lots of information obtainable right here, principally nicely documented, clear and nicely maintained. With round 40 million objects reaching tens of millions of individuals within the Netherlands and Belgium, I’ve so much to work with. My job is to translate this information into forecasts for a number of use circumstances, reminiscent of buyer wants, logistics, and merchandise. Let’s take a sensible instance: with this info, bol can precisely plan staffing in our warehouses, even 20 weeks upfront.”
chaotic instances
Upon becoming a member of bol within the fall of 2020, Eryk confronted a very difficult interval. He shares: “The pandemic utterly disrupted the prevailing forecast fashions in Bol. We might now not depend on previous occasions and needed to face a brand new state of affairs with none management or historic information obtainable. “It was an fascinating state of affairs to be part of that I had clearly by no means skilled earlier than.”
Regardless of the troublesome instances, Eryk discovered so much. “We manage common brainstorming classes, develop fast options and search for a long-term answer, all on the identical time. Lastly, we included the impression of COVID-19 utilizing a custom-built characteristic for our forecast fashions, which efficiently restored our accuracy ranges. It was a really distinctive second to be part of and it made me develop so much as an expert.”
