TODAY EXPRESS NEWS ( AJAY VERMA ) Delhi, March 23, 2018: dunnhumby, a leader in customer data science, which analyses shopper-behaviour data, and uses a unique mix of technology, software and consulting to enable business to deliver exceptional experiences for their customers – in-store, offline and online for global clients like Tesco, Coca Cola, P&G and Meijer, will be increasing its talent pool in the coming months.
“The group’s current focus is growth right across the globe, including in the Indian market, both talent wise and marketwise”, said Guillaume Bacuvier while speaking at dunnhumby Commercial Leadership Forum, which took place in India to commemorate dunnhumby’s 10 years in the country.
At present, dunnhumby’s focus in India is to tap more talent. “50% of dunnhumby’s data science and analysis talent pool comes from India, and we want to grow that even further. Simultaneously, we are looking at commercial opportunities in India”, said Bacuvier.
The leaders at the Commercial Leadership Forum deliberated on new innovative methods and cutting edge technologies to understand customers in an even better way and how they can be leveraged for the group retail clients across the globe. Bacuvier said, “Our India office is helping our global clients in anything from effective pricing, promotion, better range, assortment, to personalised and relevant customer communication plans including advertising.”
While addressing the dunnhumby global leaders, Anthony Kilili, MD, dunnhumby India, said: “dunnhumby India is currently focusing its energies on its technology renewal programme – a multi-year, multi-discipline programme adopting a cloud first, open source approach to our foundational technologies, bringing greater freedom, flexibility and speed to dunnhumby and its clients.”
Team India continues to take a lead in dunnhumby’s journey, as more than 50% of the group’s talent pool of data scientists comes from India.” Through a strong talent pipeline in data engineering, science and development coupled with innovation, agility and flexibility, India sits at the heart and is a key enabler for a global dunnhumby.
dunnhumby, today analyses data and applies insights from over 800m shoppers across the globe. It has over 500 data analysts and scientists worldwide and more than 25 years experience partnering with the largest retailers and brands worldwide. Today, it manages: data and insights from 44 bn baskets, 320 bn items and 9 tb of data, daily. dunnhumby today stretches to 46 offices in 27 countries. dunnhumby now, employs 2,000 people in offices throughout Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas.
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