An enormous quantity of knowledge
Initially from Poland, Eryk studied in Rotterdam, took a detour again to his residence nation, and as soon as once more returned to the Netherlands. “Earlier than becoming a member of bol, I labored at a Fintech startup. It was a fantastic expertise, however one the place I used to be sporting many alternative hats. I used to be wanting to significantly concentrate on machine studying and I additionally needed to hitch a extra mature group. That’s when bol caught my eye.”
Eryk continues: “In addition to the maturity and the scale, the chances by way of tech and information at bol really fascinated me. There’s a large quantity of knowledge out there right here, principally well-documented, clear and well-maintained. With round 40 million gadgets reaching tens of millions of individuals in The Netherlands and Belgium, there’s a lot for me to work with. My job is to translate this information into forecasts for a number of use circumstances, like buyer wants, logistics and merchandise. To present you a sensible instance: with this sort of info bol can plan the staffing in our warehouses exactly, even 20 weeks forward.”
Chaotic instances
Becoming a member of bol within the fall of 2020, Eryk confronted a very difficult interval. He shares: “The pandemic utterly disrupted bol´s current forecasting fashions. We may now not depend on previous occasions and needed to take care of a brand new state of affairs with none management or out there historic information. It was an attention-grabbing state of affairs to be a part of and one I had, clearly, by no means skilled earlier than.”
Regardless of the difficult instances, Eryk discovered a fantastic deal. “We organized common brainstorming periods, developed fast fixes, and pursued a long-term answer – all on the identical time. Finally, we included the influence of COVID-19 utilizing a tailored function for our forecasting fashions, which efficiently restored our accuracy ranges. It was a very distinctive time to be a part of, and it made me develop rather a lot as knowledgeable.”