Omnichannel retailer scaling pricing, forecasting, and credit decisioning through AI
The Very Group operates a 1,000+ person retail business across UK, Ireland, and Malaysia, with an analytics and AI focus reflected in active projects around demand forecasting, price optimisation, and lending strategy. Their tech stack combines legacy enterprise systems (Oracle, Excel, SAS, R) with modern cloud and BI layers (Azure, GCP, AWS, BigQuery, Power BI), suggesting a gradual transition toward data-driven decision-making — a pattern reinforced by their hiring concentration in marketing (15 roles) and finance (13 roles) alongside engineering (11), indicating a commercial-operations-led growth strategy.
Notable leadership hires: Head of Communications
The Very Group is a multi-channel retailer operating across home and lifestyle categories in the UK, Ireland, and Malaysia. The company serves millions of customers through digital and physical channels, with an emphasis on flexible purchasing and credit solutions. Operationally, they are scaling AI and analytical capabilities around pricing, demand forecasting, and credit decisioning to optimize commercial performance and marketing spend efficiency. Current hiring spans marketing, finance, engineering, product, and data — with senior-level roles predominating — reflecting an org in transition toward more analytical and automated decision-making.
Oracle, Azure, AWS, GCP, Python, SQL, BigQuery, Power BI, Google Analytics 4, SAS, R, and iOS/Android for customer channels. Also uses Salesforce automation (SA360), Meta Ads Manager, Pinterest, TikTok for marketing.
United Kingdom (headquarters in Liverpool), Malaysia, and Ireland. 29 roles posted in the last 30 days across these regions.
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