Data Science Analyst
At Bunge, people don’t just come here to work, they come here to grow solving challenges that directly impact the world with a diverse team of thinkers and doers.
Bunge offers a strong compensation and benefits package, generous paid time off program, flexible work arrangements, and opportunity to progress.
Our hybrid work environment provides a balance of in office and remote work. Most importantly, in all we do we live our values :
- Act as One Team by fostering inclusion, collaboration, and respect
- Drive for Excellence by being agile, innovative and efficient
- Do What's Right by acting safely, ethically, and sustainably
Position Summary :
Bunge Global Research Data Science group is looking for a quantitative researcher with minimum 3 years of experience in large scale analysis of commodity related data.
The data science analyst will be responsible for transforming raw data into useful insights and recommendations through extensive use of statistical / econometric modeling and world-class programing tools.
This position will be an integral part of the Bunge Economic Analysis team analyzing large Bunge internal and publicly available data sets and developing advanced modelling techniques using best practices in data science for advancing the Global economic research functions in forecasting market dynamics inclusive of crop production, customer behavior and price analysis globally.
Essential Functions :
- Analysis of large-scale internal and public commodity-related data to develop predictive models using statistical, econometric and machine learning tools.
- This includes estimating, troubleshooting and maintaining supply and demand models based on sound theory, subject-matter knowledge and best-practice programing techniques;
- Transformation and analysis of large-scale raster and vectorized global weather datasets such as GFS for various analytical purposes;
- Development of dashboards and custom tools to deploy findings to commercial groups using html / javascript / dash etc;
- Present findings to broad commercial groups, and effectively summarize and communicate model features and results for global risk management;
- Contribute to the construction / maintenance of internal databases and python libraries;
- Build high-quality statistical, economic, and machine learning models on demand using state-of-the-art analytical tools with clear explanations of model advantages and disadvantages;
- Willing to learn topics in different domains to creatively tackle complex business problems.
Skill / Experience Requirements :
Minimum MS degree in a quantitative field (applied / ag economics, econometrics, physics, statistics, engineering, computer science, math, etc.
Advanced degree a plus.
- At least 3 years of research / industry hands-on experience in statistical modeling with real-world data.
- Solid foundation in mathematics and statistical modeling to be able to solve complex business problems via statistical models, machine learning algorithms, etc.
Experience with weather and crop analysis highly desirable.
- Excellent programming skills and working experience in python and / or R as well as their standard analytical packages including pandas, numpy, geopandas.
- Ability to handle large spatial-temporal datasets. Knowledge about Dash / Django / R Shiny is desirable. Experience with creating packages in Python / R is a plus.
Additional knowledge in HTML / Javascript is also a plus.
Good understanding of concepts related to supply / demand / marketing in agriculture. Familiar with publicly available agriculture-related datasets such as those published by the US Department of Agriculture.
Knowledge of financial instruments and or commodity markets is not required but a plus.
- Intellectually curious and creative, willing to share knowledge, and adaptive to new techniques.
- Strong communication skills, critical thinking, attention to detail, and business acumen.
Bunge (NYSE : BG) is a world leader in sourcing, processing and supplying oilseed and grain products and ingredients. Founded in 1818, Bunge’s expansive network feeds and fuels a growing world, creating sustainable products and opportunities for more than 70,000 farmers and the consumers they serve across the globe.
The company is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri and has 25,000 employees worldwide who stand behind more than 350 port terminals, oilseed processing plants, grain facilities, and food and ingredient production and packaging facilities around the world.
Bunge is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, national origin, citizenship, age, disability or military or veteran status, or any other legally protected status.
Bunge is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Minorities / Women / Veterans / Disabled
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