Food Safety Associate Data Analyst

We are looking for a Food Safety Associate Data Analyst, to be responsible for supporting food safety digital research and innovation with data scientists, food safety specialists, external partners, R&D, T&P QM and NR IT. You will strengthen the use of data to gain business intelligence and insights into food safety.

As a Food Safety Associate Data Analyst, you will contribute to building and maintaining solid, user-friendly data platforms and catalogues for application by R&D, businesses and operations as designed.

A Day in the Life of a Food Safety Associate Data Analyst

• Participate in the Digital Food Safety Data strategy
• Propose new ideas and approaches to improve data FAIRness in POCs, MVPs or solutions
• Integrate understanding of solutions and data flows into data approach design
• Design and execute data experiments for analysis, data quality and reporting
• Scout and evaluate data sources, technologies and data-related initiatives
• Propose, plan, deliver and document technical support in project
• Translate and integrate selected use cases into POCs and MVPs with experts
• Cooperate with IT to hand over prototypes for industrialization
• Cooperate with data owners on data quality and availability improvement
• Participate in alignment and integration of data quality pipelines
• Contribute to data source harmonization based on best-fit sources

Do you have experience in Software development?, Do you have a Master's degree?, * MSc or PhD in Computer Science, Data Science or relevant discipline

• In-depth understanding of modern database and information technologies
• Knowledge of data transformation methodologies (ETL)
• Knowledge of Azure and Snowflake technologies
• Knowledge of data visualization tools such as PowerBI
• Good understanding of software development steps
• Knowledge of SAP QM
• Agile project management and consumer-centric design thinking

Additionally, the good candidate has the following soft skills:

• Excellent communication skills in English
• Ability to analyze, interpret and organize large amounts of data, with excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
• Analytical, rigorous and systematic thinker with the ability to master new techniques quickly
• Highly cooperative, conciliating, committed and reliable in collaborative environments
• Strong analytical capabilities paired with communication, diplomacy and strength of character to lay out facts and options to senior management
• Able to cooperate with and convince people from different disciplines and backgrounds
• Strong enthusiasm for research in digital tools and data technologies, with a clear commitment to consumer safety
• Excellent time-management skills and ability to handle multiple deadlines simultaneously

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