Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited – Data Scientist Intern

Data Scientist Intern (6 months)

Background

Global Foodservice is one of the focus areas for Fonterra. We have a large Emerging Asia footprint and built up market leading positions in the markets we play in. To help enable our double-digit growth strategy we are looking for a data scientist intern to support us in building a Competitive Intelligence & Market Dynamics hub.

The role will be tasked to support the Global Data Analytics Manager to build Business Intelligence expertise within our foodservice business and build a stronger understanding of consumers and customers.

Role Accountabilities:

• You will work on every aspect of the data pipeline — from the building and maintaining information systems to research, analysis, and presentation. You will leverage data to impact the organization’s most significant decisions.
• Focus on creatively collecting external, unstructured & semi-structured data
• Work with diverse, large, and complex datasets to solve dynamic and challenging problems
• Driving scalable, repeatable processes with existing tools (creating efficiency through collaboration)
• Perform statistical analysis and modelling
• Communicate and presenting findings
• Develop impactful reports, presentations, and ongoing deliverables
• Collaborate on new research opportunities across various functions

What we offer:

• Gain deep understanding of real-life projects that can significantly impact the business
• An opportunity to obtain practical insights into how large MNCs are run
• We will actively coach you on your data translator skills - to go from ‘geek-speak’ to people-speak in a way that is engaging to different levels of the organization
• Learn from a senior team which will help to develop your skills and competencies
• Get to understand B2B strategy execution and build deep knowledge of consumer and Customer trends
• Contribute to meaningful work that will be rolled out in Fonterra’s global markets
• Learn different data story-telling ways to bring life to your insights, and how you can tailor your approach by audience and format

 Key Project: Development of Competitive Intelligence & Market Dynamics hub

You will help us to discover the information hidden in vast amounts of data in order to make smarter decisions to service our customers better.

• As an Intern, you will use statistics and machine learning to power product and business decisions at scale
• Data mining using state-of-the-art methods
• Extending company’s data with third party sources of information when needed
• Enhancing data collection procedures to include information that is relevant for building analytic systems
• Processing, cleansing, and verifying the integrity of data used for analysis
• Doing ad-hoc analysis and presenting results in a clear manner
• Creating automated anomaly detection systems and constant tracking of its performance

Secondary Project:

Along with another intern, gain access to customers and/or consumers to work on a project which addresses one of our company’s needs. Present your recommendation to senior leadership.

 Key Skills & Attitude:

• Currently pursuing Bachelor's or Masters in Mathematics/ Statistics/ Computer Science/ Econometrics or any other related discipline
• Curious mindset with an interest in honing your business acumen
• Self-motivated and works well in a fast-paced environment
• Experience with technical tools for analysis — Python (with Pandas, etc.), R, SQL, etc.; Python skills and previous software engineering background a plus
• Some experience with database systems, data wrangling and data visualization (Tableau)
• Able to confidently apply, interpret & translate statistical analyses into compelling and actionable recommendations
• Able to speak and write fluent English, Bonus – Mandarin