Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited – Data Scientist Intern

Our Story

Fonterra Cooperative Group is a farmer owned co-operative dairy company and the world’s largest dairy exporter. Our New Zealand-made dairy products are enjoyed in 140 markets across the globe. Our products are loved by people for their balanced nutrition, quality craftsmanship and sheer indulgence.  Anlene™, Anchor™, Fernleaf™ and Perfect Italiano™ are among the best known dairy brands in Singapore and the rest of the world.

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