Data Analyst 

UNILEVER IS LOOKING FOR A GLOBAL DATA ANALYST

Salary:  44-68 K gross per year depending on background and experience.

We are accepting applications from candidates of all level of experience: beginners to several years. Please mention any relevant past experience with the below mentioned technologies during studies, project work, previous employment, etc.

Location: Hive, Wageningen (Netherlands).

Local conditions apply

Full-time

The applicant must have the right to work in the Netherlands.

For the recruitment of this position, we would like to emphasize that local conditions apply to the position and for this vacancy in principle we will first consider candidates based in the Netherlands. If you are based outside of the Netherlands and you are interested to apply, please feel free to do so but we can only take your application on if a decision is made to also recruit outside of the Netherlands.

ABOUT UNILEVER

With 3.4 billion people in over 190 countries using our products every day, Unilever is a business that makes a real impact on the world. Work on brands that are loved and improve the lives of our consumers and the communities around us. We are driven by our purpose: to make sustainable living commonplace, and it is our belief that doing business the right way drives superior performance. At the heart of what we do is our people – we believe that when our people work with purpose, we will create a better business and a better world. 

At Unilever, your career will be a unique journey, grounded in our inclusive, collaborative, and flexible working environment. We don’t believe in the ‘one size fits all’ approach and instead we will equip you with the tools you need to shape your own future.

ABOUT NUTRITION R&D

Nutrition is the largest Business Group (BG) in Unilever with global multibillion-dollar brands such as Knorr and Hellman’s and many strong regional and local brands. Nutrition BG’s vision is to be a Force for Good in Foods. Nutrition R&D develops and delivers unmissably superior products and solutions that are Boldly Healthier for People and Planet, rooted in differentiated science and technology. With our global innovation centre Hive, in the heart of the Silicon Valley of Food, in Wageningen, The Netherlands, and our network of R&D teams across the world, we work closely with many internal and external partners to create market-winning innovations. Increasingly, Digital and Data are the currency of how we work in R&D, from discovery through product development and deployment. New developments in AI and Data Science will be the crucial differentiator for us to win.

ABOUT DIGITAL  & DATA TEAM

The Global Nutrition R&D Digital & Data capability is the central team in Division R&D to enable and lead the digital transformation of our organisation. Our core expertise area and responsibility lie in providing the systems expertise and user solutions to drive data quality in our core ingredient and product specifications. Increasingly, we are also strengthening our capability in data engineering, visualisation, data analytics and data science to extract the maximum value from the data we have and utilize it to support the in-silico design agenda. The capability team is working closely together with many teams across Nutrition R&D, ranging from Regional Deploy Centre/Local Deploy teams on product specifications to Global Design Centre/Science & Technology/Capability teams on data science and models.

JOB PURPOSE

Unilever is the place where you can bring your purpose to life with the work that you do – creating a better business and a better world. Within Nutrition R&D, Digital and Data Capability team we are looking for a Global Data Analyst. The key features of this role are to monitor the quality of data we have in our digital systems and utilize that data for creation of user-friendly solutions (e.g. reports, dashboards, tools, apps). These solutions will need to be maintained and evolve over time or will be one-off bespoke solutions for targeted queries from various business partners. In this role you will liaise with business partners in many Unilever functions to build the requirements for the front-end, collect the data, build the data model, and present the results to business users and to wider audiences.

If you are someone with strong data analytics expertise and a passion and flair for getting and communicating insights from data to strengthen our team and create business impact, then this role is just for you! You will be a member of the Digital & Data Capability team, which is a diverse team (age, experience, background, nationalities) driving Digital Transformation in Unilever Nutrition R&D.

WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE

• Data Collection from multiple sources including SAP PLM, R&D Datalake, existing Power BI datasets, and individual datasets provided by business partners.

• Validating underlying data used by the division in the core data sources, and any bespoke datasets used in our reports. 

• Lead E2E project delivery focused on data extraction, data transformation, dashboard/tool creation as well as drive tool adoption to facilitate strides towards becoming a data-driven organization.

• Actively identify opportunities to develop/optimize solutions to drive our Data Analytics strategy with maximum business impact.

• Liaising with the System Expertise & User Solutions data squads to ensure data quality in the core systems such that Nutrition data is complete with a clear aim that reporting becomes a routine process.

• Develop comprehensive documentation capturing essential project details to re-build the data model and ensures a complete knowledge transfer.

• Develop and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders to ensure alignment on project goals, facilitate effective communication, and address any concerns or issues promptly to achieve successful project outcomes.

WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED

Experiences & Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree or higher in computer science or data science.

• Experience and practice in data management, data quality verification, data visualization, and data integration.

• Experience with data visualization and dashboard tools is a plus.

• Balanced profile of functional business knowledge/understanding and data/analytics expertise: preferred experience in Nutrition R&D or Supply Chain domain.

Skills

• Critical thinking and flexibility to work effectively around technical and business constraints.

• Solid experience in data analysis, data visualization, data reporting using Power BI

• end-to-end application development, and implementation of front-end (e.g., dashboards and web front-ends).

• Applied experience in Visual Analytics Platforms like Microsoft Power BI.

• Strong knowledge in designing efficient, robust, and automated data pipelines and ETL workflows.

• SAP PLM: usage knowledge and expertise and associated data portals to extract data.

• Ability to quickly adapt to changing requirements and priorities, while effectively collaborating with team members through regular sprint planning, stand-ups, and retrospectives to ensure continuous delivery of high-quality, incremental value.

• SAP PLM: understands data standards in building hierarchies and specification contents is a plus.

• Experience using R or Python is desirable

• Proficiency in SQL is highly desirable

Capabilities

• Fluent in English

• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

• Demonstrated teamwork and collaboration skills.

• Values inclusivity and work effectively in multi-functional, multi-cultural and multi-located teams.

• Passion for continuous learning and transforming self and others to bring value. 

• Favourable experience in agile project management and change management.

• Ability to communicate data expertise work in “different languages” based on target audience: stakeholders, experts, R&D community.

WHAT IS IN IT FOR YOU?

Unilever is the place where you can be yourself and bring your purpose to life with the work that you do – creating a better business and a better world. We offer an exciting & dynamic work environment where you can make things happen. Furthermore, we offer some great reward and benefits!

• Attractive total remuneration package; excellent company pension, bonus, share scheme.

• Flexible cross-disciplinary career opportunities and a wealth of training opportunities & wellbeing resources whenever and wherever.

• Plenty of company-paid holidays to further ensure your work-life balance is maintained.

• We encourage an inclusive culture, which comes to life with interchangeable public holidays, paid paternity leave of 6 weeks and our transgender policy.

• Under the Hybrid Working principles, you will be expected to spend a minimum of 40%-60% in the office or at customers, suppliers or partners to connect and collaborate.  For the time you work from home, we will ensure you are well equipped. When you are at the office , you can enjoy our tasty canteen with prepped food and own products.

• Informal culture and being the first one trying our new products. 

• My Fitness Plan (reduction on your Fitness Subscription).

• Home work allowance

• Company laptop and mobile phone

• Green Mobility Policy.   

EXCITED?

Join Unilever and our team! To apply, you must do so online. Please do not forget to upload your CV and a motivation letter.  Your application will be reviewed against our requirements and we will be in touch shortly after the closing date to provide you with an update on the status of your application.

Looking forward to meeting you! 

Please note this is a Direct Search led by Unilever. Applications from agencies will not be accepted, nor will fees be paid for unsolicited CVs.

Equal Opportunity Employer: Unilever is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, disability, age, parenthood, pregnancy or any other basis protected by applicable law, and will not be discriminated against. 

By highlighting the gender diversity at the workplace, Unilever encourages women equally men to apply. If you look for a job after a long career break or after any type of leave, do not hesitate to apply.

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