Data Scientist

**Data Scientist**:

- Job Id: 5077- City: Gujarat, Gujarat, India- Department: Thunderbird- Function: Information Technology- Employee Type: Permanent Full Time- Seniority Level: Entry level- Description:

- **About UPL**

**UPL is a leader in global food systems and with the acquisition of Arysta LifeScience, is now one of the top 5 agricultural solutions companies worldwide. With revenue of US$5 billion, UPL has presence in 130 countries. With market access to 90 percent of world’s food basket and focused on high-growth regions, UPL represents a compelling value proposition for growers, distributors, suppliers and innovation partners in a consolidating market. UPL offers an integrated portfolio of both patented and post-patent agricultural solutions for various arable and specialty crops, including biological, crop protection, seed treatment and post-harvest solutions covering the entire crop value chain.**

**about upl**:

- UPL is focused on emerging as a premier global provider of total crop solutions designed to secure the world’s long-term food supply. Winning farmers hearts across the globe, while leading the way with innovative products and services that _**_make agriculture sustainable_**_, UPL is the fastest growing company in the industry. UPL has a rich history of _**_50+ years with presence in 120+ countries_**_. Based on the recognition that humankind is one community, UPL’s overarching commitment is to improve areas of its presence, workplace, and customer engagement_**_._**

**_Our purpose_**_ is_** ‘**OpenAg’. **_An Open agriculture network that feeds sustainable growth for all. _**_No limits, no borders_**_._

In order to create sustainable food chain, UPL is now working to build a future-ready, analytics-driven organization that will be even more efficient, more innovative, and more agile. We are setting up **“Digital and Analytics” CoE** to work on some disruptive projects that will have an impact that matters for the planet. It will help us reimagine our business to ensure the best outcomes for growers, consumers, employees, and our planet.

Work with us to get exposure to cutting-edge solutions in digital & advanced analytics, mentorship from senior leaders & domain experts, and access to a great work environment.

**JOb Responsibilities**:
The Data Scientist will work as a **core member of advanced analytics project delivery teams** within the analytics Center of Excellence. This person will be responsible for **conducting simple to complex statistical analyses using large datasets**. They will be involved in **building and re-iterating of advanced statistical and machine learning models**. They will **also work closely with an integrated analytics team **including data engineers, translators and senior data scientists. They will be expected to familiarize themselves with a typical analytics project life cycle.
- Conducts **advanced statistical analysis **to provide actionable insights, identify trends, and measure performance
- Can **build models using supervised/unsupervised learning techniques **of varying complexity
- Understanding of **data engineering techniques and concepts **like pilot testing and execution is a good to have
- **Collaborate with senior data scientists **in building and delivering analytics models
- **Communicate results **to technical audience within an integrated analytics team
- **Contribute to knowledge building and sharing **by researching best practices, documenting solutions and continuously iterating on new ways to solve problems

**REQUIRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE**:

- **Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Math, Operations Research, Economics or a related field.**:

- Basic programming experience in **1 language**:

- Theoretical **knowledge of advanced analytics techniques**:

- Experience in machine learning techniques preferred
- Hands on experience in solving analytics problems in **at least 1 industry**Required Skills**:

- Ability to work well in **agile environments **in diverse teams with **multiple stakeholders**:

- Strong **drive to learn and good organizational skills**:

- Ability to **effectively communicate complex analytical and technical content**:

- High energy and passionate individual who can work closely with other team members
- Excited about **trying new solutions **outside standard methodologies
- Willing to adopt an **iterative approach; experimental mindset **to drive innovation

**Location**:Jaghadia, Gujarat

**What’s in it for you?**
- **Disruptive projects**: Work on ‘breakthrough’ digital-and-analytics projects to enable UPL’s vision of building a future ready organization. It involves deploying solutions to help us increase our sales, sustain our profitability, improve our speed to market, supercharge our R&D efforts, and support the way we work internally. Help us ensure we have access to the best business insights that our data analysis can offer us.
- **Cross functional leader