Data Scientist - GIS (Contract)

Job description

Unilever is one of the world's leading suppliers of Food, Home and Personal Care products with sales in over 190 countries and reaching 2 billion consumers a day. It has 172,000 employees and generated sales of €48.4 billion in 2014. Over half (57%) of the company's footprint is in developing and emerging markets. Unilever has more than 400 brands found in homes around the world, including Persil, Dove, Knorr, Domestos, Hellmann's, Lipton, Wall's, PG Tips, Ben & Jerry's, Marmite, Magnum and Lynx.

Unilever's Sustainable Living Plan (USLP) commits to:

• Decoupling growth from environmental impact.
• Helping more than a billion people take action to improve their health and well-being.
• Enhancing the livelihoods of millions of people by 2020.

Unilever was ranked number one in its sector in the 2014 Dow Jones Sustainability Index. In the FTSE4Good Index, it achieved the highest environmental score of 5. It led the list of Global Corporate Sustainability Leaders in the 2014 GlobeScan/SustainAbility annual survey for the fourth year running, and in 2015 was ranked the most sustainable food and beverage company in Oxfam's Behind the Brands Scorecard.

Unilever has been named in LinkedIn's Top 3 most sought-after employers across all sectors.

For more information about Unilever and its brands, please visit www.unilever.com. For more information on the USLP: www.unilever.com/sustainable-living/

JOB TITLE: Data Scientist (GIS)
JOB LOCATION: Singapore
TERMS: Contract role (6months)

Expected Work:

The role will be expected to be highly technical, involved intensively in map related development including information retrieval. For existing processes, upgrade them to scalable versions, and developing new processes to prepare data for the modelling. This role will also be involved in the modelling process and supporting the model deployment in Azure environment.

Key Accountabilities:
• Processes (Tools) development according to the solution requirement.
• GIS programming for model deployment.
• Create map based visualization framework within the context of model deployment
Experience and Qualifications Required:
Key Skills Required
Professional Skills
• Google map APIs Working Knowledge
• Fusion table and map visualization Working Knowledge
• KML, general map programming Working Knowledge
• Data Visualisation(D3.js) Working Knowledge
• Python Fully Operational
• Data model Working Knowledge
• Sklearn Working Knowledge
• Azure environment Working Knowledge

Strong communication skills and ability to work with peers and demonstrate vertical and lateral influence

Relevant Experience:
• Diploma or B.S. in a relevant technical field. (Applied math background will be preferred). Overall experience of 2-3 years preferred.
• GIS, google map api related experience are highly preferred. General open API experiences will be helpful.
• Proficiency in Python, Spark (good to have)
• Basic Strong track record in working independently with minimal guidance.

As part of the application process, you will be asked to complete an online assessment consisting of 2 questions.
This is an important part of our application procedure and will take approximately 1 minute of your time to complete. When filled out partially or not at all it may adversely affect the progress of your application.

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