We, at JACOBS DOUWE EGBERTS (JDE – Peet’s) are inspired by beliefs that anything can happen over a cup of coffee or tea. Fueled by our purpose to create a better future, we are taking the world of coffee and tea by storm. Making it our mission to keep improving ourselves and the world around us.

Our roots are deeply embedded in the coffee and tea industry, dating back as far as 1753. Worldwide we are touching the lives of millions of people – from earth to bean and from bean to cup. All through some of world’s leading household names.  Together, we are on a journey to secure a future for coffee and tea. With sustainability constantly evolving we take a dynamic approach to make a real impact across our value chain, focusing on responsible sourcing, minimizing our footprint and connecting people from all walks of life.

The role of S&I  in JDEP business is evolving at very rapid pace and increasingly include diverse sets of data: Data from representative samples; behavioural data from diverse digital sources; Social listening data, Retail and Panel data.  Digital data may skew of different types of audiences and provide only one side of the story. Thus  Whilst informative these data could lead to the wrong decision if taken out of context, or at face value.

JDE is looking to expand the S&I team with an experienced data scientist with strong business strategy orientation, knowledgeable in predictive analytics, cloud analytics, data imputation and fusion techniques for panel data, first, second, and third party data with the objective of driving actionable insights and foresight into the business. Within the Global S&I Department, the Global S&I Manager plays a leading role in enriching Foresights for innovation, bringing anticipatory understanding of drivers behind category dynamics to help lead the trends.

Within the Global S&I Department, the Predictive Analytics & Foresights Manager plays a leading role in enabling Front End Innovation, inspiring Category & Brand Directors to think bigger ideas, ensure deep understanding of emergent Category Dynamics and reflecting this in 1-2-5 yr predictive models for our Business. The incumbent will play a key role to lead the applications of ML/AI to  consumer data collaborating closely with IT and Media.

You will bring a curious and inquisitive mindset, a constructive “can do” mindset, strong data / analytic mastery. You are resilient and comfortable to navigate the ambiguity and the fluidity of the “fuzzy front end”  and be accountable to define the best framework to make sense of this fluidity.

You will be accountable for inspiring the global marketing team with compelling foresight and ensure that Anticipatory learning is reflected in our innovation pipeline and day to day business. You also will be a sparring partner to the S&I director / Front End Innovation (FEI) team to drive robust consumer centricity into our  (platforms, Trend-scape, sensing…) to help JDEP anticipate how consumer interests evolve over time and identify hot spots we can win.

• Master Degree or equal by experience;
• At least 12 years in data science / analytic / modeling with proven ability to concretely link to business / Brands.
• Outstanding mastery in the analytics, predictive analytics and Cloud analytics / ML/AI, space, data science and proven business orientation.
• Experience in a similar role at an FMCG company, Supplier or Consultancy 
• Experience with consumer Foresight tools / Capabilities in this space. Proven ability to translate Foresight into Brand opportunity. 
• Ability to translate complex data into clear Brand & Business recommendations.
• Strong communication skills (verbal / presentation) and collaboration skills
• Excellent knowledge of relevant data science tools;  Experienced to work with Cloud based analytic tools and statistical models;
• Ability to navigate ambiguity & recognize patterns
• A drive for creating new capabilities
• Strategic Problem solving and action orientation profile
• Flexibility and resilience in the face of high uncertainty / ambiguity
• Curious integrative learning mindset