Data Scientist

About us
Group Trucks Operations manufacture world class products for the world class brands of the Volvo Group and work with energy, passion and respect for the individual. Our global industrial footprint offers an opportunity to an international career in a state-of-the-art industrial environment, where continuous improvement and productivity improvement is driven by use of Volvo Production System. Together, Group Trucks Operations represent almost 30,000 employees at 70 larger or smaller units on 6 continents.
Production Logistics is part of Group Trucks Operations. We are an organization of approximately 700 employees, globally connected to deliver logistics solutions with world class operational excellence. We ensure that transportation is purchased, packaging is made available at our suppliers, material is transported to our production facilities, and vehicles are distributed to our customers on time. We design and optimize the Production Logistics supply chain for the Volvo Group, prepare logistics for new products and drive the Sales & Operations Planning process. We strive for an innovative and diverse workplace, based upon Volvo Group values with high focus on customer success.
The ambition level on our transport system is high and we are striving to be the benchmark in the industry for having the worlds most sustainable transport system. In this context we see a great potential in lowering our CO2 footprint and increase efficiency by selling the overcapacity in the transport system to other shippers.


This is us, your new colleagues
Strategy & Transformation, Production Logistics is a team that drives the supply chain transformation, strategy, digitalization, analytics and sustainability throughout the organization.
This is the place where you can make a difference if you have the right mindset - you need to be curious about the future, strong in networking and passionate about transforming our business. To succeed we drive with passion, creativity, commitment, and have fun! We like unique people with remarkable talents!
The position Data Scientist reports to VP Strategy & Transformation, Production Logistics.


Main responsibilities
Apply a scientific mind-set and engineering skills in analyzing large volumes of complex data
Secure technical infrastructure for the organization to increase the analytical capabilities, including extractions of relevant data
Together with business representatives find and explore different use cases
Build and execute analytical models to support the strategic, tactical, and operational part of the organization in proactive decision making based on internal and external data
Explore and suggest areas to apply different types of analytics, machine learning, AI, data modeling, optimization, creating algorithms etc.
Support the organization in competence development in the analytics domain

You are heavily contributing to our journey to evolve analytics in the production supply chain context. As we aim to increase the data literacy in the full organization you would be an important ambassador of advanced analytics.


Experience and Skills
A degree in mathematics, computer science, statistics, or related area
4-5 years’ experience working with advanced analytics, complex systems and optimization
Experience performing analysis with large datasets and deploying deploying analytics solutions in AZURE
Relevant programming experience (e.g. Python, R, etc.)
A background in logistics is a merit
A creative problem-solver who is passionate about looking for new approaches to reach results
A communicative person that values building strong relationships with colleagues and stakeholders and have the ability to explain complex topics in simple terms
Flexible mindset and a fast learner
Experience from working in a global & cross functional environment
Comfortable working on your own as well as collaborative in larger projects
Proven strong independent drive and goal-orientation
Fluent in English - both written and spoken

If you feel that this is a position that matches your profile and that this is what you
are looking for in your next challenge then we look forward to your application.


Are we the perfect match? Curious and have some questions? We will gladly give you more information about the role and how we can help each other on our future journey!