R&D Data Scientist / Chemometrician

At Corbion, we exist to champion preservation in all its forms, preserving food and food production, health, and our planet.

We are currently looking for a Data Scientist, to expand our Data Science team in The Netherlands. Reporting to a Senior Data Scientist, you will join our Data Science team, part of the Data Management team within the dynamic and globally-focused Innovation Center, where research, innovation, and development are at the forefront of our strategy.

The ideal candidate will possess a strong affinity for working within a global matrix organization and exhibit a robust customer-centric approach.

Corbion's Data Science Team plays a pivotal role in the IC and the whole Corbion to establish a data-driven culture and support informed decision making. The goal of the team is to effectively leverage advanced statistics and data science/digital solutions to derive actionable insights and create value from high-quality data. The team is actively engaged in developing innovative technologies for root-cause analysis and data-driven troubleshooting, process optimization and monitoring with e.g. chemometrics models, and Process Analytical Technology. We provide statistical support and modeling for various departments (such as Microbiology, Sensory), as well as process data and analysis systems for our fermentation processes, underpinning Corbion’s commitment to science-driven solutions and sustainable innovation.

Key Responsibilities:

• Drive innovation initiatives to explore and implement emerging tools & technologies, and implement state-of-art Machine learning, optimization and statistical techniques to enhance predictive modelling, optimization, and decision-making processes.
• Be an advocate for developing data science competences (statistics, data mining, chemometrics) in the organization.
• Keep up to date with the latest developments in data science and share these with the team.

About you

• PhD in Data Science, Chemometrics or Computer Science.
• Experience with data visualization tools like PowerBI
• Software development skills and good practices such as Git, release management, unit tests, testing strategy.
• DevOps/ Agile way of working
• Analytical mindset and a critical way of thinking.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Able to work on-site in Gorinchem (NL) for 2-3 days per week, the rest can be spent working from home
• Fluent in English

About Corbion

Corbion is the global market leader in lactic acid and its derivatives, and a leading supplier of emulsifiers, functional enzyme blends, minerals, vitamins, and algae ingredients. We use our unique expertise in fermentation and other processes to deliver sustainable solutions for the preservation of food and food production, health, and our planet. For over 100 years, we have been uncompromising in our commitment to safety, quality, innovation and performance. Drawing on our deep application and product knowledge, we work side-by-side with customers to make our cutting-edge technologies work for them. Our solutions help differentiate products in markets such as food, home & personal care, animal nutrition, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and bioplastics. In 2023, Corbion generated annual sales of €1,443.8 million and had a workforce of 2,727 FTE. Corbion is listed on Euronext Amsterdam. For more information: www.corbion.com

Corbion does not accept unsolicited resumes from individual recruiters or third party recruiting agencies in response to job postings. No fee will be paid to third parties who submit unsolicited candidates directly to our hiring managers. All candidates must be submitted by approved Corbion vendors who have been expressly requested to make a submission by our Talent Acquisition team for a specific job opening. No placement fees will be paid to any firm unless such a request has been made by the Corbion Talent Acquisition team and such candidate was submitted to the Corbion Talent Acquisition Team.