Operation research scientist -Tropics

Role purpose

This role focuses on complex business processes and operations within Seed Research & Development. This role will identify inefficiencies and harmonize workflows across global sites in Trialing and nursery. This role will define and implement global KPI s for cost, cycle time, throughput and quality, enabling benchmarking across geographies. This role supports short-term efficiency gains and long-term innovation scalability. The role drives operational efficiency and effectiveness by developing, implementing, and maintaining algorithmic solutions based on Operations Research / Mathematical Optimization techniques.  

Accountabilities

• Build and implement optimization models, multi-objective and robust optimization techniques.
• Design and create user-friendly GUIs (Graphical user interface), reports, and data visualizations to facilitate the execution of data-driven optimization models and scenario comparisons by the end-user.
• Identify relevant business KPIs and metrics that drive optimization objectives.
• Run simulations to validate optimization models.
• Manage projects focused on the development and implementation of optimization solutions to support strategic decisions and day-to-day operations.
• Collaborate with various departments and communicate effectively with line-of-business end-users to review current operational systems and business procedures within seeds development, discover pain points, and identify mathematical optimization use-cases.
• Prepare management reports that clearly define and analyze issues and recommend solutions to help management make informed decisions.
• Discuss and analyze the impact of Operations Research solutions with different stakeholders such as managers and subject matter experts across the various departments.
• Follow an agile way of working.
• Contribute to the development of technical training offerings and curricula to support effective implementation and awareness of Operations Research capabilities.
• Defines the operation research, operation standards and will ensure that all procedures are followed.
• Accountable for the results of the operations research projects from respective countries across Tropics
• Needs to work very closely with the Trialing, nursery, Germplasm development and the DH teams across Tropics RD organisation.

• 5+ years demonstrable applied experience in implementation of Operations or lab functions
• A proven track record on working in a science-based environment

Critical technical, professional, and personal capabilities

• Ability to work in teams and across geographies
• Problem-solving skills – identify complex business problems, evaluate the application of Operations Research techniques, and implement decision-support solutions
• Experience with programming languages such as C/C++/C#, Python
• Some experience in data visualization with Tableau, Power BI, or similar
• Strong written and oral English communication skills
• Analytical Mind-set