Cargill is a family company committed to providing food and agricultural solutions to nourish the world in a safe, responsible, and sustainable way. We sit at the heart of the supply chain, partnering with producers and customers to source, make and deliver products that are vital for living. By providing customers with life’s essentials, we enable businesses to grow, communities to prosper, and consumers to live well.
This position is in our Ag & Trading enterprise, where we connect producers and users of grains and oilseeds around the globe through origination, trading, processing, and distribution. We also offer a range of farmer services and risk management solutions.
Job Purpose and Impact
The Senior AI Analyst - Ocean Transportation supports the design, development, and deployment of AI, analytics, and digital solutions that enhance commercial and operational decision-making. The role offers direct exposure to real shipping data, trading workflows, and innovative digital initiatives. It is well suited for individuals who want to apply data and AI in a global maritime and freight trading environment.
Key Accountabilities
- Run queries and extract data from different sources; Create and maintain internal data databases, Build and improve data pipelines.
- Build and maintain customized dashboards and cloud-native data solutions, to visualize data, deliver meaningful metrics and trends to support business decisions and scalable AI deployment.
- Apply AI models to analyse operational, market, and voyage datasets and convert findings into actionable insights.
- Contribute to the development of digital products such as generative AI copilots, predictive models, optimisation engines, and simulation tools.
- Work closely with business experts to collect requirements, and collaborate with them to test and refine.
- Gradually gain expert knowledge in the area of vessel performance management. Develop a strong understanding of commercial decision-making, operational workflows, and how data creates value across the freight value chain.
- Translate long term goals into a deliverable roadmap, with actionable items and timelines, on a window of ~ 6 months forward
- Support business teams with experimentation, prototyping, and validation of AI and data science outputs.
- Build and manage a backlog of deliverable items : prioritization, effort estimate, discovery sessions with users, prototyping, testing, communication (release notes to users)
- Participate in problem-solving sessions, innovation discussions, and digital strategy workshops.
- Contribute new ideas in applied AI, analytics, and maritime digital innovation.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications
- Experience in Microsoft office suite and Power Automate.
- Experience of databases, queries and reports
- Strong experience with visualization tools (Tableau, PowerBI)
- AI : basic knowledge of prompting, leveraging available tools for enhanced self-productivity (GPT or Claude, Figma Make)
Preferred Qualifications
- Ability to work in a global team of multiple profiles and locations
- Experience in backlog management tools like Azure DevOps or Jira
- Experience with Python, R, SQL,
- Experience with statistics, data analysis, data modelling
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
- Agile framework understanding (sprints, scrum methodology)
- Interest in global trade, maritime logistics, digital products, and applied AI.
- Self-motivated, proactive, and eager to learn in a fast-paced environment.
Our Offer
We provide a fast paced stimulating international environment, which will stretch your abilities and channel your talents. We also offer competitive salary and benefits combined with outstanding career development opportunities in one of the largest and most solid private companies in the world.
We welcome applications from people with disabilities and are committed to providing an inclusive, accessible recruitment process and workplace. We encourage candidates to let us know if they require any accommodations during the recruitment or interview process so we can support them appropriately.
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