Student Assistant, Business Intelligence

Are you excited to develop your skills in Advanced Analytics and Business Intelligence? And are you driven by the opportunity to influence the strategic development and emerging digital solutions in an international shipping company? Then we would love to hear from you!

“Shipping, and Ultrabulk in particular, is on an exciting journey to leverage data to improve decision-making. In this role, you will be close to the commercial team, understanding their needs and challenges, and deliver relevant analysis and reporting to improve performance of the commercial result”, says CFO, Oskar Fabricius.

What you would be doing
We are on the lookout for an ambitious Student Assistant to join our Data Solutions team based in our Gentofte office. This is a unique opportunity for you to develop your skills in a dynamic and expanding team, and we guarantee you a steep but extremely exciting learning curve where your contributions will be of equal value as your team members’. You will have vast opportunities for taking on your own projects and influencing the way we work with data analytics, modelling, and machine learning in the future.

By enabling data-driven decision-making and directly supporting and engaging with stakeholders, you will play an integral role in driving real business impact and contributing to Ultrabulk's success.

Among other interesting tasks and projects, you will have the opportunity to work with and support:

• Digitalisation across the organisation
• Advanced analytics and machine learning initiatives
• Data engineering projects and pipeline development
• Dashboarding and ad-hoc analysis to support strategic decision making
• Automation of tasks and processes
• Development of process optimisation tools
• Improvement of the data infrastructure
• Working with stakeholders within different areas of the business

We offer a flexible working week of 2-3 days, with more hours required during holiday periods and fewer hours during your exam periods.

What we would love about you
You thrive in a challenging, fast-paced environment and have an outstanding work ethic and integrity. We value fresh perspectives and innovative thinking, and we encourage you to challenge current analyses and models, offering new approaches that enhance our understanding of the business. Your insights will play a critical role in driving value and elevating our overall performance.

The work environment is a top priority in Ultrabulk, so the right candidate will be one who can contribute to the positive social atmosphere in the team.

Furthermore, we are looking for the following qualifications and competencies:

• Currently in your first semester of a master’s degree within Data Science, Informatics, Engineering, Economics, or Mathematics
• Strong technical and analytical skills with passion for the business
• Knowledge of SQL, R and/or Python
• Proactive, creative and full of initiative
• Experience with data modelling, machine learning and/or statistical analysis tools is an advantage but not a requirement
• Fluency in both oral and written English
• Appreciate working in a multicultural and diverse environment
• Have a residence and work permit allowing you to work in Denmark

Not meeting every single requirement? At Ultrabulk, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. If you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't exactly match all the qualifications in the job description, we still encourage you to apply. You could be the perfect fit for this or another position.

What you might love about us
We have a strong youth community with trainees, interns, and student assistants, many of whom we are fortunate to be able to keep after their studies. With our more than 30 nationalities across 9 locations worldwide, you would become part of a buzzing, multicultural, and social environment. In Ultrabulk, we are convinced that an optimal working environment requires an exceptional social atmosphere across all departments. We believe that work should be fun and rewarding on a personal level. Our mission to be ‘a partner you can trust’ shines through in our way of being colleagues by caring for one another and, in unison, do our utmost to reach our goals for the business. We believe that flexibility is fundamental in ensuring a balanced life.

Could you be our next team member?
We would like you to start in February 2025. For further information about the position, feel free to contact Head of Data Solutions, Oskar Jörding: (+45) 3148 2820 / [email protected].

Ready to set sail on this exciting journey with us? Please submit your application and CV via the “apply” button as soon as possible and no later than 1 December 2024. However, do not wait until the deadline, as applications are evaluated continuously, and interviews will take place as soon as possible. Your application will be treated with confidentiality, and our reply will be sent to the e-mail address you have registered in our recruitment system. Please note we only accept applications submitted through our online recruitment system.

ABOUT ULTRABULK:
Ultrabulk is a leading global dry bulk operator, offering a broad range of shipping services to accommodate our customers in their maritime transportation needs in the Panamax, Supramax, Handysize segments as well as MPP & Minibulk Services, Parcel Services and African Services. Ultrabulk operates a fleet of 165 to 200 vessels managed by a professional team, strategically located at 9 offices worldwide (Copenhagen, Cape Town, Dubai, New York, Rio de Janeiro, Santiago, Singapore, Sydney and Tokyo).

OUR 4 STRATEGIC PILLARS:
Ultrabulk has outlined 4 strategic pillars which guide us in our daily work and decision-making:

• Freight trading: Freight trading plays a key role in our strategy – it is a visible shift from thinking like an owner to becoming more trading focused as a company and taking advantage of all the opportunities this change presents.
• Environment: We believe that focus on the environment is our responsibility, but it is also good business and a key driver for our sustained success in Ultrabulk.
• Digitalisation: We are willing to invest in innovative technology, and we are striving to support the commercial activities by being a leader in digitalisation, by taking better and more timely decisions, and by working smarter not harder through automation.
• Talent diversity: Our people are the most important assets we have, and supporting and embracing the differences we have is key for Ultrabulk’s long-term success as a company.

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