Job Description
Job Description
Fortifi Food Processing Solutions is a global leader in providing innovative equipment, technologies, and services to the protein processing industry. We are building the future of food processing by combining deep industry expertise with advanced digital, automation, and customer engagement capabilities. At Fortifi, our people are our strength — we value innovation, ownership, and collaboration to drive meaningful impact for our customers worldwide.
The Opportunity
We are seeking a Manager, Data Science & Advanced Analytics to serve as the foundational leader of Fortifi’s data science function. This highly visible role blends hands-on technical expertise with proven leadership skills to deliver high-value analytics projects and incubate new capabilities that transform how Fortifi engages customers, personalizes marketing, and grows profitability.
This is a true “player-coach” opportunity : you’ll roll up your sleeves to design pipelines, build models, and deliver insights, while also mentoring new hires and coordinating external contractors as the function scales. You will be the cornerstone in Fortifi’s broader strategy to strengthen pricing excellence and lay the foundation for next-generation digital marketing and customer engagement capabilities.
What You’ll Do : Build Capabilities
- Establish data science standards, best practices, and scalable frameworks across Fortifi.
- Build and maintain data pipelines, integrating disparate systems to support analytics across pricing, commercial, finance, and marketing.
- Architect and manage robust data structures that enable scalable, repeatable insights.
Deliver Results
Develop and deploy models in areas such as :Pricing optimization and elasticity modeling.Installed base & entitlement intelligence.Customer segmentation, personalization, and digital marketing.Forecasting, recommendation engines, and other advanced commercial use cases.Translate business needs into data science solutions with measurable impact.Manage external contractors / vendors to accelerate and scale delivery.Lead & Grow a Team
Serve as the first-line manager of Fortifi’s growing data science function.Hire, mentor, and develop the first wave of team members.Provide coaching, career guidance, and opportunities for growth.Foster a culture of innovation, ownership, and data-driven collaboration.Partner Across the Business
Collaborate with Pricing, Commercial, Finance, Marketing, and Technology teams to prioritize initiatives.Partner with senior leaders to incubate new capabilities enabled by data science.Communicate technical results to executives in clear, impactful ways.What We’re Looking For
Bachelor's degree required; a Masters degree is preferred.5–10 years of professional experience in data science, advanced analytics, or applied machine learning.Strong technical skills in Python, SQL, and ML frameworks (e.g., scikit-learn, TensorFlow, PyTorch).Solid grounding in data engineering fundamentals : pipelines, integration, and architecture.Hands-on experience deploying and maintaining models in production environments.Proven leadership or team management experience with ability to mentor and develop talent.Experience managing external contractors or vendors.Strong business acumen, ideally within manufacturing, industrial, or B2B contexts.Excellent communication skills — able to translate technical work into executive-ready insights.Experience with customer analytics, personalization, or marketing data platforms a strong plus.Why Join Fortifi?
Be the foundational leader shaping a new function at a global industrial innovator.Work on high-impact projects that directly influence pricing, profitability, and customer engagement.Join a collaborative culture that values ownership, innovation, and growth.Build a career in a company committed to transforming the future of food processing .