Join Musgrave: Where Innovation Meets Heritage, and People Drive Change

Musgrave is one of Europe’s most successful family-owned businesses, with a rich 150-year legacy in food and brand innovation. We're proud to serve communities across Ireland and Spain, feeding one in three people every day through 19 iconic brands like SuperValu, Centra, Mace, Frank and Honest, and Musgrave MarketPlace. By supporting thousands of retail and foodservice family businesses, we make a positive impact on the communities they serve. We're committed to becoming the most trusted and sustainable business in Ireland, and we're looking for dynamic, forward-thinking individuals to join us on this journey.

As we continue our journey toward becoming Ireland’s most trusted and sustainable business, we have an exciting opportunity for a successful candidate to join our team as Data Scientist.

This is a 12 month fixed term contract, The location for the role is Cork or Dublin, the successful candidate will be required to travel to the Cork office. 

The Role:
As Data Scientist, you will deliver high-impact analytics and data applications to support commercial decision-making across supplier negotiations, pricing, margin optimisation, and commercial planning.

What you’ll be doing

• Leading end-to-end delivery of commercially focused data science initiatives, from problem definition through to deployment and business adoption.
• Designing and building interactive data applications and decision-support tools (e.g. Streamlit based apps) that enable scenario analysis across supplier performance, pricing, volume, margin, and investment decisions.
• Supporting supplier negotiations and joint business planning by developing predictive models and scenario tools that quantify trade-offs and negotiation levers.
• Moving beyond static reporting by embedding analytics, models, and logic into scalable, user-friendly data products.
• Partnering closely with Commercial, Trading, Finance, Supply Chain, and Technology teams to ensure analytics are embedded into day-to-day decision-making.
• Coaching and mentoring junior analysts and data scientists and contributing to shared best practices across the Data Science & Analytics function.
• Acting as a trusted analytics partner to senior Commercial stakeholders, translating complex analysis into clear insights and recommendations.

What we’re looking for: 

• Passionate about using data, analytics and AI to drive business performance.
• 3 – 5 years’ progressive experience in Data Scientist, Commercial Analyst or similar role.
• Understanding and experience of data analysis and manipulation techniques on data
• Experience combining analytic methods with advanced data visualizations.
• Experience applying computational algorithms and statistical methods to structured and unstructured data.
• Ability to breakdown and clearly define problems.
• Demonstrated ability to own and deliver projects that deliver real business value. · Strong communication, presentation and influencing skills.
• Flexibility to work on own initiative and as part of a team
• Commercial acumen
• Advanced Excel and Power BI skills.
• Ability to query large data sets using SQL with experience with cloud-based environments an advantage
• A third level qualification in Statistics, Computer Science, Data Science or equivalent qualification.

Why Musgrave:

Career Development: With a commitment to your personal and professional growth, Musgrave offers numerous opportunities for advancement and learning.

Collaborative Environment: Work alongside a passionate team, where your contributions will make a significant impact

Innovation Focus: Be part of a company that values forward-thinking solutions Community Focus: Be part of a company that truly values its communities and strives to make a positive impact.

Be Part of a Legacy: Join a company with a long-standing commitment to community and innovation.

Ready to make an impact? Apply now and be part of a forward-thinking company that values your expertise and vision.

Musgrave is an equal opportunities employer. We encourage applications from diverse candidates. If we can make any accommodations to enable you to be the best version of yourself during the interview, please let us know. Musgrave operate a Work Smart hybrid working model where you can alternate your time between connecting and collaborating in the business and working remotely.