Senior Data Scientist

THE ROLE Senior Data Scientist This role is for a commercially-minded data scientist who understands that every regression, every clustering exercise, every forecast has a P&L attached to it and who has already spent a decade proving that in a trading floor. You will sit within the Metals & Minerals Division, working directly with mining, trading, operations, procurement, logistics and finance teams to turn data into decisions. Your work will directly inform how Berium prices risk, times the market, allocates capital, and structures its position across the critical minerals moving from African operations to global buyers. You will design and implement data-driven solutions that support strategic sourcing, logistics optimization, risk management, and commercial decision-making across Berium’s minerals and metals portfolio. Responsibilities you will own: · Build and maintain predictive and prescriptive models for commodity price movement, demand forecasting, and supply-chain risk across the metals and minerals portfolio · Partner with trading desks to translate market signals, ore grades, production data and macro indicators into models that inform live commercial decisions · Design and deploy machine learning solutions for grade control, yield optimization, and logistics/route efficiency between African operations and export markets · Extract, clean and structure data from ERP, laboratory, weighbridge, and market data systems using SQL and modern data pipelines · Translate complex statistical output into clear, decision-ready visualizations and briefings for traders, executives and mine management · Translate business questions into analytical projects, evaluate performance metrics, and recommend actions that improve efficiency, reliability, and sustainability · Mentor junior analysts and team members in data science best practices and contribute to the development of scalable data infrastructure and advanced analytics capabilities within Berium Group of Companies. W