Job Description:

Chemical Market Analytics, by OPIS, a Dow Jones Company (CMA) is seeking an Associate Director who will be responsible for energy market research and analysis. This position will also play a key role in supporting the VP of Energy Markets within CMA.

Job Duties:

• Establishes and maintains a reputation for light olefins and cracker feedstock market expertise.
• Assembles primary research and analysis for the global crude and oil products markets and supports research for the natural gas and natural gas liquids markets. Research includes OPEC vs Non-OPEC producer trends, end-use demand modeling, supply/demand balance, trade flows, pricing, general market dynamics, individual company analysis, and econometric modeling.
• Builds and maintains industry contact relationships across producers, consumers, traders, and the financial community. Leverages contacts to collect market information for insightful analysis and forecasting, benefiting existing and potential clients.
• Acts as a liaison between CMA & external research partners.
• Oversees energy price forecasting process and communicates the forecast key messages both internally and externally.
• Regularly provides neutral and objectively written content within Market Advisory Service content including weekly and monthly reports, special topic papers and strategic analyses.
• Develops market presentations. Pursues opportunities to present information in client meetings and at conferences. Actively markets the energy and feedstock services.
• Contributes to CMA team dynamics to ensure consistent global market coverage and analysis.
• Collaborates with sales personnel to identify new business opportunities for sales and consulting engagements. Provides energy & feedstock market expertise for consulting projects and client development.

Preferred Experience:

• Ten or more years of upstream/downstream industry experience, including market intelligence and/or strategic planning.
• University degreed. Chemical engineering or chemistry degree preferred, economics will be considered; post-graduate academic work in a technical field (such as PhD or master’s in chemical or petroleum engineering) will be considered in lieu of experience.
• Outgoing personality: Ability and willingness to establish and maintain personal relationships and develop high degree of trust at multiple levels within a client’s organization.
• Demonstrated “team player”; ability to internalize organizational strategy and objectives and provide peer leadership for collaborative success. Drives for action and results.
• Excellent analytical and organizational skills; ability to identify and articulate core/essential issues within complex problems and deliver insights and solutions. Deals well with ambiguity and minimal direction.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills. Second language proficiency a plus.
• Persuasive speaker at all client levels to small and large audiences.
• Strong MS Office suite management skills, PowerBI, Spotfire and/or Tableau experience a plus.
• Advanced knowledge of Excel manipulation including VBA scripting, python knowledge a plus.
• Willingness to travel domestically and internationally.

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Business Area: OPIS-CMA

Job Category: Data Analytics/Warehousing & Business Intelligence

Union Status:

Non-Union / A clear and likely internal candidate

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Req ID: 36531