Analyst- Category Specialization- Engineering and Construction

Job Description

The Research/commodity analyst would be required to perform extensive research on the supply-demand-price of select commodities on a global basis and build several forecast models based on the collected information

• Job Objective:
• The Research/commodity analyst would be required to perform extensive research on the supply-demand-price of select commodities on a global basis and build several forecast models based on the collected information

• Job Requirements:
• Ability to effectively operate independently and in a team environment.
• In-depth knowledge on various strategic quadrants and the procurement analysis tools.
• Holistic view on the overall Industry spend categories.
• Insights on how stakeholders view the sourcing of the categories.
• Key focus/expectations of Industry stakeholders through the market intelligence report.
• Basic understanding on the value chain of Engineering & Construction and how the category is related to drive the top line growth.
• Key end users of Engineering & Construction industry, its categories, and the emerging trends that marketers should be aware of. Level of innovation brought in through the MI reports delivered in past.

• Job Responsibilities:
• Identification of sources of information(secondary and primary sources )
• Extraction of information/content extraction through the sources of information.
• Thorough understanding of the commodity under research.(The production process and other generic technical details of the commodity)
• Identification of various drivers of the commodity under research - cost/demand/price drivers.
• Determination of the economic behavior of the supply/demand/price of the commodity.
• Identification of experts for the commodity and key extraction of information.
• Competitive analysis of major suppliers of the commodity.
• Industry analysis.
• Financial analysis. Ability to read annual reports and decipher financial information
• Use of various strategic frameworks to determine competitive positioning.
• Forecasts - Industry trends and more.
• Impact determination – macroeconomics/logistics/supply chain/disruptions/legislation/taxes on the supply and price of the commodity
• Providing inputs towards price forecasts – (quantitative information/factors to support the price forecast of the commodity)

• Qualification: 
• Under Graduation (any stream), MBA (Supply Chain/ Operations/Finance/Marketing) with minimum 60% from class X onwards.

• Work Experience:
• 0 to 4 years of experience.