Analyst - Category Specialization - Engineering and Construction

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.