At a Glance
- Tasks: Conduct market analysis and build relationships in the fertilizer industry.
- Company: Join CRU International, a leader in business intelligence for metals and fertilizers.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, flexible benefits, and professional growth opportunities.
- Other info: Dynamic work environment with a focus on learning and collaboration.
- Why this job: Make an impact in the fertilizer sector while collaborating with industry experts.
- Qualifications: Bachelor's degree required; 2+ years in commodity research preferred.
CRU International is a leading provider of business intelligence and consulting services in the metals, mining, and fertilizer industries. With over 50 years of experience, we offer valuable insights and analysis that help our clients make informed decisions in an ever-changing global market.
About the role: We are seeking a Contributing Analyst to join our Fertilizers team. This is an exciting opportunity for a recognized industry analyst to leverage their knowledge and lead the delivery of specific product offerings. You will translate client needs into market-shaping analysis, build your industry profile, and contribute to CRU's thought leadership in the fertilizer sector.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop robust analysis across the Services within your remit
- Develop perspectives that contribute to CRU's wider content and client engagement
- Build an industry profile as a trusted commodity analyst
- Support Service Leads to identify new business opportunities
- Support client meetings, demos, and webinars
- Build relationships with contacts within your commodity's accounts and wider industry participants
- Respond to client and internal requests for data and answers related to market forecasts
- Contribute to the analysis and forecasts for the Service(s) falling under your remit
- Conduct primary and secondary research, including speaking to and developing relationships with market, industry, and institutional contacts
- Build an understanding of your commodity markets; translating learnings back into CRU's data to ensure it remains accurate and current
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree from top-tier institution (essential)
- Further education certification in subject relevant to commodity research (e.g. Geology, Economics, Engineering) (preferred)
Skills & Experience:
- 2+ years in mining & metals commodity research, with direct industry experience seen as highly advantageous
- Ability to gather and critically analyse "soft" and "hard" data, including identifying trends and drivers in order to generate conclusions and insight
- Highly numerate with ability to interpret, manipulate, and manage large data sets and understanding of mathematical concepts and processes
- Actively collaborate with the global CRU Analysis team to foster a culture of learning and sharing best practice
- Ability to balance personal initiative and drive with operating collaboratively as part of a group
- Stature to gain the respect and trust of clients through confident communication with market participants across all mediums
What We Offer:
- Competitive salary and flexible benefits package.
- Opportunities for professional growth and development as part of a global company.
- A collaborative and supportive work environment.
- The chance to work with industry-leading experts and over a diverse range of topics and projects.
Seniority Level: Associate
Employment Type: Full-time
Job Function: Analyst
Industries: Business Consulting and Services, Mining
Location: London, England, United Kingdom
Analyst, Fertilizers employer: CRU
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