At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead market intelligence and pricing strategy in Europe's polyolefins sector.
- Company: Join ICIS, a leader in petrochemical market insights.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, flexible working options, and career development opportunities.
- Other info: Dynamic role with opportunities to represent ICIS at industry events.
- Why this job: Shape the future of polyolefins and influence key industry decisions.
- Qualifications: Expertise in polyolefins and strong analytical skills required.
The predicted salary is between 65000 - 80000 £ per year.
Would you like to lead the market intelligence and pricing strategy that helps shape decision-making across one of Europe’s largest petrochemical markets? Are you motivated by building trusted industry relationships, delivering market-leading insight, and influencing the future direction of polyolefins coverage?
About the Business
At ICIS, our mission is to optimize the world's resources. We help companies make strategic, sustainable decisions by bringing transparency to markets across the world. We create a comprehensive view of commodities markets, providing companies with the data and intelligence to successfully navigate across global value chains every day. Our customers benefit from instant access to price assessments, reports and forecasts, a dedicated news channel, and supply and demand data.
About our Team
Our team is responsible for the pricing benchmarks, market intelligence and analysis that underpin commercial decision-making across the global petrochemicals industry. We work closely with producers, traders, distributors, converters and brand owners to deliver transparent, independent insight into chemical markets. By combining market expertise, industry engagement and robust price assessment methodologies, we help customers navigate risk, identify opportunity and understand evolving market dynamics.
About the Role
This senior role puts you at the heart of Europe’s polyethylene and polypropylene markets, leading ICIS’ editorial strategy, benchmarks and market intelligence. You will build trusted industry relationships, interpret market-moving developments and deliver authoritative insight and analysis that helps customers make informed commercial decisions. As a key voice for European polyolefins coverage, you will help maintain trusted pricing benchmarks and contribute to the future direction of market intelligence and product development.
Responsibilities
- Lead ICIS’ European polyolefins coverage, owning the quality, credibility and impact of our polyethylene and polypropylene market intelligence and pricing.
- Act as the market authority for European polyolefins, maintaining deep insight into supply, demand, trade flows, pricing dynamics and emerging market trends.
- Own industry-leading price benchmarks, exercising independent judgement to assess market value and ensure transparent, trusted and robust pricing.
- Deliver high-impact analysis and insight that helps customers understand market developments, manage risk and make informed commercial decisions.
- Build and develop senior industry relationships across producers, traders, distributors, converters and brand owners.
- Drive thought leadership, identifying the themes, risks and opportunities that matter most to customers.
- Represent ICIS externally at conferences, customer meetings, webinars and industry events, acting as a recognised voice in the market.
- Shape the future of ICIS’ polyolefins offering, helping evolve benchmarks, develop new areas of coverage and influence product strategy and innovation.
Requirements
- Deep expertise in polyolefins, polymers or petrochemical markets, with a strong understanding of pricing, trade flows and commercial market dynamics.
- Strong commercial judgement and analytical skills, with the ability to interpret complex information and draw clear, defensible conclusions.
- Experience of working with pricing mechanisms, benchmarks or market intelligence and an understanding of their role in commercial decision-making.
- Proven ability to build credibility and strong relationships with senior industry stakeholders and customers.
- Excellent written, verbal and presentation skills, with the ability to translate complex market developments into clear, actionable insight.
- Confidence representing an organisation externally and acting as a trusted voice in industry forums, customer meetings and events.
- A proactive, curious and accountable mindset, with the drive to understand markets in depth and identify emerging opportunities and risks.
- High levels of professionalism, integrity and independence, with the presence and credibility expected of a recognised market authority.
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At ICIS, we pride ourselves on being an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work culture that fosters collaboration and accountability. Our commitment to employee well-being is reflected in our generous benefits package, extensive learning opportunities, and a supportive environment that encourages personal and professional growth. Join us in our mission to optimize the world's resources while enjoying a fulfilling career in a globally distributed team that values your insights and contributions.
