Market Analyst

Overview

Holcim Trading is the trading arm of Holcim Group, the world leader in the building materials industry. Holcim Trading is specialized to meet the needs of customers and suppliers around the world through a unique product and service portfolio provided from offices in Zurich, Singapore and Miami.

For our office in Zurich we are looking for a

Market Analyst

Responsibilities

Data Management

• • Read, screen, analyze raw data coming from various sources on a day to day basis, either quantitative data (flows statistics, customs statistics, port statistics, …) or qualitative
  • Conduct relevant research using various sources, from electronic database, websites, and other published sources, using sophisticated search engines, query tools, and other web technologies
  • Set up/maintain/improve our commodities databases, statistics and related news
  • Suggest and implement new ideas to make the data management more efficient
  • Suggest and contribute to automations of data processing and management

Information Sources

• • Propose new sources of information and ways of improving the data gathering and data processing
  • Provide input as far as regard new sources to be developed to complement the overall monitoring

Processes and Information Systems

• • Improve and digitize data collection, processing and management processes
  • Define new specifications of the BI tools used by the team to improve day-to-day activity
  • Support the implementation of new digital data management and reporting tools

Reporting and Analysis

• • Regular and proactive communication with trading teams in order to validate and share information
  • Prepare market presentations, dashboards, reports on countries / competitors / other relevant topics and share within the organization
  • Support the trading teams on their strategic initiatives by providing relevant market data and conducting market research
  • Analyze qualitative and quantitative information to identify market trends and opportunities
  • Produce ad hoc reports for internal customers based on publicly available information or information previously gathered to support business decisions
  • Support the preparation of monthly reports and newsletters
  • Visualize market data and prepare presentations

Education/Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in related subject

Experience

2-4 years of relevant experience. Previous experience in seaborne logistics and data warehouse will be a definite plus

Knowledge & Skills

• Technical competencies / job knowledge:
  • A strong mastery of Excel (Pivot table, Macros, Vlookup formulas ...). Mastery of PowerPoint
  • Excellent skills in Database tools and other applications for statistical analysis
  • Familiar with web technologies, business analytics tools (i.e. Qlik, Power BI) a benefit
  • Knowledge of R / Python would be a plus
• Strong attention to details
• Business culture, curiosity and "investigation"
• Challenge of the status-quo mindset
• Strong analytical skills, ability to strategic thinking
• Autonomy in priority setting but team spirit and ready to share knowledge
• Result and progress oriented, capacity to work under short notice
• Capacity to work cross cultural borders where stakeholders reside in multi locations, at different level within the organization
• Capacity to mobilize resources not directly under his/her management
• Respect of strict confidentiality, curiosity for geo-political topics and multinational cultures.
• Behavioral skills: strong cooperative mode, problem solving attitude, intellectual agility and synthetic thinking, excellent oral and written communication and presentation skills.

Language Requirements

English very good verbal and written knowledge

Local / International

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