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Job Title: Research Analyst/Senior Research Analyst Industry / Domain : Chemical / Pharma / energy / Packaging / Engineering / Professional Services /

Agri / food & beverages / Marketing services

Reporting To: Domain Lead/Team Lead Location: Chennai, India 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 the respective domain and how each category are related to drive the top line growth. Key end users of respective domain/Industry and 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. 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)

Working Relationships: Supervisor: Domain Lead / Team Lead Team/Group Size: 3 to 30 (based on the Cluster he/she put in)

Conditions of work: ( working space; working schedule, overtime; duration of business trips) Work timings 10.00 AM 7.00 PM No Overtime allowances will be provided

Education, desirable qualification and educational establishment, additional education: Essential : Any MBA / PGDM with Marketing / Operations/ Supply Chain / Finance with minimum 60% from class X onwards Industry / Domain : Chemical / Pharma / energy / Packaging / Engineering / Professional

Services / Agri / food & beverages / Marketing services

Desirable Work Experience: Minimum 2 years and above experience in relevant industry.

Technical Requirements: Competitive / Marketing Intelligence. Industry Analysis Best practice Insights Supplier Profiling Pricing & Cost Analysis Presentation and report Generation

Personal characteristics: Right attitude Good Analytical skills Achievement Oriented Quick learner Out of box thinking Self-driven and Self Confident