Market Intelligence analyst

The Company

The world leader in mineral-based specialty solutions for industry, with over 16,000 employees and over 200 sites worldwide, Imerys delivers high value-added, functional solutions to diversified set of industrial sectors, from processing industries to consumer goods. The Group draws on its knowledge of applications, technological expertise and its material science know-how to deliver solutions based on beneficiation of its mineral resources, synthetic minerals and formulations. These contribute essential properties to customers’ products and performance, including refractoriness, hardness, conductivity, opacity, durability, purity, lightness, filtration, absorption and repellency. Imerys is determined to develop responsibly, in particular by fostering the emergence of environmentally-friendly products and processes.

If you want to grow your skills and develop your career, find out more at www.imerys.com

The Position

Job Summary

Job Responsibilities:

Competition Monitoring :

Identify and consolidate import / export statistics into a database for all major products
Conduct competitive research and analyze benchmarking data
Monthly overview (dashboard) and Quarterly Deep Dive / presentation on risks & opportunities (volumes and pricing)

Market trends:

Gather and interpret internal & external information with industry analysts and subject matter experts to identify customer challenges and industry trends and uncover growth opportunities for the 3 following markets: Refractory Producers, Abrasives, Building Solutions & Infrastructure Solutions
Create presentations to provide market and customers insights to the whole commercial team
Monitor and forecast marketing and market trends

Education & Experience:

Master’s Degree in Economics, Statistics, Marketing or MBA
First experience with quantitative work (data analysis & market intelligence, conducting market research), with dashboards & reports, ideally in the B2B / industrial marketing experience
Experience of working in multinational teams, across geographies, with a preference in the industrial environnement. Be able to work well independently and with the broader team
Numerical, logical reasoning and analytical skills.
High level of attention to detail and follow through
Business acumen
Flexibility in working approach and capacity of delivering within short deadlines.
Curiosity for new subjects
Strong interpersonal skills
Able to quickly adapt to IT tools like CRM (Sales Force), ERP (SAP etc), Business Intelligence tools (Qlikview, Qliksense) and other data tools
Must have strong knowledge of Microsoft Suite / Google sheets/Excel
Languages: Fluent in English ; Any additional language is a plus

The successful candidate will be a collaborative professional, very comfortable doing detailed numerical market analysis, as well as creating presentations that synthesize complex information and tell a compelling story with data. The candidate must have a good understanding of our business segments, products and technologies.

Position Type

Full time

and

Permanent

Only technical issues will be monitored through the below inbox:

recruiting.support@ imerys.com

PLEASE DO NOT SUBMIT RESUMES OR APPLICATIONS TO THIS EMAIL, AS THEY WILL NOT BE REVIEWED.

To ensure fairness and legal compliance in our recruitment processes, only applications received through the online application process will be considered.

IMERYS is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer and it is our policy to not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state or local laws.