Senior Market Research Consultant

In today’s rapidly evolving and dynamic world, the right insights make a difference. It is the difference between seizing an opportunity and missing out completely. At Kline Energy, we specialize in providing energy and mobility clients across the world with the right insights to succeed in the market. We offer timely advisory services and prioritize a client-first approach, ensuring that our clients have the knowledge and guidance they need to make informed decisions.

As a Senior Consultant at Kline Energy, you will play a pivotal role in unlocking hidden value and gaining a deep understanding of the energy and lubricant industry value chain. Your expertise will be invaluable as you engage in discussions with clients, working collaboratively to solve complex business problems. You will analyze key issues and develop effective solutions that address the specific needs and challenges of our clients.

The Opportunity:

Kline recognizes the potency of knowledge in predicting change, unleashing value, and fostering growth. As an Energy consultant, you will combine strong analytical skills and a strategic mindset with real-world perspectives driven by an understanding of client issues and broader marketplace drivers. You will be presented with the opportunity to connect and collaborate across our global network of analysts along with our business leads to further strengthening the quality of your insights.

Our Senior Consultants work closely with the Energy Managers/ Directors to support clients, and other senior stakeholders, providing thought-provoking insights to help Kline’s clients proactively identify new business opportunities and risks. Over time, you will develop expertise in a specific area and drive research and development of new knowledge as well as contribute to broader knowledge development and proprietary assets. Additionally, you will contribute as an active member of the global energy community and develop relationships around the globe to build on your knowledge and provide support to the broader network as needed.

Key aspects of this role include:

• Developing insights beyond publicly available information, interacting with industry members and external networks to build proprietary data sets and evidence for differentiated points of view.
• Engaging with client teams and Kline business leaders to provide commercial and provocative perspectives on the issues, challenges and opportunities facing our clients in the industry.
• Providing strong insights using various data analytic/ modelling techniques to uncover meaningful insights for our client.
• Build solid analysis and insights for client engagements, utilizing secondary and primary research methodologies research.
• Leading/contributing to delivery of strategic and complex projects, often working virtually across teams in different geographies.
• Developing a credible internal brand to become recognized within Kline as a subject matter expert for the business.
• Participate in client meetings and other external events/conferences to strengthen Kline’s presence and reputation in the market.
• Collaborates with colleagues to proactively alert stakeholders regarding changes among key clients and competitors and assesses the impact of those changes on internal strategies and plans.
• Acts as a role model within Kline, championing the use of Kline know-how, methodologies and positively influencing change by leading by example; championing knowledge-sharing behaviors; connecting people; encouraging enterprise-wide sharing; and appropriately leveraging and reusing existing collateral.

Key Requirements:

Education:

• MBA/Master’s degree or postgraduate qualification and a bachelor’s degree in engineering, chemistry, or other related sciences.
• Bachelor’s degree and applicable relevant work experience can also be considered.

Experience:

• Minimum 6+ years of experience in management consulting or strategic marketing or industry research and competitive intelligence, or business performance, advising organizations in the energy industry.
• Strong experience of conducting comprehensive secondary (public and paid databases) and primary research on various industries, macro developments and regions.
• Data Modelling and financial modelling proficiency required. Comfortable working with huge datasets and proficient with financial analysis and modelling.
• Prior extensive experience of working on price and demand modelling for oil & gas products. Should have good understanding of interdependencies of various oil products from demand/supply perspective, pricing algorithms etc.
• Ability to work with data analytics / visualization tools such as Power BI, Tableau, SQL, etc. and statistical (including forecasting) techniques such as PCA, regression, cluster analysis, etc.
• Familiarity and previous experience of work with any types of Information systems (like Bloomberg, Reuters, S&P, FactSet, etc.) and Customs data.
• Possess deep understanding of the applicable domain, strong quantitative and analytical skills, with strong business acumen.
• Capable of putting individual projects/initiatives into a “big picture” context and credible experience working in a fast-moving, client-centric environment.
• Proficient in English with well-structured oral and written communications skills; Excellent presentation skills combined with the ability to explain difficult concepts in a clear, concise and graphic-rich style, using appropriate analytics and visualization tools.
• Ability to take ownership for delivering customized projects with certain degree of autonomy.