Associate Director, Polymers South Asia

About the Role:

Grade Level (for internal use):

12

The Team:

The Chemical Insights team is growing as it builds market intelligence and insight across the commodity chemicals sector. This team is in constant dialogue with the industry to understand market dynamics and create market outlooks for key petrochemicals. This team connects with groups across S&P Global to understand linkages across the industry, from upstream energy cost impacts to circularity influences and macroeconomic drivers of demand. We interact with associations, producers, consumers, traders, and transportation providers, with individuals up to and including board level executives.

Responsibilities and Impact:

This role is an opportunity to provide research into a core group of strategically important polymer products and support the development and growth of a market analytics business line. The successful candidate will become the face of S&P Global Commodity Insights for the polymer products covered in their region.

We are seeking an expert with deep market and subject matter knowledge of the South Asia polymers markets namely polyolefins and styrenics with experience in other polymers an added advantage. The successful candidate will have commercial or corporate planning experience, will have excellent communication skills, and bring with them a network of industry contacts.

The successful candidate joins at a time of unprecedented change within the industry, with climate change, energy transition and plastic waste gaining ever-increasing importance in reporting and decision-making. The successful candidate will be expected to provide thought leadership on how polymers in these regions will change in the face of these environmental pressures.

The team is looking to leverage S&P Globals wider expertise and experience in emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. The right candidate will be able to influence the role that these technologies play in revolutionising the ways that we gather and deliver market intelligence.

The candidate may have already spent time in market research and consulting roles as a specialist or been a commercial leader within the polymers industry. Entrepreneurial and with the gravitas to represent the organization across the C-suite, world class presentation skills are a requirement for the candidate to represent the company as a key-note speaker at industry events.

• Lead assigned regions polymers market outlooks including supply/demand balances, trade flows, and price forecasts
• Build and maintain long-term relationships with key industry associations, customers and market participants
• Attend regular industry events such as APIC, GPCA, etc.
• Collaborate with other individuals and teams to ensure accuracy and timeliness of information and publications to clients
• Engage with clients as necessary, supporting requests for insight, data and analysis

What Were Looking For:

Required Skills:-

• Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering, Chemistry or suitable numerate discipline, MBA an advantage
• 10+ years of career experience in a chemical operating company, market research or consulting business related to Polymers.
• Expert with deep market and subject matter knowledge of the South Asia polymers markets namely polyolefins and styrenics with experience in other polymers an added advantage.
• Significant experience in market intelligence, strategic/production planning, writing of detailed market or technical reports
• Strong data manipulation, modelling and analytical skills, with keen attention to detail
• Strong customer/client interaction skills while exhibiting a high degree of empathy
• Demonstrated track record of team collaboration and achieving results