Research Analyst - Supply Chain

In the middle of the energy transition, businesses and governments are faced with significant challenges. But the pace and scale of change mean every decision is made under mounting pressure. Now, more than ever, companies need reliable data, analytics and actionable insight.

Wood Mackenzie is the leading global provider of data and analytics solutions for the renewables, energy and natural resources sectors.

Wood Mackenzie’s services include data, analytics, insight, events and consultancy. A trusted partner for over 50 years, Wood Mackenzie’s team has over 2,300 experts across more than 30 global locations who cover the entire supply chain.

Wood Mackenzie Values

• Inclusive – we succeed together
• Trusting – we choose to trust each other
• Customer committed – we put customers at the heart of our decisions
• Future Focused – we accelerate change
• Curious – we turn knowledge into action

Company

Wood Mackenzie are the global research, analytics, and consultancy business powering the natural resources industry. For 50 years, we have been providing the quality data, analytics, and insights our customers rely on to inspire their decision making.

Our dedicated oil, gas & LNG, power & renewables, chemicals, metals & mining sector teams are located around the world and deliver a variety of projects based on our assessment and valuation of thousands of individual assets, companies, and economic indicators such as market supply, demand, and price trends.

We have over 1,900 employees in 30 locations, serving customers in nearly 80 countries. Together, we inspire and innovate the markets we serve – providing invaluable intelligence to help our customers overcome the toughest challenges, and make strategic decisions that will, ultimately, accelerate the world’s transition to a more sustainable future.

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Role Purpose

The Supply Chain Market Intelligence Group (MIG) is a team responsible for managing the market insights delivered through our suite of software-as-a-service products, including price benchmarking, cost escalation, forecasting, renewable asset cost estimating, commodity exposure, supply chain risks, carbon (GHG) emissions, supplier and other category insights across all goods and services procured globally by the energy and natural resource industry. Our clients primarily leverage these insights to identify opportunities to save money and reduce risks. We are a hybrid group that wears many hats: data analyst, consultant, economist, market researcher and product owner. In our hybrid role, we collaborate closely with many teams in the company, including product development, data science, research groups, consulting, sales & marketing and customer success, among others.

In particular, this role will focus on Supplier Diversity, Carbon Emissions, Risk, and other supplier and category insights within MIG.

Main Responsibilities

• Perform data extraction, manipulation, cleaning, analysis and QA of large datasets
• Manipulate existing data in new ways. Cleanse and enrich data to make it more powerful. Pioneer new ways to analyze and visualize data
• Collaborate in a self-managed Agile team to drive continuous improvement of our product and processes
• Bring thought leadership by assessing the industry and the broader business environment to account for customer preferences, industry trends, market conditions, and business needs
• Support the sales process by creating marketing collateral infused with market insights and contributing to go-to-market strategies, proposal development and product demonstrations
• Manage multiple MIG client accounts and serve as an expert on select Wood Mackenzie supply chain products

About You

• 3+ years’ experience
• Bachelor’s degree with a quantitative focus
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite with advanced Excel skills including vlookups and pivot tables
• Exceptional analytical, problem solving, and time management skills with attention to detail
• Proven ability to learn quickly in a fast-paced environment, to manage multiple tasks and/or projects with changing priorities and to communicate effectively at all levels
• Enjoys organizing large data sets, identifying discrepancies, and making appropriate adjustments
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written
• A self-starter who takes initiative, asks questions, and is eager to learn
• Serve as a point of contact externally and internally as an expert on select Wood Mackenzie supply chain products
• Experience with data manipulation tools to solve complex quantitative problems from joining multiple different data sources to troubleshooting data discrepancies
• English proficiency required

Pluses:

• Experience in the energy industry
• Proficiency with databases
• Proficiency with Talend or other ETL software

Equal Opportunities

We are an equal opportunities employer. This means we are committed to recruiting the best people regardless of their race, colour, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. You can find out more about your rights under the law at www.eeoc.gov 

If you are applying for a role and have a physical or mental disability, we will support you with your application or through the hiring process.

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