Senior Research Analyst, Power & Renewables (Wind)

Wood Mackenzie is the global data and analytics business for the renewables, energy, and natural resources industries. Enhanced by technology. Enriched by human intelligence. In an ever-changing world, companies and governments need reliable and actionable insight to lead the transition to a sustainable future. That’s why we cover the entire supply chain with unparalleled breadth and depth, backed by over 50 years’ experience. Our team of over 2,400 experts, operating across 30 global locations, are enabling customers’ decisions through real-time analytics, consultancy, events and thought leadership. Together, we deliver the insight they need to separate risk from opportunity and make confident decisions when it matters most.

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Role Purpose

Wood Mackenzie Power and Renewables provides integrated subscription, research and advisory services to inform and support our client’s commercial and strategic decisions in the complex and rapidly changing electric power industry.

Combining our deep knowledge of solar, wind, storage, and grid technologies, with our global power and fuels modelling and analytical capabilities, Wood Mackenzie can provide data and insight spanning supply chain, technology costs, policy and market issues, fundamentals-based outlooks, price forecasting, asset valuation, and commodity market issues.

This role will serve as part of Wood Mackenzie’s Power and Renewables Supply Chain team, with a focus on wind energy supply chain intelligence across the APAC region. This is an excellent opportunity to join a leading team and play a key role in supporting the global wind sector by providing critical insights into the profile of wind energy suppliers based in APAC, their cost dynamics, and their market expansion strategies. You will serve as the focal point for Wood Mackenzie's wind energy supply chain coverage in APAC, both onshore and offshore wind, working closely with both the global wind team and cross-technology supply chain intelligence team. You will provide market intelligence and analysis utilised by companies across the renewable energy value chain, including asset owners, developers, suppliers, investors and policy-makers. Through this role, you will not only help companies achieve their strategic goals; you will also have a meaningful impact on the wider energy transition.

Wood Mackenzie is a leading intelligence provider across global commodity markets. You will have access to proprietary datasets spanning the entire commodities value chain, including more than 15 years of wind energy research, in-house metals and mining teams and experts, indices and cost data from our supply chain intelligence team that you can leverage every day.

Main Responsibilities

Onshore and offshore supply chain intelligence and analysis

• Lead Wood Mackenzie's wind energy supply chain coverage across APAC, monitoring manufacturing capacity, expansion plans, and competitive positioning of APAC turbine OEMs and component suppliers

• Analyse cost structures and market expansion drivers for Asian suppliers entering global markets, particularly Europe, as well as trench affect domestic markets

• Track component manufacturing locations and expansion strategies across turbines, gearboxes, blades, towers, foundations, and electrical systems

• Collaborate with internal and external renewable energy market experts globally to develop market-leading cost estimation tools for the P&R sector

• Monitor supply chain trends, bottlenecks, and opportunities across onshore and offshore wind segments through secondary and primary research

• Ensure that data quality, consistency and accuracy reflect market realities

Research, Analysis and Report writing 

• Lead and contribute to thought-leading research publications on APAC wind supply chain dynamics

• Collaborate with cross technology teams to provide analysis on the global wind market

• Write insights and research articles on market developments, supplier strategies, and cost evolution

• Ensure all deliverables are executed and delivered in a timely fashion to a high standard

• Develop market intelligence reports that inform strategic decision-making across the value chain

Networking and Industry collaboration  

• Establish an industry presence as an influential speaker and thinker on Asian wind supply chains

• Attend conferences and speak at public events as Wood Mackenzie's APAC wind supply chain expert

• Maintain and expand strong relationships with key stakeholders including suppliers, manufacturers, and clients across the region

• Strengthen your own brand and the Wood Mackenzie brand through industry engagement and media interaction

Consulting engagements

• Support specific consulting advisory assignments across the wind energy sector.

Business Development

• Work directly with sales and marketing via internal and external communications to actively help generate new sales, build larger programs for existing clients, and effectively market completed research.

• Present at Wood Mackenzie and industry-sponsored events, and moderate client webinars.

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About You

• Extensive knowledge of onshore and offshore wind energy supply chains, with a particular expertise in APAC markets

• Deep understanding of component-level cost structures and manufacturing processes across key wind energy segments

• Proven experience in supply chain analysis, market research, or related roles within the renewable energy sector

• Understanding of trade dynamics, policy impacts, and expansion strategies of Asian manufacturers into global markets

• Ability to take complex supply chain data and analysis and turn it into actionable market insights

• Ability to take complex data and analysis and turn it into actionable insights.

• Excellent problem-solving, documentation, communication and organization skills, and attention to detail.

• Self-driven. Capable of switching between the roles of an individual contributor and a collaborator.

• An engaging nature, capable of connecting with co-workers, clients, and industry stakeholders across the globe in a wide range of professional settings including giving presentations.

• Strong listening, critical thinking, presentation and writing skills.

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.  
 

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.