Job Description:

About Our Organization:

Dow Jones is a global provider of news and business information, delivering content to consumers and organizations around the world across multiple formats, including print, digital, mobile and live events. Dow Jones has produced unrivaled quality content for more than 130 years and today has one of the world’s largest news-gathering operations globally. It is home to leading publications and products including the flagship Wall Street Journal, America’s largest newspaper by paid circulation; Barron’s, MarketWatch, Mansion Global, Financial News, Investor’s Business Daily, Factiva, Dow Jones Risk & Compliance, Dow Jones Newswires, OPIS and Chemical Market Analytics. Dow Jones is a division of News Corp (Nasdaq: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV).

About the Role:

Chemical Market Analytics (CMA), by OPIS, a Dow Jones Company is seeking a Principal Analyst to work as a part of a team covering market research and analysis of the Asian Nylon Fibers & Feedstocks market. Key activities will be providing market analysis and contribution to clients and market reports maintaining, updating, and expanding the CMA database and models. This role reports to the Executive Director (Aromatics).

About the Team:

Chemical Market Analytics by OPIS, a Dow Jones company, enables stakeholders in the global chemical industry to improve operational efficiency with deep insights, future outlooks, price discovery and consultation from a celebrated team of subject matter experts. We offer short- and long-term market coverage for more than 200 core building-block chemicals with a full suite of advisory services and top-tier events held around the globe. The worldwide chemical industry looks to Chemical Market Analytics to guide decisions and help manage risk across the entire value chain.

You Will:

Provide key market updates for Nylon Fibers and Feedstocks along with analytics and forecasts.
Generating and analysing trends, cost, and demand dependencies for products involved.
Prepare charts and tables that are published routinely and update them as required.
Write regular weekly and monthly reports for selected products.
Meet clients and participate the industry events; make insightful discussions/presentations on the outlook for concerned products.
Supply/Demand – maintain production capacity database, and supply-demand balance forms through entire product chains including annual L-forms, short forms and quarterly balances as needed.
Working with other product service leads, engage functions, including Sales & Marketing, to facilitate business growth.
Engage with other business lines to leverage the Chemical Market Analytics total solution.
Work with the global team to ensure global product area consistency and continuity.

You Have:

8-10 years industry experience. General chemical industry knowledge is essential, and previous experience of working in the Aromatics sector will be preferred.
An engineering degree is preferred. An MBA is a strong plus.
Excellent oral and written communication skills in English. Knowledge of Mandarin Chinese is essential.
Excellent organizational skills with the ability to work under pressure to achieve set deadlines.
Ability to think through questions and/or problems and independently provide solutions.
An eye for accuracy and details and any previous experience to demonstrate such will be an added advantage.
Confident to speak/present to global clients or any internal/external events. Confident to face challenges and requests from clients.
Excellent analytical and organizational skills.
Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Office Professional Suite. You must have an Advance level expertise in Microsoft Excel.

APAC Benefits

Comprehensive Insurance & Retirement plans
Paid Time Off and Leaves
Education Benefits
Family Care Benefits
Career Growth Programs
Access to Dow Jones Products
Employee Referral Program
Employee Well-being Support & Fitness Programs

Reasonable accommodation: Dow Jones, Making Careers Newsworthy - We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. EEO/Disabled/Vets. Dow Jones is committed to providing reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities, in our job application and/or interview process. If you need assistance or accommodation in completing your application, due to a disability, email us at talentresourceteam@dowjones.com. Please put "Reasonable Accommodation" in the subject line and provide a brief description of the type of assistance you need. This inbox will not be monitored for application status updates.

Business Area:

Dow Jones - OPIS - CMA

Job Category:

Data Analytics/Warehousing & Business Intelligence

Union Status:

Non-Union role

Principal Research Analyst

Dow Jones