Why explore
- Key role in the Market Analysis team formulating market insights and forecasts for the Group
- An opportunity to influence decisions globally
- Be a part of a diverse and inclusive team.
- Based in Singapore, a global commercial hub for Rio Tinto
About the role
We are looking for a Principal Analyst - Market Analysis to cover maternity leave from January to October 2025. The successful candidate will generate insightful analysis with a focus on lithium supply, demand, and pricing.
Reporting to the Senior Manager - Minerals, the role includes the following:
Demand
- Maintain, develop, and validate global and regional demand models. Establish relevant hierarchies for demand models to account for end-use industries and product preferences.
- Create models where needed and maintain or improve existing models. Work with the sales team and the broader commercial team to prioritize areas of focus.
- Contribute to longer-term demand discussion and trends, including battery chemistry and intensity of use analysis in various battery types.
- Contribute to value-in-use analysis for different products.
- Maintain and develop tracking metrics to provide leading indicators for short-medium term demand over the 0 to 3-year time horizon, as well as longer-term demand. Track and communicate metrics that cover the key regions, end-use industries, and products (e.g. trade statistics and other sector-specific indicators).
- Collaborate with broader Battery Materials and Economics teams to increase intel collection.
Supply
- Monitor competitors' stated strategies and objectives and compare observed behaviors and approaches to the market, including product strategies, customer mix, and supply chain analysis - collaboration is required with a wider commercial team.
- Ownership of supply forecast files by competitor and product line.
- Maintain and further develop competitive cost analysis in collaboration with process and geology specialists to assist with updating cost curve models and supply forecasts.
- Search for information on competitors and update if necessary.
- Develop a deep understanding of competitive supply chains.
- Consolidate regional intel to identify competitive customer portfolios.
- Monitor and track trade flows.
Pricing
- Maintain a view of current market pricing together with a forecast of short-term movements.
- Seek to find leading indicators that can predict short-term price movements.
- Monitor industry developments and provide analysis on how various events will impact forecast prices.
What you will need for the role
To succeed in this role, you will have:
- University degree in either a technical or commercial discipline.
- Minimum 6 years of relevant experience within a commodity-focused MNC.
- Managing, maintaining, and redesigning complex Excel models.
- A strong industry network, as well as maintaining and expanding such, is essential for the success of this position.
- Automated data visualization reports in Power BI.
- Exposure to the trading environment will be an added advantage.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills (English) are essential.
