Global Lead Chemicals, Strategic Engagement & Intelligence Group

OSTTRA • Houston, TX

4d • $95,000 - $105,000

About The Position

About the Role: Grade Level (for internal use): 10 The Role: Global Lead Chemicals, Strategic Engagement & Intelligence Group The Team: The role is part of the 20+ member Strategic Engagement & Intelligence Group, a part of Platts cross-commodity Market Development & Engagement Group (MD&E). The global leader for chemicals engagement will be responsible for leading development of engagement plans, as well as ensuring execution of engagement activities for global chemicals markets. The global lead will be tasked with leading external engagement meetings in support of Platts commodity pricing. The role will also support the gathering of market intelligence and development of new assessments and market coverage in the region. The successful candidate will also represent Platts at key meetings in the region and working on special projects as needed by the commodity pricing teams and in collaboration with other MD&E teams. The Impact: The Global Chemicals SEIG lead will be a critical role to elevate Platts’ visibility in the global chemicals markets, as well as to help drive further market and methodology development globally and to educate markets on the importance and relevance of physical benchmarks. The role also ensures regular outreach to key market participants who are prioritized each year in our engagement benchmark scorecards. What’s in it for you: Cross departmental visibility (commercial, marketing, client services, Platts, eWindow, content and product). Lead meetings and presentations to middle, senior and C-suite managers of major companies and trading houses; industry associations and government officials. Develop and lead our go-to market engagement strategy for commodity pricing across global chemicals markets. Develop strategic messaging for our global chemicals markets; and distill and activate intelligence gathered in the course of engagements. Global leadership experience.

Requirements

• Solid understanding of global chemicals markets
• Experience in price formation and methodology in those markets
• Previous experience in engaging clients or sources in markets
• Foundational experience with leadership and influencing skills
• Excellent planning and time management skills
• Strong communication skills including: Public speaking experience; good listening skills and strong written and oral capabilities
• Exercises critical thinking capabilities
• Willingness to travel approximately 30-40%
• Undergraduate degree with master’s preferable
• Market pricing experience with good understanding of trade flows and workings of global chemicals markets
• Strong communication skills
• Excellent leadership
• Strong track-record and ability to execute and collaborate across multiple teams.
• Good time management and planning capabilities

Nice To Haves

• Multilingual capabilities

Responsibilities

• Lead engagement strategy planning with the regional team and global teams
• Lead execution of the plan through establishment of meetings and supporting commercially requested meetings
• Learn details across the commodities portfolio to present across topics
• Collaborate with content-commercial on the Value Add program
• Drive best practice for Market Engagement, including: development of high quality presentation content; development of high quality meeting notes; demonstrating strong presentation and meeting communication skills; demonstrate strong planning skills.
• Participate/collaborate in Methodology planning and development in the region
• Contribute to social media content development (blogs; podcasts; webinars)

Benefits

• Health & Wellness: Health care coverage designed for the mind and body.
• Flexible Downtime: Generous time off helps keep you energized for your time on.
• Continuous Learning: Access a wealth of resources to grow your career and learn valuable new skills.
• Invest in Your Future: Secure your financial future through competitive pay, retirement planning, a continuing education program with a company-matched student loan contribution, and financial wellness programs.
• Family Friendly Perks: It’s not just about you. S&P Global has perks for your partners and little ones, too, with some best-in class benefits for families.
• Beyond the Basics: From retail discounts to referral incentive awards—small perks can make a big difference.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees