Associate Price Reporter, Chemicals

The Role: Associate Price Reporter, India and Middle East Chemicals Markets- S&P Global Commodity Insights is the leading provider of energy pricing, news, and analytics. Were recruiting a team of chemicals market reporters based in our Gurgaon office as we expand our pricing operations for India and the Middle East.

The Team:
You will be joining a high-performing, diverse global team, providing business-critical data and information to the marketplace.

You will be at the heart of Platts commodity price reporting and key to a global growth initiative for the chemicals and shipping sectors.

The Impact:

The Market Reporter is responsible for every aspect of price reporting, including the collection and publication of primary market information, running an assessment process, assessing the value of a variety of markets, reporting market-related news, writing commentary and analysis, contributing to methodology development and engaging with market sources.

Responsibilities:

Assess markets:

The market reporter surveys market participants throughout the day, publishes price updates through the day, demonstrates a thorough understanding of Platts' methodology and ensures it is up to date, is rigorous when using mathematics and excel spreadsheets and is able to do a full set of assessments without the aid of a spreadsheet.

Write high-quality market commentaries:

The market reporter is responsible for writing commentaries associated with the markets they assess. The commentaries are intended to help our readers better understand what is happening in the market, and to better understand how we have arrived at our assessments.

Report news about the markets:

The market reporter is responsible for reporting news and publishing analysis relating to their markets. The news should help our readers understand market movements and price dynamics. Relevant stories include news about supply and demand, government data, new developments in regulations and general analysis of price trends.

Engage with the industry:

The market reporter is responsible for engaging with market sources across the region. The market reporter should find and nurture new market sources, maintain a good relationship with existing sources and ensure source lists are up to date.

What Were Looking For:
Essential Skills:

• minimum 3yrs of experience
• Proven analytical ability, comfortable handing numbers, exceptional energy, tenacity, and ambition to excel in a fast-paced newsroom.
• Good written and verbal communication skills, analysis, and presentation skills.
• Arabic language is an advantage