Consultant - Chemicals & Materials

About the Role

Frost & Sullivan is seeking candidates with skills and experience across these solutions, with specific interest in candidates who have applied these skills in one or more segments; e.g. Basic Chemicals, Petrochemicals, Specialty Chemicals, Plastics & Composites, CASE and Construction materials etc.

Responsibilities

To undertake business-to-business research through telephone interviews and secondary search sources, analyze industry trends and data, and generate client focused reports, briefings, presentations and other project material.

To produce high quality project outputs, including sizing markets, generating forecasts, competitive (market share) information and strategic recommendations for our clients.

Participate and help in the preparation of consulting proposals for our clients active in the chemicals and materials markets.

Required Competencies

We're looking for candidates who -

• The successful candidate will be a Consulting professional with a thorough understanding of business research and consulting methodologies in Chemicals & Materials sector and proven success of direct client interaction.
• Strong verbal and written communication.
• Excellent trouble shooting skills.

Qualification and Experience

1. A degree level education or equivalent in Chemistry, Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, Environmental Science or another related discipline.
2. Thorough understanding of research methodologies and/or strategic marketing.
3. Fluency in written and spoken English language.
4. Ability to forge close working relationships with a commercial acumen and analytical mind.
5. The ability to work autonomously and also effectively in a team environment.
6. A minimum of 3 years in fact-based consulting / market research with focus on complex ad-hoc studies
7. Consultative thinking, focus on delivering the story, not just the data
8. Strong analytical skills with sound understanding of and passion for research and consulting
9. Intercultural competence and experience in working closely with teams in a global matrix organization
10. Proactive thinking
11. Organized, outgoing, and capable of delivering tangible results in a fast paced and creative environment
12. Attentive to details and showing strategic insights in the delivery of research findings
13. Excellent MS Office and MS Powerpoint skills
14. Data visualization experience like Power BI/Tableau is preferred