Senior Research Analyst – Graphite Markets

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Company

Wood Mackenzie are the global research, analytics, and consultancy business powering the natural resources industry. For 50 years, we have been providing the quality data, analytics, and insights our customers rely on to inspire their decision making.

Our dedicated oil, gas & LNG, power & renewables, chemicals, metals & mining sector teams are located around the world and deliver a variety of projects based on our assessment and valuation of thousands of individual assets, companies, and economic indicators such as market supply, demand, and price trends.

We have over 1,900 employees in 30 locations, serving customers in nearly 80 countries. Together, we inspire and innovate the markets we serve – providing invaluable intelligence to help our customers overcome the toughest challenges, and make strategic decisions that will, ultimately, accelerate the world’s transition to a more sustainable future.

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Role Purpose

Growth in energy transition brings an increased focus on the development of raw material supply chains, where graphite plays a vital role through its use as an anode material for lithium-ion batteries in electric vehicles. Graphite also maintains a key use in industrial applications, mainly in the steel sector. The industry must balance graphite use in these applications against a backdrop of increasing government regulation and global political strategy.

The Senior Research Analyst – Graphite Markets will provide clients with expertise in the natural and synthetic graphite supply chain as well as the battery anode and industrial electrode markets, ensuring detailed and timely analysis of key opportunities and risks. The role covers analysis of a broad range of topics from supply, demand and price fundamentals to the geopolitical landscape, ESG, decarbonisation and recycling. An appreciation for long-term technology trends is the focus for understanding the future of this fast-changing, dynamic industry.

The Senior Research Analyst – Graphite Markets is a role within the Energy Transition & Battery Raw Materials team as part of Metals and Mining Markets.

The Senior Research Analyst – Graphite Markets will apply solid analytical capabilities and knowledge of the graphite market to enhance Wood Mackenzie's analysis and services to customers.

Through regular product deliveries and client interactions, the Senior Research Analyst will develop a sophisticated understanding of the implications for our clients’ interests. They will provide frequent, thorough and clear written analyses to defined publication schedules, and perceptive Insights providing innovative and original views on industry developments. The analyst will communicate regularly with clients, sharing our views and engaging in mutually beneficial dialogue.

Main Responsibilities

The role is focused on supporting the expansion of our graphite product suite, while building and supporting our extensive client base.

- Provide insightful market analysis on graphite demand and supply for our short and long-term reports

- Produce original market analysis with a culmination in client deliverables and industry thought leadership pieces

- Monitor developments in the graphite, anode and electrode sectors, providing analysis on industry developments

- Help to shape our graphite analysis and work with our consultancy business on periodic projects

- Contribute towards the enhancement of our regular products in collaboration with the rest of the Graphite team and the wider Metals and Mining organisation

- Work closely with colleagues in other Research sector groups to help shape the company’s integrated view

- Provide our client base with concise, timely and insightful analysis of key industry trends and events

- Establish and maintain contacts with mining industry stakeholders to acquire proprietary data and knowledge

- Develop and maintain productive relationships with industry contacts and research clients, including presentations to clients via various deliverables, necessitating international travel

- Effectively communicate analysis findings to clients through written deliverables, web calls, podcasts, conferences and face-to-face presentations.

- Participate in supporting sales and marketing activities including face-to-face events and webinars

- Contribute consistently to consultancy or other cross-sector projects and help shape project requirements

- Respond to client enquiries and ad hoc requests in a timely and professional manner

- Make a contribution towards internal and external knowledge sharing

Deliverables

- Degree-qualified in a relevant discipline (e.g. Mining/ Geology/ Metallurgical Engineering or Economics/ Business etc.)

- Detailed knowledge of graphite or similar markets, including supply, demand and pricing

- Proven numerical analytic capabilities, including problem-solving and technical skills

- Presentation experience

- Strong organisation and planning skills plus the ability to manage own workload

- The ability to work as part of a team which may involve multiple locations and time zones

- A willingness to travel to other company and client offices, and undertake industry site visits

- A strong commitment to commercial excellence and meeting the high-quality standards expected by our clients

Deliverables (INTERNAL ONLY)

- Graphite markets short term outlook

- Graphite markets long term outlook

Expectations

- We are a hybrid working company and the successful applicant will be expected to be physically present in the office at least 2 days per week to foster and contribute to a collaborative environment, but this may be subject to change in the future.

- The nature of this role precludes it from consideration for part-time or flexible working arrangements.

- Due to the global nature of the team, a degree of flexible working will be required to accommodate different time zones.

- Able to work in a global and virtual environment as the team is based in multiple locations.

- Independent contributor and self-starter.

- Collaborative with multiple stakeholders across business segments such as technology and consulting.

Wood Mackenzie Values

Inclusive – we succeed together
Trusting – we choose to trust each other
Customer committed – we put customers at the heart of our decisions
Future Focused – we accelerate change
Curious – we turn knowledge into action

Equal Opportunities

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