Base Matal Analyst (002518)
Regional
- Market Analysis for Base Metals (Nickel, Cobalt, Lithium, Manganese), mainly China market.
- Attend and present market view at conferences.
- Maintain relationship with the 3rd party analysis houses (BMI, CRU, FM, SMM, etc.)
Work closely with market analyst from internally (BASF Shanshan Battery -Materials) to maintain the S/D model and exchange the market view in a regular basis.
- Sit in on regional customer meetings to give battery metals market view etc.
Maintain BASF’s market data from all sources.
Global
- Communicate weekly news and price movements through the following channels:
Weekly markets update
Monthly metal markets deep-dive
BMLT presentations
Regular updates to head
- Maintain supply databases for all metals; combine with divisional strategy forecasts to create supply/demand (S/D) balance.
- Presenting market view at monthly call
- Presenting market view at biweekly call
- Market view will include existing S/D, modeling of future S/D, lagging and leading indicators in the battery market that would change the elasticity of the market, short to medium term risks and opportunities
- Collaborate with controlling
Send monthly price actuals and forecasts to controlling in order to help with management of BASF’s risk position.
- Tool development
Trade analysis platform: collaborate with the Battery Pioneer team to build regional and global rolling monthly stock estimates for different metal forms. These metrics can then be used to inform short-term trading and hedging decisions.
Price Dashboard: build out a fully-automated price dashboard from 3rd-party pricing data. This will allow the trading team to track basis risk and geographical arbitrages in real-time, as well as give important metrics on margin split along the value chain.
- Special Project support
Ad-hoc deal analysis (excel, analysis, scenario modelling, etc.) to support special projects. Due to the rapid growth of the battery industry, there will be a pipeline of special projects that require in-depth analysis, anticipate at least 2 weeks per quarter.
- Ad-hoc deal support collaborating with special project teams to verify and detail out due diligence and expertise opinions related to metal pricing and S/D. Including any expected synergies related to the deal.
Requirements:
Education
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in economics, Finance, Business Management, Science/Engineering; knowledge in chemistry/engineering would be a plus
Working Experience
- Several years of experience in the metals and mining industry – ideally battery metals like lithium and nickel – in either a trading, market analysis or procurement role
- Proven track record in high learning agility environments
- Familiarity with all facets of a trading operation would be beneficial
- Culture:
Demonstrated strength in establishing and maintaining senior level relationships with internal management and external partners (joint ventures, suppliers etc).
Ability to work in a matrixed environment to build organizational alignment.
- Communication and Influencing:
Fluent in English with excellent written and verbal communication skills
Interact with, and influence key people both within the company and externally, through superior communication and strong interpersonal, negotiation and presentation skills.
- Travel: Willing and able to travel up to 20% of the time, locally and internationally as required.
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