Senior Market Specialist - Polyolefins

LexisNexis Special Services Inc.; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

ICIS in London seeks a Senior Market Specialist to lead European polyolefins coverage, shaping pricing intelligence and market insights that inform customer decisions.

You will build trusted relationships with producers, traders and brand owners, translating market developments into clear, actionable analysis and influencing product direction. This is a senior, externally facing role with broad market impact.

Qualifications

• Deep expertise in polyolefins, polymers or petrochemical markets with pricing insight.
• Strong commercial judgement and analytical skills for complex data.
• Experience with pricing mechanisms, benchmarks or market intelligence.
• Ability to build credibility with senior industry stakeholders and customers.

Responsibilities

• Lead ICIS’ European polyolefins coverage, ensuring high-quality market intelligence and pricing.
• Act as the market authority for European polyolefins, with deep insight into supply, demand, trade flows and pricing dynamics.
• Own industry-leading price benchmarks and provide defensible conclusions.
• Deliver high-impact analysis to help customers manage risk and make informed commercial decisions.
• Develop senior industry relationships across producers, traders, distributors, converters and brand owners.
• Drive thought leadership by identifying themes, risks and opportunities for customers.
• Represent ICIS at conferences, customer meetings, webinars and industry events.

Skills

Polyolefins expertise

Commercial judgement

Pricing mechanisms

Stakeholder credibility

Job description

## Senior Market Specialist - PolyolefinsApplylocations: London Wall: Surreytime type: Full timeposted on: Posted Todayjob requisition id: R115888**Senior Market Specialist – European Polyolefins****Would you like to lead the market intelligence and pricing strategy that helps shape decision-making across one of Europe’s largest petrochemical markets?****Are you motivated by building trusted industry relationships, delivering market-leading insight, and influencing the future direction of polyolefins coverage?****About the Business**At ICIS, our mission is to optimize the world's resources. We help companies make strategic, sustainable decisions by bringing transparency to markets across the world. We create a comprehensive view of commodities markets, providing companies with the data and intelligence to successfully navigate across global value chains every day. Our customers benefit from instant access to price assessments, reports and forecasts, a dedicated news channel, and supply and demand data. You can learn more about ICIS at https://www.icis.com/explore.**About our Team**Our team is responsible for the pricing benchmarks, market intelligence and analysis that underpin commercial decision-making across the global petrochemicals industry. We work closely with producers, traders, distributors, converters and brand owners to deliver transparent, independent insight into chemical markets. By combining market expertise, industry engagement and robust price assessment methodologies, we help customers navigate risk, identify opportunity and understand evolving market dynamics.**About the Role**This senior role puts you at the heart of Europe’s polyethylene and polypropylene markets, leading ICIS’ editorial strategy, benchmarks and market intelligence. You will build trusted industry relationships, interpret market-moving developments and deliver authoritative insight and analysis that helps customers make informed commercial decisions. As a key voice for European polyolefins coverage, you will help maintain trusted pricing benchmarks and contribute to the future direction of market intelligence and product development.**Responsibilities*** Lead ICIS’ European polyolefins coverage, owning the quality, credibility and impact of our polyethylene and polypropylene market intelligence and pricing.* Act as the market authority for European polyolefins, maintaining deep insight into supply, demand, trade flows, pricing dynamics and emerging market trends.* Own industry-leading price benchmarks, exercising independent judgement to assess market value and ensure transparent, trusted and robust pricing.* Deliver high-impact analysis and insight that helps customers understand market developments, manage risk and make informed commercial decisions.* Build and develop senior industry relationships across producers, traders, distributors, converters and brand owners.* Drive thought leadership, identifying the themes, risks and opportunities that matter most to customers.* Represent ICIS externally at conferences, customer meetings, webinars and industry events, acting as a recognised voice in the market.* Shape the future of ICIS’ polyolefins offering, helping evolve benchmarks, develop new areas of coverage and influence product strategy and innovation.**Requirements*** Deep expertise in polyolefins, polymers or petrochemical markets, with a strong understanding of pricing, trade flows and commercial market dynamics.* Strong commercial judgement and analytical skills, with the ability to interpret complex information and draw clear, defensible conclusions.* Experience of working with pricing mechanisms, benchmarks or market intelligence and an understanding of their role in commercial decision-making.* Proven ability to build credibility and strong relationships with senior industry stakeholders and customers.* Excellent written, verbal and presentation skills, with the ability to translate complex market developments into clear, actionable insight.* Confidence representing an organisation externally and acting as a trusted voice in industry forums, customer meetings and events.* A proactive, curious and accountable mindset, with the drive to understand markets in depth and identify emerging opportunities and risks.* High levels of professionalism, integrity and independence, with the presence and credibility expected of a recognised market authority.