Associate Consultant - Chemicals Consulting

S&P Global Inc.; Ciudad de México; On-site; MXN 350,000 - 750,000; Full time

Job summary

S&P Global Inc. is seeking an Associate Consultant in Chemicals Consulting to support project teams tackling commercial, strategic, and investment questions across the global chemicals value chain.

You will gather evidence, build structured analyses and models, and deliver client-ready outputs with guidance from experienced consultants. This development role offers exposure to global clients, data resources, and a broad range of markets, with opportunities to contribute to proposals, knowledge

Qualifications

Responsibilities

• Conduct structured research: Perform secondary and primary research on chemical markets, companies, assets, technologies, end-use sectors, trade, policy, and sustainability, using S&P Global Energy resources with clear documentation of assumptions and references.
• Build and maintain consulting analyses: Develop market sizing, supply-demand balances, competitor and asset benchmarking, price and margin analysis, production cost comparisons, value-chain maps, scenario models, and basic financial or feasibility assessments under project-team guidance.
• Synthesize evidence: Translate quantitative and qualitative evidence into concise charts, tables, written findings, and presentation pages; check calculations, units, definitions, and source consistency so outputs are accurate and client-ready.
• Support client engagements: Assist in interviews, client meetings, and workshops by preparing materials, capturing decisions and actions, and following through on assigned analyses; communicate progress to the project manager.
• Contribute to team knowledge: Support proposals, credentials, case studies, knowledge libraries, and reusable tools, collaborating with researchers and SMEs to strengthen market understanding.
• Drive personal development: Take ownership of assigned work, meet deadlines, seek feedback, and build consulting, technical, and commercial capability through learning and coaching.

Job description

About the Role

Grade Level (for internal use): 08 Associate Consultant - Chemicals Consulting About the Role: As an Associate Consultant in Chemicals Consulting, you will support project teams in solving commercial, strategic, and investment questions for clients across the global chemicals value chain. You will gather and test evidence, build structured analyses and models, and turn findings into clear, accurate, client-ready outputs. This is a development role with exposure to experienced consultants, S&P Global Energy data and experts, international clients, and a broad range of commodity and specialty chemical markets.

The Team

The Chemicals Consulting team is part of S&P Global Energy and combines market intelligence, proprietary data, industry expertise, and consulting methods to help clients make high-value decisions across the chemicals value chain. We work with chemical producers, national oil companies, governments, investors, technology providers, and financial institutions on strategy, market and commercial assessment, feasibility, techno-economics, competitiveness, transactions, sustainability, and business transformation. The team is global, collaborative, and client-led, with close links to S&P Global research, price reporting, data, analytics, and adjacent consulting practices.

Responsibilities and Impact

• Conduct structured research: Perform secondary and primary research on chemical markets, companies, assets, technologies, end-use sectors, trade, policy, and sustainability, using S&P Global Energy resources and credible external sources with clear documentation of assumptions and references.
• Build and maintain consulting analyses: Develop market sizing, supply-demand balances, competitor and asset benchmarking, price and margin analysis, production cost comparisons, value-chain maps, scenario models, and basic financial or feasibility assessments under project-team guidance.
• Synthesize evidence: Translate quantitative and qualitative evidence into concise charts, tables, written findings, and presentation pages; check calculations, units, definitions, and source consistency so that outputs are accurate, traceable, and client-ready.
• Support client engagements: Assist in interviews, client meetings, and workshops by preparing materials, capturing decisions and actions, and following through on assigned analyses; communicate progress, issues, and emerging insights clearly to the project manager.
• Contribute to team knowledge: Support the development of proposals, credentials, case studies, knowledge libraries, and reusable tools, working with research and subject‑matter experts to strengthen the team’s understanding of chemical markets.
• Drive personal development: Take ownership of assigned work, meet agreed deadlines, seek feedback, and build consulting, technical, and commercial capability through formal learning, coaching, and varied project experience.