Senior Analyst - Market Analysis (6-Months Contract)

Rio Tinto Singapore Holdings Pte Ltd; Singapore; In loco; SGD 90.000 - 140.000; Part-time

Descrizione del lavoro

Rio Tinto Singapore Holdings Pte Ltd is seeking a Senior Analyst for a six-month contract to strengthen the freight market analysis capability. The role focuses on improving demand-supply modelling, forecasting tools and market intelligence outputs to support commercial decisions.

The Market Analysis team delivers macroeconomic insights, forecasts and price perspectives, partnering with a global team to inform strategy across Sales, Marketing, Procurement and Marine & Logistics.

Competenze

• University degree in a technical or commercial discipline.
• 5+ years in dry bulk shipping, freight, market intelligence or related analytics.
• Experience building or maintaining fundamental market models and forecasts.
• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills with data analysis.
• Strong communication and problem-solving abilities.

Mansioni

• Lead development of dry bulk freight supply and demand models.
• Develop forward-looking freight demand framework by commodity and vessel class.
• Build vessel supply and capacity models with fleet and utilisation factors.
• Develop short- and mid-term freight market outlooks and identify imbalances and risks.
• Produce regular freight market reports and executive briefings for commercial decision-making.
• Collaborate with commercial, shipping and analytical teams to translate insights into action.
• Document methodologies and handover processes for robustness and transparency.

Conoscenze

Market analysis

Forecasting

Data analysis

Communication

Problem solving

AI tools usage

Formazione

Bachelor's degree in technical or commercial discipline

Strumenti

Excel

PowerPoint

Descrizione del lavoro

Why explore

• An opportunity to work on a variety of complex projects and influence key decisions globally
• Work in a collaborative and fast paced environment
• Based in Singapore, a global commercial hub for Rio Tinto

About the role

We are looking for a Senior Analyst to join our Market Analysis team. The role is a six-months contract opportunity with a strong project focus. The successful candidate will be expected to deliver tangible improvements to our freight market analytical capability, including enhanced supply-demand modelling, forecasting tools and recurring market intelligence reports, while providing high-quality market analysis to support commercial decision making.

The Market Analysis team sits within Rio Tinto’s Commercial Function and is responsible for generating short-to-medium-term market insights (up to 5 years). This incorporates macroeconomic analysis, supply and demand forecasts (including downstream sectors), trading support, and price forecasting. The team leverages on these insights and analysis to support Commercial decision-making and generate value across Sales & Marketing, Procurement and Marine & Logistics.

Reporting to the Senior Manager, Procurement, Marine & Logistics Market Analysis, you will:

• Lead the development and enhancement of dry bulk freight supply and demand models, linking commodity trade flows, cargo volumes, tonne-mile demand, vessel supply and fleet productivity to freight market balances and rate outlooks.
• Develop a forward-looking freight demand framework, translating changes in key dry bulk commodity flows into vessel demand by commodity and vessel class.
• Build and enhance vessel supply and effective-capacity models, incorporating fleet growth, newbuilding deliveries, scrapping, vessel speeds, congestion, ballast patterns and other utilisation factors.
• Develop short- and medium-term freight market outlooks, identifying emerging market imbalances, inflection points and risks across key dry bulk segments.
• Produce regular freight market reports and executive briefings, distilling market developments, freight rate movements and underlying supply/demand drivers into concise, commercially relevant insights.
• Partner with commercial, shipping, commodity and analytical teams to translate market analysis into actionable commercial insights and support freight strategy and decision making.
• Establish clear model documentation, methodologies and handover processes, ensuring analytical tools and frameworks are robust, transparent and suitable beyond the fixed-term assignment.

About you

To be successfully considered for this role, you will have:

• University degree in either a technical or commercial discipline.
• 5+ years of relevant experience in dry bulk shipping, freight, commodity research, market intelligence or related analytics.
• Demonstrated experience building or maintaining fundamental market models and forecasts, and translating analytical output into forward-looking market views.
• High attention to detail and a proactive, curious approach to problem solving.
• Ability to synthesise quantitative and qualitative information into clear insights.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to convey complex concepts clearly.
• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills with experience in modelling and data analysis.
• Willingness to learn new tools and platforms to improve process flows.
• Demonstrated experience using AI tools and coding to automate data collection, processing and reporting workflows.
• Good team-player who can work on independent projects and collaboratively as part of a global team.