Senior Manager, Market Analysis - Cross Commodity

RioTinto; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global mining company in Singapore is looking for a Senior Manager, Market Analysis to provide critical insights on macroeconomic trends and commodity markets. This role focuses on enhancing business strategy through detailed market analysis and collaboration with various teams to drive value and support decision-making processes.

Benefits

Comprehensive medical benefits

Attractive share ownership plan

Career development and education assistance

Ongoing access to health and medical wellbeing support

Leave for various life reasons

Competitive base salary with annual incentive program

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of relevant experience in a commodity-focused MNC or the metals and mining industry.
• Deep understanding of economics and commodity markets.
• Proven ability to lead a team and develop capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Market Analysis team to support cash generation and business growth.
• Develop and maintain research on market trends affecting the business.
• Monitor industrial policy and inform stakeholders of significant changes.

Skills

Project Management

Analytical Skills

Stakeholder Engagement

Economic Analysis

Data Interpretation

Education

University degree in economics, technical, or commercial discipline

Tools

MS Office

Power BI

Job description

Why explore

• Key role in the Market Analysis team and the broader Rio Tinto organization

• Lead a team that works closely with internal and external networks, with a holistic view of macroeconomic analysis and commodity markets

• Gain exposure across our global commercial business

• Based in Singapore, a global commercial hub for Rio Tinto

About the role

The Cross-Commodity team sits in the central Commercial Market Analysis team and generates short-to-medium term market insights (up to 5 years). This incorporates supply and competitor analysis, demand forecasts (including downstream sectors), trading support, and price forecasting. The team's focus is to leverage these insights and analysis to support Commercial decision-making and generate value across Sales & Marketing, Procurement, and Marine & Logistics. The Market Analysis team also provides short-to-medium term market context and commodity price forecasts across the Group.

We are looking for a Senior Manager, Market Analysis - Cross Commodity to join a high performing team, support cash generation and business growth through market insight, and inform Commercial Strategy.

Reporting to the Head of Market Analysis, you will:

• Deepen and broaden our understanding of global and regional macroeconomic and industrial sector trends.

• Develop and maintain regular research using our vast array of external research and internal datasets to draw market conclusions that affect most parts of our business.

• Monitor market development and industrial and trade policy and keep the broader Market Analysis and Strategy teams and extended stakeholder group informed of changes/news/intelligence, as appropriate.

• Support multiple stakeholders, including Group Finance and Investor Relations, to deliver market updates for senior management and external reporting.

• Collaborate with other Market Analysis teams to draw cross-commodity insights and share best practices; additionally, collaborate with Economics teams to bridge with long-run analysis.

• Manage subscription budget, procurement, and vendor relationships, providing an improved centralised view on subscriptions across Commercial

• Be armed with resources and provide strong leadership, and develop capability in the team to achieve the above goals.

About you

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

• University degree in either economics, technical, or commercial discipline.

• Minimum 10 years of relevant experience within a commodity-focused MNC or the metals and mining industry.

• Deep understanding of economics, industrial trends, and global commodity markets.

• Proven relevant experience and analytical skills with the ability to critically analyze data and identify trends and key drivers.

• Proven ability to present concepts and results clearly.

• Excellent and proven project management skills.

• Proven ability to lead a team and develop capabilities to achieve results.

• A proven ability to further develop existing relationships with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.

• Experience working in an international setting will be an advantage.

• Excellent IT skills, including the use of MS Office and Power BI.

• Advanced written and spoken English.

What we offer

• A work environment where safety is always the number one priority

• A permanent position working directly for Rio Tinto

• A competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience, with an annual incentive program

• Comprehensive medical benefits, including health insurance for employees and immediate family

• Attractive share ownership plan

• Company provided insurance cover

• Extensive salary sacrifice & salary packaging options

• Career development & education assistance to further your technical or leadership ambitions

• Ongoing access to family-friendly health and medical wellbeing support

• Leave for all of life’s reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental, sick leave)

Where you will be working

Headquartered in Singapore and integrated with Rio Tinto’s assets, hubs, and offices globally, our Commercial group works hand-in-hand with our product groups to ensure both the amount and types of products we produce meet our customers’ needs, and manage the trade-off between volumes, quality, cost, and capital expenditure.

Application Deadline: 11 July 2025 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove job postings prior to the stated closing date)

Please note, in order to be successfully considered for this role, you must complete all pre-screening questions.

Rio Tinto does not accept unsolicited CVs or candidate profiles from recruiters or employment agencies. Rio Tinto will not consider or agree to payment of any referral compensation or recruiter fee relating to unsolicited CVs or candidate profiles. Rio Tinto reserves the right to hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. Any unsolicited CVs or candidate profiles, including those submitted to hiring managers, are deemed to be the property of Rio Tinto.

About Rio Tinto

Rio Tinto is a leading global mining and materials company. We operate in 35 countries where we produce iron ore, copper, aluminium, critical minerals, and other materials needed for the global energy transition and for people, communities, and nations to thrive.

We have been mining for 150 years and operate with knowledge built up across generations and continents. Our purpose is finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs – striving for innovation and continuous improvement to produce materials with low emissions and to the right environmental, social and governance standards. But we can’t do it on our own, so we’re focused on creating partnerships to solve problems, create win-win situations and meet opportunities.

Every Voice Matters

At Rio Tinto, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, women, the LGBTQIA+ community, mature workers, people with disabilities and people from different cultural backgrounds.

We are committed to an inclusive environment where people feel comfortable to be themselves. We want our people to feel that all voices are heard, all cultures respected and that a variety of perspectives are not only welcome – they are essential to our success. We treat each other fairly and with dignity regardless of race, gender, nationality, ethnic origin, religion, age, sexual orientation or anything else that makes us different.