Associate Price Reporter, Americas Chemical and Polymer markets

S&P Global; Houston (TX); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

S&P Global Energy, a division of S&P Global, seeks a Price Reporter for Americas chemical and polymer markets. The role focuses on reporting daily activity, writing market commentary, and delivering real-time news across Latin and North America.

The position is based in Houston with hybrid work flexibility and opportunities to travel for industry events. You will engage with market participants, manage a contacts database, and collaborate with the global team to expand price assessments

Qualifications

• Excellent communication skills with diverse stakeholders.
• Self-starter with effective problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to meet tight deadlines and work under pressure.
• Excellent English speaking and writing skills.
• culturally and socially sensitive

Responsibilities

• Report on daily physical trading activity to produce prices from market contacts.
• Write daily commentaries explaining price trends and drivers.
• Create real-time news stories and participate in multimedia coverage.
• Represent S&P Global Energy Platts at industry events.
• Engage with market participants and build a contacts database.
• Identify opportunities to refine methodology and launch new price assessments.
• Contribute to growth of the Chemicals team across regions.

Skills

Communication

Problem solving

Deadline driven

English fluency

Cultural sensitivity

Job description

About the Role:

Grade Level (for internal use):09 About the Role

The Price Reporter of Americas chemical and polymer markets is the price reporter and pricing specialist covering Platts suite of spot prices, news, and analysis of the chemical and polymer markets across Latin and North America markets.

Location: Houston, Texas, Hybrid working

The Team:

You will be joining a dynamic, people-first team that prizes effective collaboration and strong inter- and intra-team relationships. We value team members who are driven by results, are willing to help out their colleagues, and are keen to learn. We believe strongly in diversity, equity and inclusion and are committed to making all feel welcome and valued.

Responsibilities and Impact:

The Price Reporter is responsible for reporting on daily physical trading activity to produce prices by gathering information from a range of contacts in the market, writing daily commentaries explaining the trends driving prices, creating real-time news stories, and participating in multi-media coverage such as webinars and presentations, including representing S&P Global Energy Platts at industry events.

The reporter is also responsible for engaging with market participants, while building and managing a database of industry contacts. The reporter also identifies opportunities to refine methodology and launch new price assessments with the goal to advance growth in the Chemicals team.

The Career Opportunity:

Excellent career growth potential within the Chemicals team, and an opportunity to join a fast-paced team that works across the polymers, recycled plastics, olefins, aromatics and blending components space as well as with the global chemicals team in Brazil, the US, the UK, India, Malaysia and Singapore.

Opportunities to learn more about other aspects of the business, including technology and editing.

Opportunities to travel, including internationally for industry events and conferences, where you may have the chance to represent S&P Global Energy as a speaker.

You will also have the chance to represent Platts in face-to-face meetings, in webinars, podcasts, or other interviews.

You will assist in identifying, developing, and executing assessment opportunities to drive growth in chemical markets across Latin America and the US.

Compensation/Benefits Information:

S&P Global states that the anticipated base salary range for this position is $80,000 to $85,000. Final base salary for this role will be based on the individual's geographic location, as well as experience level, skill set, training, licenses and certifications.

In addition to base compensation, this role is eligible for an annual incentive plan. This role is not eligible for additional compensation such as an annual incentive bonus or sales commission plan.

This role is eligible to receive additional S&P Global benefits. For more information on the benefits we provide to our employees,

What We're Looking For:

Basic Required Qualifications:

• Excellent communication skills with the ability to interact with a wide range of role types and personalities, internally and externally.
• Self-starter mindset with effective problem-solving skills
• Ability to perform well to tight deadlines
• Excellent English speaking and writing skills
• Culturally and socially sensitive

Additional Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience or knowledge of the chemicals, polymer or refining sectors or a keen interest in commodities and global commodity markets
• Knowledge of economic principles
• Strong numeracy skills including ability to understand the basic principles of statistics and to apply basic math functions in Excel
• Written and oral fluency in English is a must, fluency in other languages would be an advantage, particularly Spanish and Portuguese.

About S&P Global Energy

At S&P Global Energy, our comprehensive view of global energy and commodities markets enables our customers to make superior decisions and create long-term, sustainable value. Our four core capabilities are: Platts for news and pricing; CERA for research and advisory; Horizons for energy expansion and sustainability solutions; and Events for industry collaboration.

S&P Global Energy is a division of S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI). S&P Global enables businesses, governments, and individuals with trusted data, expertise, and technology to make decisions with conviction. We are Advancing Essential Intelligence through world-leading benchmarks, data, and insights that customers need in order to plan confidently, act decisively, and thrive economically in a rapidly changing global landscape. Learn more at www.spglobal.com/energy .

What's In It For You?

Our Mission:

Advancing Essential Intelligence.

Our People:

We're more than 35,000 strong worldwide-so we're able to understand nuances while having a broad perspective. Our team is driven by curiosity and a shared belief that Essential Intelligence can help build a more prosperous future for us all.From