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Senior Research Analyst - Fibre Optics

London
6 months ago
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Senior Research Analyst - Fibre Optics

Base Salary £70k -£80k

Negotiable for the right candidate

10% bonus

Plus benefits

Hybrid position

2 days in London

The opportunity:

This is an interesting Business Intelligence opportunity for a Senior Research Analyst to join a global commodities specialist who support major international companies, industry associations and governments make the best judgments via market outlooks, price assessments and operational analysis.

The role of Senior Analyst will involve all aspects of regional leadership for its Fibre Optic, Wire & Cable Service across the Europe, Middle East and Africa region.

We are open to talking to candidates withing the 70-100k range and can be flexible to the location of the candidate across the UK.

Day to day

In your role as Senior Analyst, day to day you will be responsible for;

Building short and long-term market outlooks on the global Fibre Optic sector and EMEA metallic cable sector.
This will be created using your own primary research networks but also working across the business to pull together intelligence developed by colleagues.
Interacting with market participants across both sectors, gaining insight from a wide variety of contacts in the supply chain, and assessing price levels for bare fibres.
Expanding the company profile and industry network through direct engagement with clients and other sectoral stakeholders
Actively promoting content in the public arena by addressing conferences, connecting with industry, media, and governmental organisations, as well as undertaking site visits.
Contributing to written reports, presentations, market-leading insights, and webinar content, across the full suite of Wire & Cable products.
Working with a global group of analysts to build an effective and capable team that enables thorough and transparent coverage of the global industry.

Who we are looking for

We'd like to speak with you if you have experience across ;

Commercially minded, with a high degree of numeracy and highly proficient at managing data, in turn drawing meaning from data and qualitative information in order to provide insight for decision makers.
A Market-facing role with the ability to comfortably speak to market participants, confidently present ideas and contribute to discussion with senior external stakeholders.
Are Capable of researching and providing analysis and insight that is positioned appropriately based on an understanding of clients' business needs and challenges.
Experience in Fibre Optics would be advantageous

The Next Steps

If this sounds like you, or you would like to find out more about this opportunity then you have three options.

Call Stephen Morris at CRG TEC to find out more. We are really open about the role and opportunity and challenges, so if you need to find out more before committing, no problem!
Contact Stephen via LinkedIn, drop him a private message and he will get back to you
If you are happy with what you have read so far, then send a copy of your CV to this advert and Stephen will give you a call to discuss further or at least get back to you if you don't quite hit the mark

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