Job ID: 497241
Oldcastle APG, a CRH Company, is the leading provider of outdoor living solutions in North America with an award-winning portfolio that enables customers to Live Well Outside. Inspiring endless possibilities with enduring performance, its collection of premier building products create inviting outdoor spaces where people connect, reflect and recharge. The manufacturer's signature brands include Belgard® and Echelon® hardscape and masonry materials; Barrette Outdoor Living® and MoistureShield® fencing, decking and railing; Sakrete® and Amerimix® packaged concrete and mortar; Techniseal® sands, jointing technologies and surface protectors; PebbleTec® pool finishes; plus popular brands of landscape and gardening materials.
Job Summary
The Associate, Market Intelligence is a new role with Oldcastle's Architectural Products Group (APG) that will support APG's efforts to understand served and adjacent markets. The role will focus on developing, leading, and sustaining an enduring process that evaluates the different drivers of end-use demand. The ability to develop this knowledge will inform sales, capital investment and business development decisions.
Over the past several years, APG has placed an emphasis on gathering market intelligence from a wide range of sources. This position will leverage primary, secondary and third-party sources to develop a bottoms-up profile of key markets such as hardscapes, packaged products, and fencing. The analysis will also consider the role of substitutive products and their implications on product conversion. The role will interface with Sales, Marketing, Commercial Excellence, and Business Development.
The position is an ideal fit for a self-driven business analyst or associate looking to join a dynamic, global, building materials company. Success will require entrepreneurship, problem solving, grit, and thoughtful problem solving. The role is in person at APG's head office in Atlanta.
Responsibilities

• Develop, lead, and sustain an enduring process for determining the size of served and adjacent markets.
• Determine drivers of end-use demand (RMI, New Residential, Commercial, etc) and their individual impact on overall market size.
• Conduct competitor and share analysis using TAM/SAM/SOM, forecasting with inputs by macro trends; support strategic planning processes.
• Leverage primary, secondary and third parties to collect information to inform decision making.
• Engage with 3rd party venders to conduct market studies.
• Assess historical and future conversion opportunities for substitutive products.
• Engage with stakeholders across APG to develop consensus and communicate implications.
• Provide market intelligence support for key organizational projects including acquisitions, new product development, major capital projects, significant change initiatives, etc.
• Communication findings with executive leadership.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Business Management, Marketing, Engineering, or Finance preferred.
• 1 year of experience in any combination of finance, consulting, marketing, or business development.
• The candidate must have strength with financial modeling.
• Distinctive excel and PowerPoint skills.
• Comfort operating in ambiguous environments and managing multiple workstreams simultaneously.
• Desire to work in an entrepreneurial, face-paced environment.
• Distinctive communication skills (both oral and written).
• Travel up to 20%.

What CRH Offers You

• Highly competitive base pay
• Comprehensive medical, dental and disability benefits programs
• Group retirement savings program
• Health and wellness programs
• A diverse and inclusive culture that values opportunity for growth, development, and internal promotion

About CRH
CRH has a long and proud heritage. We are a collection of hundreds of family businesses, regional companies and large enterprises that together form the CRH family. CRH operates in a decentralized, diversified structure that allows you to work in a small company environment while having the career opportunities of large international organization.
If you're up for a rewarding challenge, we invite you to take the first step and apply today! Once you click apply now, you will be brought to our official employment application. Please complete your online profile and it will be sent to the hiring manager. Our system allows you to view and track your status 24 hours a day. Thank you for your interest!
Oldcastle APG, a CRH Company, is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer.
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Date:
May 10, 2024
Nearest Major Market: Atlanta
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