What are the responsibilities and job description for the Market Intelligence Analyst position at Tricon Energy?
About Tricon
It is an exciting time to build your career at Tricon! Certified as a Great Place to Work®, Tricon has been built on a foundation of perseverance, collaboration, and entrepreneurial thinking, powered by some of the industry’s top talent. Our culture values independence and accountability, where we empower our employees to make an impact.
With 30 years in business, Tricon has become a global leader in the trading and distribution of petrochemicals, polymers, and raw materials. Today, we are one of the largest privately held companies in Houston, the world’s second-largest chemical distributor according to ICIS, and ranked #35 on Forbes’ list of Top Private Companies in America. We conduct business in over 120 countries, supported by a truly multinational workforce of 1,000 employees across 40 countries.
Our team delivers value to customers and partners through deep market expertise and integrated capabilities including logistics, risk management, financing, and market intelligence. Guided by our purpose to efficiently and sustainably connect the world with essential goods, Tricon plays a critical role in enabling global commerce while helping suppliers and customers focus on what they do best.
At Tricon, you’ll join a global organization where scale meets agility, and where your ideas, ownership, and ambition can help shape the future of international trade.
Key Responsibilities
- Work closely with commercial teams to develop trading strategies and identify key market drivers.
- Develop and maintain a proprietary outlook on commodity and consumer markets relevant to the production, trade, and consumption of petrochemicals.
- Respond to trading teams’ market questions, prepare presentations for events, and conduct research to support the approval of large transactions and trading strategies.
- Develop fundamental supply and demand analyses for specific commodity markets at both regional and global levels.
- Create analyses and reports covering price trends, spreads, margins, supply chain costs, and other market indicators.
- Contribute to the design, development, and maintenance of recurring market intelligence reports and dashboards.
- Communicate regularly with key suppliers, customers, and service providers to gather market insights, and share findings with Tricon’s trading teams as part of the company’s in-house market intelligence function.
- Identify emerging trends, data gaps, and areas requiring further analysis, and develop research initiatives that provide actionable insights across regions and products.
- Recommend tools, data sources, and research methods to improve market insights, including enhancements to data pipelines, custom models, and the use of alternative data.
- Evaluate new and existing contractual trade structures, including pricing mechanisms, points of exposure, and opportunities to capture value.
Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in economics, finance, business, international trade, or a related field required; a master’s degree or higher preferred.
- At least two years of experience in a commercial, analytical, or consulting role covering chemical or energy markets. Exposure to trading and vessel logistics is a plus.
- Strong analytical skills and proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and PowerPoint, along with familiarity with more advanced programming languages and analytical platforms. Experience with Python and SQL is a plus.
- Ability to work efficiently, support a range of commercial needs, and meet tight deadlines.
- A proactive, self-motivated approach and an entrepreneurial mindset.