Researcher - Shipping & Freight Pricing (Four-month Fixed Term Contract)

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The Role: Researcher, Shipping & Freight Pricing (Four-month Contract)

The Grade: 9A

The Location: Gurgaon

The Team: S&P Global Platts is looking for three shipping researchers on a 4-month fixed term contract basis, that will be based out of Gurgaon. The team will be tasked with leading an exciting global research project on freight markets, including port fee data collection for hundreds of ports worldwide.
The team will work closely with the Shipping and Freight Editorial team, which tracks the very exciting and fast-moving shipping market. This team is responsible for producing the freight assessments that underpin commodity pricing markets and are used in physical and derivative freight trading.

The Impact: This is a critical role for Platts, and researchers will have the opportunity to lead and execute end-to-end projects.

What’s in it for you:
Potential to gain expertise in the seaborne transportation sector.
Opportunity to build valuable contacts with shipping market leaders and experts.
An entry point into S&P Global, one of India’s Best Companies to Work for in 2021.
Work closely with Platts’ leaders in Gurgaon, our fastest growing Pricing and Content Hub, and Singapore, our key Pricing hub in Asia.

Responsibilities:
Leading and executing end-to-end projects.
Collecting tanker freight market information, collecting port fee data for hundreds of ports.
Developing, expanding and maintaining sources.
Delivering quality and accurate research reports.

What We’re Looking For:Basic Qualifications:
Experience conducting research.
Excellent communication skills, and a clear, concise writing style.
The ability to communicate with a wide range of groups and personalities.
Good numeracy skills, including ability to conceptualize proportional relationships.
Possess excellent basic/advanced math functions in Microsoft Excel.

Preferred Qualifications:
Understanding of commodity markets and its dynamics
Shipping/freight market experience, or market reporting experience, a bonus
A basic understanding of economics principles is also preferred.

S&P Global Platts

At S&P Global Platts, we provide the insights; you make better informed trading and business decisions with confidence. We’re the leading independent provider of information and benchmark prices for the commodities and energy markets. Customers in over 150 countries look to our expertise in news, pricing and analytics to deliver greater transparency and efficiency to markets. S&P Global Platts coverage includes oil and gas, power, petrochemicals, metals, agriculture and shipping.

S&P Global Platts is a division of S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI), which provides essential intelligence for individuals, companies and governments to make decisions with confidence. For more information, visit www.platts.com.

20 - Professional (EEO-2 Job Categories-United States of America), EDTGRP202.2 - Middle Professional Tier II (EEO Job Group)

Job ID: 263794
Posted On: 2021-08-17
Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India