Market Analyst, BM

Cabot Corporation (NYSE: CBT) is a leading global specialty chemicals and performance materials company headquartered in Boston Massachusetts USA.

Our businesses deliver a broad range of products and solutions to customers in every corner of the globe serving the transportation infrastructure environment and consumer industry sectors. We bring the power of innovative chemistry to solve customers challenges today while preparing them to meet tomorrows needs. Our commitment to innovation is driven by a passion to advance our customers businesses through our deep understanding of their applications and the global trends that impact their operations.

If you do not meet every requirement or your experience is slightly different that what we have listed we still encourage you to apply!

• Market-related

• Deliver EV BESS and battery market analysis for China EMEA APAC and the Americas on a regular basis.
• Update EV BESS and battery demand outlooks on a quarterly basis to reflect the latest market developments and impacts on the business.
• Use AI-enabled tools to track key battery raw material price trends and highlight implications for the business.
• Manage day-to-day interactions with multiple commodity data provider vendors including coordination with their market analysts to ensure data quality relevance and timely insight delivery.
• Analyze company market share on an annual basis and identify share movement drivers.
• Evaluate and interpret market trends customer needs and cost dynamics to provide insight that enhances decision-making.
• Monitor emerging applications within the battery space analyze market sizing growth and penetration rates regionally and globally.

• Competitor-related

• Conduct competitor analysis including capacity investments cost structure and strategic positioning of key conductive carbon black and carbon nanotube powder or dispersion suppliers.
• Read summarize and synthesize key competitors annual reports earnings calls and public disclosures.
• Participate in external battery conferences and collect market intelligence on competitors technologies and emerging trends.
• Monitor competitive activity and translate findings into recommendations for commercial product and strategic actions.

• Customer-related

• Build and maintain profiles of key customers including annual GWh production annual conductive additive demand pricing and strategic priorities.
• Use AI-enabled tools to track news and developments related to global key customers and share relevant updates in SFDC.
• Develop and maintain strong internal and external relationships to stay current with changes in customer businesses products and needs.

• Strategy-related

• Design and conduct special marketing studies as needed to support business strategy and strategic planning.
• On an annual basis analyze and evaluate Cabots market data needs and identify opportunities to optimize data sources improve analytical efficiency and introduce innovative approaches that keep market intelligence capabilities up to date.
• Prepare reports and presentations that communicate market research findings implications and recommendations to internal and external stakeholders.
• Work closely with business marketing and commercial leaders to develop and communicate market trends and market outlooks.
• Participate in and contribute to cross-functional projects as directed.

• Strong knowledge of market research principles competitive intelligence methods and forecasting techniques.
• Broad understanding of EV BESS battery materials and related market dynamics.
• Ability to synthesize large volumes of quantitative and qualitative data into clear actionable insights.
• Proficiency in Excel Power BI presentation tools databases and AI-enabled research tools.
• Ability to manage external data providers effectively and assess evolving data needs to improve the efficiency quality and innovation of market analysis.
• Strong analytical research and problem-solving skills with high attention to detail.
• Ability to work effectively across commercial marketing product and strategy teams.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills including the ability to prepare formal presentations for senior stakeholders.

• Bachelors degree in Marketing Economics Engineering Data Analytics or a related field.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in market research market intelligence business analysis or a related analyst role.
• Experience in batteries EV BESS or broader energy transition markets is strongly preferred.
• Professional proficiency in English is required next to native language of China. Additional languages relevant to the APAC region (Japanese or Korean) are an advantage.

At Cabot we bring the power of innovative chemistry and a spirit of partnership with our customers to advance solutions that will enable a sustainable future. Our strength in research and development is a major reason why we have been an industry leader for more than 135 years in products such as reinforcing and specialty carbons battery materials aerogel fumed metal oxides inkjet colorants masterbatches and conductive compounds.

Our employees around the world are united by our shared purpose: Creating materials that improve daily life and enable a more sustainable future. Through our corporate strategy Creating for Tomorrow we are focused on our core strengths to lead in performance and sustainability today and into the future.