Senior Analyst Business Intelligence

Role Purpose
Lead gathering, analyzing, and interpreting internal and external data to generate timely insights on market
dynamics, competitor activity, trade developments, and commercial performance. The role will combine
strong data analytics capabilities with industry understanding to produce high-quality reports and
recommendations that guide strategic and operational decisions across the commercial and marketing
functions.

Key Activities
Responsibilities:
Market Analytics
- Conduct comprehensive analysis of the steel market, raw material trends, and adjacent
sectors (construction, energy, renewables).
- Identify and analyze key macroeconomic and industrial drivers aBecting demand, pricing,
and profitability.
Market Demand and Supply Forecasting
- Support and maintain advanced econometric and data-driven models to forecast steel
demand by sector and region.
- Provide inputs for business planning and capacity utilization strategies.
- Collaborate with Sales, Strategy, and Operations teams to align assumptions and
methodologies.
Competitor Intelligence
- Collect and maintain a structured competitor monitoring framework.

Track developments including capacity changes, M&A, investments, trade flows, and
strategic moves across regional and global players.
- Manage analysis of import/export statistics and provide insights into market share
dynamics.
Internal Performance Analytics, Reporting and Intelligence Dissemination
- Analyze commercial, operational, and financial datasets to identify performance drivers
and improvement opportunities.
- Propose actionable insights to senior management to support pricing, customer
segmentation, and product mix optimization.
- Manage and improve the commercial reporting process to ensure timely, accurate, and
insightful deliverables for internal and external stakeholders.
- Maintain executive dashboards and ensure relevant stakeholders are kept informed of
critical market developments
Trade Policy and Market Access
- Track developments in trade regulations, tariBs, and market access issues aBecting steel
trade flows.
- Prepare summary reports for senior management and assist in compiling market
evidence when required.
- Support commercial teams in identifying export opportunities and in compiling market
evidence for trade defense measures when needed.
Advanced Analytics and AI Utilization: Champion the adoption of AI, predictive analytics, and
automation tools to enhance data processing, scenario modeling, and insight generation.
Stakeholder Engagement
- Maintain strong engagement with Sales, Marketing, Strategy, Finance, Operations, and
external research partners.
Communicate critical insights eBectively to senior management and cross-functional teams.
Ad-Hoc Research
- Execute deep-dive analyses and research tasks on specific topics as requested by
management.
- Coordinate with external data providers and consultants when required.

Qualifications/Experience
Minimum Qualification
(Educational Qualifications,
Trainings, or Certifications)
Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Business, Industrial Engineering, or Data
Analytics. Master’s degree preferred
Professional Experience
- 6-8 years of experience in market intelligence, analytics, or
commercial intelligence roles, preferably within industrial or
commodity sectors.
- Strong analytical and quantitative skills with attention to detail.
- Proficiency in Excel, Power BI/Tableau, and statistical tools;
knowledge of Python/R an advantage.
- Excellent communication and report-writing skills in English.
Language(s) Known
• English (Essential)
• Arabic (Preferred)