Market Intelligence

Overview

The Market Intelligence & Sales Associate Manager will support the Commercial Director and commercial teams in driving business growth by combining market intelligence with customer engagement. In this role, you will collect and interpret diverse market data, identify emerging trends, and translate findings into clear, actionable insights for the business. You will work closely with stakeholders across the organization to ensure they have timely, relevant information to inform commercial decisions, strategy development, and business planning. At the same time, the position requires active participation in customer prospecting, negotiations, and account management alongside the sales team.

This dual focus requires strong analytical capability, effective communication, commercial acumen, and the energy to engage directly with customers & internal stakeholders. The Associate Manager will play a key role in bridging insights with customer execution to help the company stay competitive and customer centric.

Market Intelligence

• Monitor oil, chemicals, and gases markets, including product shifts, competitor activities, regulatory developments and trends, communicating them to relevant stakeholders
• Identify market opportunities and key trends through research and market intelligence, connecting the dots between market data and commercial recommendations
• Supporting global market intelligence activities and contributing to the internal intelligence network with other global resources
• Produce concise briefs, reports and scenario analyses for the Commercial Director and wider commercial teams
• Maintain structured reporting tools and dashboards to enhance commercial decision-making
• Responding to ad-hoc internal requests on markets/products, prioritizing and delivering within agreed timelines.

Sales & Customer Engagement

• Prospect and qualify new customers in collaboration with the Commercial Director and Sales Managers
• Participate in customer meetings, prepare proposals and support contract negotiations
• Maintain and update CRM (e.g., Salesforce) with accurate pipeline information and forecasting
• Translate market intelligence into compelling customer-facing talking points and value propositions
• Support renewals and growth with existing clients by ensuring timely, solution-oriented engagement

Cross-Functional Support

• Liaise with Operations, HSSE, Maintenance, Finance and Legal to ensure offers are feasible and compliant.
• Provide commercial input into brownfield projects (e.g., tank modifications).
• Support the annual budgeting process and provide variance explanations when required.

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, Economics, or a related field from a reputable university
• Minimum 5 years of experience in sales, marketing, and/or managerial roles, ideally in the petrochemical, petroleum, or energy sectors
• Proven experience in market intelligence, competitive analysis, and turning insights into actionable business strategies
• Experience in oil sales or trading environments (e.g., trading house, oil MNC) is advantageous
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to interpret complex market data
• Excellent communication, negotiation, presentation, and interpersonal skills; strong stakeholder management capabilities
• Ability to perform under pressure, take responsibility for decisions, and drive execution across both strategic and operational initiatives

Please note:

• This position is based in Jurong Island
• Official Working hours: Mon - Fri, 0830 - 1700 hours

We offer you among other things:

• Special benefits and company events organized for employees
• Comprehensive group insurance plan, including dependent coverage for hospitalization
• Lunch is provided while in the terminal and company shuttle bus transport to and from Jurong East MRT

• Competitive remuneration and comprehensive benefits as Employee
• Opportunity to work in a multinational company with a strong global presence in the energy storage industry