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Dry Bulk Market Data Analyst

Kpler
Full-time
On-site
Houston, United States
At Kpler, we are dedicated to helping our clients navigate complex markets with ease. By simplifying global trade information and providing valuable insights, we empower organisations to make informed decisions in commodities, energy, and maritime sectors.

Since our founding in 2014, we have focused on delivering top-tier intelligence through user-friendly platforms. Our team of over 500 experts from 35+ countries works tirelessly to transform intricate data into actionable strategies, ensuring our clients stay ahead in a dynamic market landscape. Join us to leverage cutting-edge innovation for impactful results and experience unparalleled support on your journey to success.


Your future position
Kpler provides the most comprehensive tracking of commodity flows in dry bulk, and we are rapidly expanding it. Our portfolio covers critical commodities that are integral to global energy and food security, such as thermal coal and grains, those essential for industrialization, including iron ore, metallurgical coal, and aluminium as well as the energy transition (copper and nickel). As part of our market data operations team, you'll play a vital role in driving the advancement of our offerings. Your contributions will be instrumental in ensuring our clients receive accurate and reliable data, empowering them to navigate intricate market dynamics and capitalise on emerging opportunities with confidence.

Your mission is to:

    • Own Quality: Take charge of specific regions and product groups and ensure the highest standard of data quality, by reviewing internal constraints and ingesting data from external sources.
    • Continuous improvement: Identify technology and process improvements to efficiently and effectively process data and improve the data accuracy of our seaborne flows.
    • Monitor market news and developments, to first extract meaningful patterns and detect new trends and then support our product managers by providing evidence to improve business rules and algorithms.
    • Draft fast-response analysis to ad-hoc requests from clients (emails, chats, video calls and in-person meetings) and assist the sales and customer success teams in meeting clients’ data needs and optimise client engagement by adding further improvements to our internal system.

It will be a match if you are or have:

    • Experience working with large, disparate and/or unstructured data sets (advanced Excel and SQL skills and Python knowledge would be a plus).
    • Prior experience in shipping and trading, with knowledge of dry bulk commodity markets.
    • You have proven experience integrating data and ease with working with databases.
    • You have experience working with some of the following tools: JIRA, Postman, Tableau, Appsmith, Rundeck, Slack.
    • You show willingness to learn, are a team player, quick learner, and able to work within short deadlines across multiple tasks.
    • You have the ability to work and communicate in an international cross-cultural environment, with a strong focus on providing solutions.
    • You are comfortable working with ambiguity and uncovering answers to complex product development questions.
We are a dynamic company dedicated to nurturing connections and innovating solutions to tackle market challenges head-on. If you thrive on customer satisfaction and turning ideas into reality, then you’ve found your ideal destination. Are you ready to embark on this exciting journey with us?

We make things happen
We act decisively and with purpose, going the extra mile.

We build
together
We foster relationships and develop creative solutions to address market challenges.

We are here to help
We are accessible and supportive to colleagues and clients with a friendly approach.


Our People Pledge

Don’t meet every single requirement? Research shows that women and people of color are less likely than others to apply if they feel like they don’t match 100% of the job requirements. Don’t let the confidence gap stand in your way, we’d love to hear from you! We understand that experience comes in many different forms and are dedicated to adding new perspectives to the team.

Kpler is committed to providing a fair, inclusive and diverse work-environment. We believe that different perspectives lead to better ideas, and better ideas allow us to better understand the needs and interests of our diverse, global community. We welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives and are an equal opportunity employer.



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