Why explore
- Key role in the Market Analysis team and broader Rio Tinto organisation
- Work closely with internal and external networks for a holistic view of market trends
- An opportunity to develop your career within a global organisation
- Based in Singapore, a global commercial hub for Rio Tinto
The Market Analysis team sits in the central Commercial Market Analysis team and is responsible for generating short-to-medium term market insights (up-to 5 years). This incorporates supply and competitor analysis; demand forecasts (including downstream sectors); trading support; and price forecasting. The team focus is to leverage these insights and analysis to support Commercial decision-making and generate value across Sales & Marketing, Procurement and Marine & Logistics. The Market Analysis team also provide short-to-medium term market context and commodity price forecasts across the Group.
We are looking for a
Senior Advisor Market Analysis to join a high performing team, focus on procurement, labour and logistics market analysis and collaborate with multiple stakeholders to draw commercial insights.
Reporting to the Senior Manager, Procurement, Marine & Logistics Market Analysis, you will
- Deepen and broaden our understanding of procurement, logistics and associated markets.
- Deliver insights to the Procurement and Commercial Operations teams to improve commercial outcomes, e.g. trading and negotiation support, supplier and competitor intel, price forecasts, tools, models and scenarios.
- Advise on contractual benchmarks and market-based reference points to support procurement negotiation strategies and ensure alignment with prevailing market conditions.
- Develop and maintain regular research using our vast array of external research and internal datasets to draw market conclusions that will affect many parts of our business.
- Collect, synthesize, analyse and interpret information and data to forecast industrial performance; underpinned by a robust and transparent set of methodologies.
- Collaborate with other Market Analysis teams to coordinate price forecast updates, draw cross-commodity insights, and share best-practice.
About You
To be successfully considered for this role, you will have
- University degree in either economics, technical or commercial discipline.
- At least 5 years of relevant experience.
- Proven ability to synthesize a narrative and generate high quality reports.
- Advanced fluent written and spoken English.
- Proven relevant experience and analytical skills with the ability to critically analyse data and identify trends and key drivers.
- Proven ability to work well in a team environment with excellent interpersonal skills.
- Managing, maintaining and redesigning complex Excel models.
- Automated data visualisation reports in Power BI.
- Ability to advise senior stakeholders and influence views via a fact based/informed approach.
What We Offer
Be recognised for your contribution, your thinking and your hard work, and go home knowing you've helped the world progress.
- A work environment where safety is always the number one priority
- A competitive salary package with annual cash incentive awards for eligible employees
- Career development & education assistance to further your ambitions
- Access top tier family-friendly health and medical programs and pension plan
- Wellbeing benefits
- Generous Rio Tinto employee share program
- Employee Assistance Program
- Ongoing individual wellbeing support for you and your family for personal and professional matter
- Leave for all of life's reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental, sick leave)
Where you will be working
Our Commercial function at Rio Tinto connects our product groups, customers and suppliers from mine to market. We bring together Sales & Marketing and Trading (Sell), Global Procurement (Buy), and Marine & Logistics (Move) to buy, sell and move the materials the world needs, by partnering across the value chain to optimise outcomes for our customers and the Group. Headquartered in our global Commercial hub in Singapore, and with a strong presence in Chicago, Frankfurt, Antwerp and across Asia in Beijing, Shanghai, Tokyo and Seoul, we work as one team to deliver customer centric value, safely and sustainably.
Work at the heart of our global Commercial hub in Singapore, partnering cross‑functionally across Buy, Sell and Move to shape strategy and deliver mine‑to‑market value around the world.
Application Deadline 9 April 2026 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove job postings prior to the stated closing date)
Please note, in order to be successfully considered for this role you must complete all pre-screening questions.
Rio Tinto does not accept unsolicited CVs or candidate profiles from recruiters or employment agencies. Rio Tinto will not consider or agree to payment of any referral compensation or recruiter fee relating to unsolicited CVs or candidate profiles. Rio Tinto reserves the right to hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. Any unsolicited CVs or candidate profiles, including those submitted to hiring managers, are deemed to be the property of Rio Tinto.
About Rio Tinto
Rio Tinto is a leading global mining and materials company. We operate in 35 countries where we produce iron ore, copper, aluminium, critical minerals, and other materials needed for the global energy transition and for people, communities, and nations to thrive.
We have been mining for 150 years and operate with knowledge built up across generations and continents. Our purpose is finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs – striving for innovation and continuous improvement to produce materials with low emissions and to the right environmental, social and governance standards. But we can't do it on our own, so we're focused on creating partnerships to solve problems, create win-win situations and meet opportunities.
Respect and Inclusion
At Rio Tinto, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, women, the LGBTQIA+ community, mature workers, people with disabilities and people from different cultural backgrounds.
We are committed to an inclusive environment where people feel comfortable to be themselves. We want our people to feel that all voices are heard, all cultures respected and that a variety of perspectives are not only welcome – they are essential to our success. We treat each other fairly and with dignity regardless of race, gender, nationality, ethnic origin, religion, age, sexual orientation or anything else that makes us different.
