Job Description – Associate/Analyst (Steel Market)

Experience: 3–5 Years

Role Overview

The Analyst – Steel Market will be responsible for tracking steel markets, conducting primary and secondary research, assessing prices, and developing market intelligence across various steel products. The role involves extensive interaction with steel manufacturers, service centers, traders, distributors, stockists, and end-users to generate accurate pricing benchmarks and insightful market reports.

Key Responsibilities

- Responsible for rigorous market liaisoning, data collection, and query activities related to deriving accurate and realistic steel commodity prices across regions and product categories.
- Track and analyse steel market dynamics, including prices, demand-supply trends, production, capacity utilization, imports, exports, and other key market indicators.
- Ensure adherence to IOSCO principles with respect to pricing transparency, pricing methodology, audit trails, escalation mechanisms, and client grievance handling processes.
- Develop and maintain robust pricing methodologies and benchmark assessments through continuous interaction with steel manufacturers, traders, distributors, stockists, service centers, processors, and institutional buyers.
- Develop high-quality market intelligence content, including daily market updates, weekly insights, analytical articles, demand outlooks, and industry reports.
- Ensure continuous adherence to Content Development Guidelines (CoDeG) through periodic quality audits and implementation of corrective measures wherever required.
- Prepare and publish periodic reports covering steel prices, production trends, capacity additions, infrastructure and construction demand, automotive demand, raw material developments, and trade flows.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with key market participants and continuously expand the network across domestic and international markets.




- Identify and onboard new pricing contributors and market participants to strengthen benchmark coverage and improve data quality.
- Support clients by resolving market-related queries through accurate market interpretation and analytical insights.
- Attend client meetings and product demonstrations to explain pricing methodologies, market assessments, dashboards, and research offerings.
- Support customer engagement initiatives through market snippets, presentations, webinars, vlogs, and industry-focused content.
- Coordinate with research, consulting, and sales teams for customized research assignments and client deliverables.
- Maintain pricing databases, dashboards, and market trackers with high accuracy and timely updates.
- Continuously monitor competitor activities, pricing movements, policy changes, and industry developments to strengthen market intelligence capabilities.

Key Responsibilities

- Track daily steel prices, market movements, and supply-demand trends.
- Conduct primary and secondary market research.
- Interact with steel manufacturers, traders, distributors, stockists, service centers, processors, and end-users for market intelligence.
- Collect, verify, and analyse pricing and market data from industry participants.
- Prepare daily, weekly, and monthly market reports, price assessments, and analytical insights.
- Monitor industry developments, government policies, infrastructure projects, and international trade trends.
- Maintain databases, dashboards, and commodity trackers.
- Support senior researchers in market forecasts and consulting assignments.

Skills Required

- Strong analytical and quantitative skills.
- Excellent communication and networking abilities.
- Strong report writing and market interpretation skills.




- Knowledge of the steel industry, commodity markets, and industrial value chains.
- Proficiency in MS Excel and PowerPoint.
- Ability to analyse large datasets and derive meaningful market insights.
- Strong stakeholder management and relationship-building skills.

Who Can Apply

We welcome applications from professionals with 3–5 years of relevant experience who have exposure to the steel industry, particularly in market-facing, commercial, procurement, or research roles.

Suitable candidates may include:

- Professionals currently working in steel procurement for construction companies, infrastructure firms, EPC companies, manufacturing organizations, automotive companies, or engineering firms.
- Candidates from B2B sales of steel products such as TMT bars, structural steel, hot rolled (HR), cold rolled (CR), galvanized steel (GI), stainless steel, pipes, tubes, or flat products.
- Professionals involved in primary market research, commodity research, price reporting, or market intelligence within the steel industry.
- Candidates with hands-on experience conducting primary research by interacting with steel manufacturers, traders, distributors, stockists, service centers, fabricators, processors, and institutional buyers to gather pricing and market intelligence.
- Individuals working in steel trading, sourcing, distribution, supply chain, or commercial functions.
- Professionals experienced in collecting, validating, and analysing pricing data, preparing market reports, and tracking steel demand-supply trends.

Preferred Profile

- Good understanding of the steel industry, pricing mechanisms, and market dynamics.
- Experience in primary research, commodity price assessment, or market intelligence is highly preferred.
- Robust analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
- Proficiency in MS Excel and PowerPoint.
- Ability to interpret market trends and present actionable insights through reports and presentations.

📌 Research Associate/Analyst (Steel Market) (Raipur)
🏢 BigMint Technologies Private
📍 Raipur