Strategy Analyst

ArcelorMittal is the world’s leading steel and mining company, with around 168,000 employees in more than 60 countries. ArcelorMittal is the leader in all major global markets, including automotive, construction, household appliances and packaging, with leading R&D technology, as well as sizeable captive supplies of raw materials and outstanding distribution networks.

About us

As a global player and buyer of goods and services, European Procurement Organization (EPO) leverages technical excellence to develop best TCO solutions to secure the ArcelorMittal’s supply chain. Managing 28.5 $bn spend worldwide we are providing efficient and reliable services to internal customers.

The Global & European Procurement Strategy team supports each procurement category through the development of robust strategic recommendations, anticipation of market outlook scenario as well as specific strategic projects.

About the role

The Strategy Analyst Intern is a key provider of analytical and methodological support in strategic studies for EPO scope. This includes managing the interface with other functions to develop such studies. Interface includes all EPO commodities teams, lead users, regional purchasing platforms, Corporate functions (e.g. Corporate Strategy, Finance, Marketing and R/D)

The Strategy Analyst will participate in global initiatives such as benchmarking on best practices, competition watch, Procurement 4.0 Digital tools and he/she will use Market Intelligence with State-of-art Machine Learning/AI Methods,

Key Responsibilities

–      Support the development of annual strategy for EPO commodities (e.g. iron ore, solid fuels, ferro alloys and base metals, others) by providing market outlook and respective risk assessment

–      Design and develop tools for analyzing market trend anticipation for Short-term and Mid-term, which is aligned with Long-term outlook of Corporate Strategy studies. This includes Short-term forecasting models for commodity prices using AI/ML methods

–      Conduct ad-hoc projects as requested by EPO management (e.g. support to M&A specific category market outlook.

–      Develop a network of market information sources, coordinate and consolidate it with the aim of distributing a powerful tool to senior management and relevant stakeholders supporting them in the development of the strategy.

–      Understand business drivers, monitor indexes/KPIs/pricing developments, synergy plans of each assigned category (e.g. iron ore, coal, metallics, refractories, others)

–      Leverage in-house studies and ensure broader knowledge available in ArcelorMittal to fully use to support commodity teams and regional purchasing platforms. Contribute to continuous digitalization of procurement functions by monitoring external developments and active networking inside and outside AM

–      Maintain project pace and commitment of all levels in assigned projects

–      Contribute with methodologies and analytical problem-solving approaches when developing strategic studies, market/supplier analysis

–      Be an active participant and contributor to the quality, TCO and Risk assessment processes in assigned Shared Services teams

–      Take active role in challenging existing procedures/status quo with fact-based approach and facilitate deployment of best practices

–      Participate in cross-functional teams focused on efficiency improvement in procurement

–      Collect and challenge business needs with internal customers

Your profile

•       Solid knowledge/background of Economics. Engineering degree with Master’s in Economy or Economy degree with strong experience of microeconomic modeling for industrial sector

•       Experience in a global industrial organization or consultancy will be considered as an advantage

•       Experience in Machine Learning and R language knowledge will be a plus, however with openness/ability to learn such methods

•       Open-minded, willing to engage in evolving challenges and tasks

•       Strategic thinker, team worker, solid communication skills (written and verbal)

•       Ability to understand products, processes and their applications

•       High energy and self-motivation

•       Proven ability to work in multi-cultural environments

•       Experience in application of strategic/microeconomic models advantageous

•       Fluent in English. Other additional European language is appreciated.