Associate Director, Strategy and Benchmark Advocacy

**About the Role**:
**Grade Level (for internal use)**: 12
**About the Role**:
The Associate Director of Strategy and Benchmark Advocacy will focus on advancing benchmark advocacy within the metals and agriculture sectors across strategic markets. In this collaborative role, the Associate Director will lead discussions with customers of S&P Global Commodity Insights to promote the adoption and widespread use of Platts benchmarks within their operations. This position will involve close collaboration with pricing teams, broader Commodity Insights content teams, and commercial teams to effectively position and integrate Platts benchmarks into customer workflows.
**The Team**:
**Responsibilities and Impact**:
Collaborate with regional commercial leadership to develop strategies that drive growth and achieve successful commercial outcomes for Commodity Insights' portfolio.
Strengthen the standing of established benchmarks and promote the adoption of emerging benchmarks, along with the extensive Market Insights offering.
Partner with Commodity Insights' customers to understand relevant workflows and use cases for appropriate Platts benchmarks, while supporting existing and evolving customer needs.
Develop strong relationships within the market, engage with strategic entities, and support partnerships, tenders, RFPs, and other activities that integrate Commodity Insights offerings into customer workflows and enhance institutional usage.
Ensure that market opportunities are adequately addressed by utilizing Commodity Insights' combined expertise and extensive capabilities.
Support relevant cross-functional initiatives and take a lead role in executing strategic projects.
Ability to travel up to 50%
**Basic Required Qualifications**:
Expert knowledge of commodity sectors, market segments, and the use of price benchmarks.
A strategic mindset with strong analytical and problem-solving skills, accompanied by a willingness to learn and collaborate.
Strong commercial acumen and negotiation skills, with a proven track record of engaging with various parties, including senior internal and external stakeholders.
Excellent communication, diplomacy, and influencing skills, with the ability to partner effectively across teams and functions.
**Additional Preferred Qualifications**:
Self-starter with a capacity for quick learning.
A mindset focused on reflecting and improving the quality and efficiency of work.
Proficiency in one or more Asian languages.
Ability to work with diverse datasets and models, along with strong data visualization and presentation skills.
About S&P Global Commodity Insights
At S&P Global Commodity Insights, our complete view of global energy and commodities markets enables our customers to make decisions with conviction and create long-term, sustainable value.
We're a trusted connector that brings together thought leaders, market participants, governments, and regulators to co-create solutions that lead to progress. Vital to navigating Energy Transition, S&P Global Commodity Insights' coverage includes oil and gas, power, chemicals, metals, agriculture and shipping.
S&P Global Commodity Insights is a division of S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI). S&P Global is the world's foremost provider of credit ratings, benchmarks, analytics and workflow solutions in the global capital, commodity and automotive markets. With every one of our offerings, we help many of the world's leading organizations navigate the economic landscape so they can plan for tomorrow, today.
What's In It For You?
**Our Purpose**:
Progress is not a self-starter. It requires a catalyst to be set in motion. Information, imagination, people, technology-the right combination can unlock possibility and change the world.
Our world is in transition and getting more complex by the day. We push past expected observations and seek out new levels of understanding so that we can help companies, governments and individuals make an impact on tomorrow. At S&P Global we transform data into Essential Intelligence, pinpointing risks and opening possibilities. We Accelerate Progress.
**Our People**:
We're more than 35,000 strong worldwide—so we're able to understand nuances while having a broad perspective. Our team is driven by curiosity and a shared belief that Essential Intelligence can help build a more prosperous future for us all.
**Our Values**:
Integrity, Discovery, Partnership
At S&P Global, we focus on Powering Global Markets. Throughout our history, the world's leading organizations have relied on us for the Essential Intelligence they need to make confident decisions about the road ahead. We start with a foundation of integrity in all we do, bring a spirit of discovery to our work, and collaborate in close partnership with each other and our customers to achieve shared goals.
**Benefits**:
We take care of you, so you can take care of business. We care about our people. That's why we provide everything you—and your career—need to thrive at S&P Global.

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