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About Us

About Us

OPIS, a Dow Jones company, provides price transparency across the global supply chain so that all stakeholders can buy and sell energy commodities with confidence. We provide transparent price assessments, real-time news, powerful analytics, and educational and networking events.Oil, gas, and fuel markets rely on Dow Jones spot benchmarks in refined products, NGLs and LPG, ethanol and biofuels, refinery feedstocks, and petrochemicals.

Your Role.  You will be a key member in the OPIS Europe Spots team, covering markets to produce price assessments, news, and intelligence for daily publication.  Key responsibilities include:

• Accumulate spot market price transactions from industry participants via instant messaging, phone, and email. Verify the legitimacy of the transactions and adhere to OPIS pricing methodology to create daily price assessments.
• Developing and cultivating a range of industry sources.
• Generating stories for real-time news service as well as longer, more analytical content focusing on industry trends and emerging issues.
• Support the regional and global team in promoting price assessments to the marketplace, to allow them to be accepted and used as benchmark references.
• Developing new markets and products.
• Occasional travel.

About YouKey Qualifications and Skills:

• Ideally a minimum of 3 years price reporting experience, preferably in the Energy sector or equivalent industry.
• Strong communication, writing, and networking skills, with the ability to work under tight deadlines with accuracy and attention to detail.
• Knowledge of jet, diesel or biofuels and renewable markets in Europe is ideal, though you should have the curiosity and willingness to learn about industry trends and be able to break down sometimes complex regulatory and market issues into accurate and easily understood content.
• Ideally a minimum Bachelor's degree or equivalent standard.
• Excellent knowledge of Excel spreadsheets.
• Knowledge of market dynamics, price drivers, and price reporting functions in the energy industry. Ability to analyze data and market drivers quickly.
• Ability for business development and market engagement. Familiarity with existing industry contacts is a plus.
• Experience with PowerBI, Tableau, or Python is desirable.
• Additional languages would be beneficial.
• We are open to candidates from other locations like Germany, France, Romania etc.

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Business Area: OPIS

Job Category: News/Editorial Group

Req ID: 31132