Senior Manager, Market Analysis – Cross Commodity

Why explore

• Key role in the Market Analysis team and broader Rio Tinto organization

• Lead a team that works closely with internal and external networks with a holistic view of macroeconomic analysis and commodity markets

• Gain exposure across our global commercial business

• Based in Singapore, a global commercial hub for Rio Tinto

About the role

The Cross-Commodity 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 Manager, Market Analysis – Cross Commodity to join a high performing team, support cash generation and business growth through market insight, and inform Commercial Strategy.

Reporting to the General Manager Strategy & Market Analysis, you will:

• Deepen and broaden our understanding of global and regional macroeconomic and industrial sector trends.

• Develop and maintain regular research using our vast array of external research and internal datasets to draw market conclusions that affect most parts of our business.

• Monitor market development and industrial and trade policy and keep the broader Market Analysis and Strategy teams and extended stakeholder group informed of changes/news/intelligence, as appropriate.

• Support multiple stakeholders, including Group Finance and Investor Relations, to deliver market updates for senior management and external reporting.

• Collaborate with other Market Analysis teams to draw cross-commodity insights and share best practices; additionally collaborate with Economics teams to bridge with long run analysis.

• Manage subscription budget, procurement and vendor relationships, providing improved centralised view on subscriptions across Commercial

• Be armed with resources and provide strong leadership and develop capability in the team to achieve the above goals.

About you

To be successfully considered for this role, you will have:

• University degree in either economics, technical or commercial discipline.

• Minimum 10 years relevant experience within a commodity focused MNC or metals and mining industry.

• Deep understanding of economics, industrial trends and global commodity markets.

• Proven relevant experience and analytical skills with the ability to critically analyze data and identify trends and key drivers.

• Proven ability to present concepts and results clearly.

• Excellent and proven project management skills.

• Proven ability to lead a team and develop capabilities to achieve results.

• A proven ability to further develop existing relationships with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.

• Experience working in an international setting will be an advantage.

• Excellent IT skills including the use of MS Office and Power BI.

• Advanced written and spoken English.

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: 20 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.

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