Competitive Intelligence Analyst

Division Biomaterials is looking for a Competitive Intelligence Analyst, specializing in emerging business with location in our Innovation centre for Biomaterials in Stockholm. Your role will be to support and assist business development for our innovation projects by analysing market and competitor data and identifying customer/consumer needs and market trends. Your role is key in supporting the right understanding of market segments and potential market opportunities and points of differentiation for sustainable, bio-based product solutions. Our competitive intelligence works as pool of CI specialists supporting both our current pulp business, as well as exploring new markets for our new renewable solutions replacing fossil-based materials. You will be reporting to the VP of Marketing, CI and Product Management.
Tasks
•         Proactively support the business teams in identifying and validating customer needs
•         Identify knowledge gaps and research needs and propose methods to close them
•         Create reports and market analysis to support fact-based decision-making by analysing internal and external data, consumer and customer markets, trends, macroeconomic drivers, technology development and industry information from multiple databases and market & industry sources
•         Proactively deliver business and market intelligence and information, analysing, synthesizing, and interpreting findings, in order to identify threats and opportunities to on-going development projects
•         Continuously evaluate current sources based on agreed criteria (e.g. market & industry databases, studies & reports, associations, publications, consultants, social media and conferences) and make recommendations for new sources and areas for improvement.
•         Coordinate business & market intelligence information and updates (i.e. reports, dashboards, definitions, etc) to project teams and management for periodic newsletters, internal and external presentations
•         Coordinate calls with industry experts and participate in trade exhibitions and conferences to get deeper insights
•         Participate in the development of common tools, templates and ways of working in the competitive intelligence function.
Requirements
•         BS/MS in business administration, marketing and/or natural sciences
•         At least 5 years’ experience in business intelligence/market research – if in chemical industry or with going into new markets, it is an advantage
•         Strong collaboration & interpersonal skills as well as the ability to work well in cross-cultural teams
•         Proficient in English, other languages considered an advantage
•         Excellent MS Office skills
•         Discernment and readiness to defend own views
•         Basics of financial knowledge
•         Conceptual, analytical and problem-solving skills
•         Must be detailed, precise and well organized as well as being able to see the big picture
•         A “hands-on” ambitious individual who enjoys meaningful tasks and is service-minded, but also wants to develop own work and has ideas on how to improve
•         Experience in doing quantitative and qualitative customer/consumer research and working with research agencies in B2B environment is an advantage.
Additional Information
For more information regarding the position, please contact the hiring manager Kirsi Maria Seppäläinen, VP for Marketing, CI and Product management, +358 2046 21444, or by email, kirsi.seppalainen@storaenso.com. Other questions can be directed to Recruitment Specialist Jessica Barse, jessica.barse@storaenso.com or
union reps Heikki Lotti (Unionen) +46 72-552 11 14 Heikki.lotti@storaenso.com Jesper Ekström (Akademikerna) +46 73-038 55 64
Jesper.ekstrom@storaenso.com
You are welcome to apply via Stora Enso's online system, www.storaenso.com/en/careers! We work with the recruitment process on an ongoing basis, so apply as soon as possible, but no later than March 22, 2020. Your application must include CV and a personal letter. In the personal letter, please let us know why you are suitable for this position. We accept applications submitted through our recruitment system only.
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We work actively to increase equality and ethnic diversity in the workplace and are therefore happy to see applicants contributing to this.
Part of the bioeconomy, Stora Enso is a leading global provider of renewable solutions in packaging, biomaterials, wooden constructions and paper. Our customers include packaging manufacturers, brand owners, paper and board producers, publishers, retailers, print houses, converters, and joinery and construction companies. Our fibre-based materials are renewable and recyclable. Our solutions offer low-carbon alternatives to products based on fossil fuels and other non-renewable materials. We believe that everything that is made from fossil-based materials today can be made from a tree tomorrow.
We make every effort to use 100% of a tree for our products as well as for producing bioenergy. In production, we are pushing towards carbon neutrality as much as it is technically and commercially feasible. We practice and promote sustainable forestry, and work to ensure that more trees are planted than are harvested. Stora Enso has some 26 000 employees in over 30 countries. Our sales in 2018 were EUR 10.5 billion, with an operational EBIT of EUR 1.3 billion. Stora Enso shares are listed on Nasdaq Helsinki Oy (STEAV, STERV) and Nasdaq Stockholm AB (STE A, STE R).