Chemical Market Analyst

About the role

American Bath Group (ABG) is one of North America's largest manufacturers of bathing and shower products, serving residential, commercial, hospitality, and builder markets through a portfolio of industry-leading brands. With manufacturing operations across North America, ABG is committed to operational excellence, strategic sourcing, and continuous improvement. As our business continues to grow, we're investing in market intelligence capabilities that strengthen our supply chain and create competitive advantage.

What You'll Do

• Analyze petrochemical, resin, feedstock, and commodity markets to identify pricing trends and emerging risks.
• Monitor supply disruptions, force majeure events, geopolitical developments, and capacity changes affecting chemical markets.
• Validate supplier price increase requests using market intelligence, contract formulas, and independent analysis.
• Build and maintain resin cost models, forecasting tools, historical pricing databases, and analytical dashboards.
• Deliver 30-, 60-, 90-day and quarterly forecasts for key chemical and resin markets.
• Produce executive-ready market intelligence reports that support sourcing and strategic planning.
• Partner with Supply Chain, Engineering, Manufacturing, and Finance to improve sourcing decisions.
• Support supplier negotiations with objective market data and pricing recommendations.
• Evaluate domestic and global sourcing alternatives to reduce cost and supply risk.
• Continuously monitor global chemical, energy, and commodity markets to identify commercial opportunities before they impact the business.

What Success Looks Like

• Independently validate supplier pricing using objective market evidence.
• Improve confidence in resin cost forecasting.
• Support stronger supplier negotiations through fact-based commercial recommendations.
• Develop repeatable forecasting tools and pricing models.
• Identify supply risks before they impact operations.
• Deliver executive-ready market intelligence that directly influences sourcing strategy.
• Help create measurable enterprise value through improved purchasing decisions and reduced supply risk.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Economics, Supply Chain, Business, or a related field.
• 3–10+ years of experience in chemical market intelligence, commodity analysis, petrochemical procurement, strategic sourcing, pricing analysis, or a related discipline.
• Strong understanding of petrochemical value chains, resin manufacturing, feedstocks, commodity pricing, and chemical market dynamics.
• Demonstrated ability to turn market information into business decisions that improve sourcing strategy, supplier negotiations, forecasting, or cost management.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including financial modeling, forecasting, cost modeling, and scenario analysis.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present complex information to business leaders.
• Ability to work independently in a remote environment while managing multiple priorities.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience using ICIS, CMA, Orbichem, Argus, CDI, Tecnon OrbiChem, or similar chemical pricing platforms.
• Experience with thermoset resins, acrylic resins, composites, polymers, specialty chemicals, or feedstocks.
• Contract pricing validation or pricing audit experience.
• Global sourcing or commodity risk management experience.
• Experience supporting multi-site manufacturing organizations.
• Master's degree or MBA.