Senior Analyst - Aluminum

About CRU: 
CRU International is a leading provider of business intelligence and consulting services in the metals, mining, and fertilizer industries. With over 50 years of experience, we offer valuable insights and analysis that help our clients make informed decisions in an ever-changing global market.

About the role:
CRU is seeking a recognized industry expert to lead and grow our aluminum casthouse service and expand analysis of aluminum semi-finished products. This role will be central to strengthening our end-use coverage across automotive and electrification, including the accelerating electric vehicle market, demand for aluminum wheels, and the shift towards megacasting.
The successful candidate will combine rigorous market analysis with commercial insight and client engagement, translating complex industry developments into market-leading research, forecasts, and actionable intelligence.

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the delivery of high-quality analysis, forecasts, and product outputs across aluminum markets and assigned services.
• Develop thought leadership on aluminum casthouse, semi-finished products, automotive, electrification, and adjacent market themes.
• Identify and contribute to cross-commodity narratives that strengthen CRU’s market coverage and client value.
• Build, maintain, and enhance proprietary datasets, methodologies, models, and other intellectual property.
• Conduct primary and secondary research, developing relationships with market, industry, and institutional contacts to generate proprietary intelligence.
• Ensure CRU’s market data and analysis remain accurate, current, credible, and commercially relevant.
• Manage production schedules and coordinate contributing analysts to deliver timely, compelling publications and ad-hoc insights.
• Partner with Service Leads and Account Managers to identify growth opportunities, support renewals, and align insights with client decision cycles.
• Lead client meetings, demonstrations, webinars, and presentations; capture feedback to inform product development, content, and modelling.
• Represent CRU at industry events, conferences, and external forums, building CRU’s reputation and profile as a trusted commodity expert.
• Build enduring relationships with key accounts and wider industry participants.
• Coach and mentor early-career analysts, supporting the development of analytical capability, sector expertise, and client-engagement skills.
• Collaborate across CRU’s global Analysis team to promote learning, knowledge sharing, integrity, excellence, and client focus.

Requirements

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree from a top-tier institution.
• Further education or certification in a subject relevant to commodity research-such as geology, economics, or engineering-is preferred.

Skills & Experience:

• More than five years’ experience in mining and metals commodity research; direct industry experience is highly advantageous.
• More than two years’ experience in industry or research roles directly related to aluminum or assigned commodities.
• Strong knowledge of aluminum markets, with the ability to assess developments in casthouse, semi-finished products, automotive, electrification, and relevant end-use sectors.
• Proven ability to gather and critically assess both qualitative and quantitative data, identify market trends and drivers, and generate distinctive insights.
• Highly numerate, with the ability to interpret, manipulate, and manage large datasets and apply mathematical concepts and processes.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate complex analysis clearly and confidently to clients and market participants.
• Demonstrated ability to develop client relationships and represent analytical expertise in commercial discussions.
• Strong understanding of the commercial drivers of a subscription business and commitment to maximizing client value and sustainable revenue growth.
• Ability to balance initiative, ownership, and delivery focus with effective collaboration across a global team.
• A creative, distinctive, and intellectually curious approach to analysis and client engagement.

Benefits

What We Offer: 

• Competitive salary and flexible benefits package. 
• Opportunities for professional growth and development as part of a global company. 
• A collaborative and supportive work environment. 
• The chance to work with industry-leading experts and over a diverse range of topics and projects.