Category Intelligence Associate at Hyster-Yale Lift Trucks

About The Role

Market Research Experience
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Well versed with Excel and PowerPoint skills.
Knowledge of Power BI or Tableau would be a plus.
Ability to gather, analyze, and present information.
Able to communicate with the stakeholders.
Self-starter with strong ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
Experience with or willingness to learn and adopt AI-enabled tools (e.g., Microsoft Copilot) to improve research, analysis, and productivity.
Experience with AI-assisted research, automation, or agent development is preferred but not mandatory.

Conduct research using both systematic and intuitive secondary research techniques.
Monitor the market and facilitate insightful qualitative, quantitative, and strategic analysis to the stakeholders through a well-documented report.
Regularly track pricing for various commodities and should be able to provide an in-depth analysis and reasoning for the price fluctuations.
Identify potential suppliers by understanding stakeholders’ exact requirements and provide risk assessment for the same.
Develop market analysis to illustrate market size/share/growth globally and by region for key product/commodity/markets.
To interpret global macro-economic factors which impact economics, politics, and business environment in general.
Support ad-hoc requests – understanding, prioritizing, and providing analysis within stipulated timeframe.
Explore opportunities to apply AI and automation tools to improve efficiency, insight generation, and reporting quality.