Junior Market Intelligence Specialist

AWE is recruiting a Junior Market Intelligence Specialist to play a key part of AWE's Commercial (Supply Chain) department, monitoring and reporting on macro and micro influences, and supporting critical decision-making within the wider Procurement team.

Location: RG7 4PR, located between Reading and Basingstoke, with free onsite parking (With a plan to relocate to Green Park in Reading during summer 2025).

Package: £36,000 to £45,000 (depending on your suitability, qualifications, and level of experience)

Working pattern: AWE operates a 9-day working fortnight. We will consider flexible working requests so that your work may fit in with your lifestyle. Just let us know your preferred working pattern on your application.

Let us introduce the role

As a Junior Market Intelligence Specialist, you will sit within a close-knit team which relies on passion, knowledge and a willingness to learn to set up multi-million-pound contracts to deliver a range of procurement requirements to support the defence and security of the UK.

Working closely with the Senior Market Intelligence Specialist, this role provides essential support for the researching, monitoring and analysing of category, supplier and sector landscapes to anticipate industry developments, advancements and risks, to feed into a range of strategies and supporting material.

You will work on intelligence topics according to the road map. Proactively recognising media and industry activity to distribute to stakeholders. Inputting intelligence into stakeholders meeting and workshops.

Key elements of the role include:

1. Seek and collate data/intelligence in accordance with specific category briefs.
2. Maintain (and create) regular market intelligence reports, PESTLEs and/or newsletters.
3. Contribute to wider decision-making through quality and timely intelligence deliverables.
4. Proactively keep abreast of broader organisational and industry developments.
5. Support in the preparation of required intelligence documents for the dissemination of analysis to relevant audiences.
6. Support commercial and product strategies, specifically in relation to understanding different market dynamics.
7. Act as the subject matter expert in relation to the research tools and platforms.
8. Maintain the relationship with current suppliers of market intelligence data/platforms and primary research.
9. Support in the execution of in-depth primary industry research within specific category segments.

Who are we looking for?

This is an exciting and unique opportunity, where a variety of projects means every week is different. If you are an analyst or researcher with a natural curiosity, sound judgement and the ability to think strategically we encourage you to apply, even if you don't meet all the requirements below.

Ideally you will have experience of working within a research or intelligence role in similar organisation/industry. Working with procurement procedures, delivering multiple objectives, and familiar with SWOT, PESTLE, 5 Forces.

Experienced in secondary and/or desk research, confidence in seeking intelligence from open source resources.

We would love to hear from individuals with the following:

1. Proficient with MS Office packages, especially Excel and PowerPoint.
2. Accuracy in data analysis.
3. Strong attention to detail.
4. Numerate and able to translate and analyse data.
5. Manage multiple stakeholders and conflicting priorities.
6. Proactive approach, tackles issues before they become problems.
7. Aptitude for working in a process-led environment.
8. Market Research Society (MRS) Certificate desirable but not essential.

Some reasons we think you'll love it here:

1. AWE has wide range of benefits to suit you. These include:
2. 9-day working fortnight - meaning you get every other Friday off work, in addition to 270 hours of annual leave.
3. Market leading contributory pension scheme (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your contributions).
4. Family friendly policies: Maternity Leave - 39 Weeks Full Pay and Paternity Leave - 4 Weeks Full Pay.
5. Opportunities for Professional Career Development including funding for annual membership of a relevant professional body.
6. Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services.
7. Life Assurance (4 x annual salary).
8. Discounts - access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending.
9. Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring.

Hybrid working is available for this role on an informal, non-contractual basis. Typically 2-3 days onsite per week.