Market Analysis Specialist
Company: Smiths Group
Role summary
Market Analysis Specialist is a role at Smiths Group in Slough, England, United Kingdom (on-site). Posted 2026-09-08. Experience level: 2-5.
- Job title
- Market Analysis Specialist
- Company
- Smiths Group
- Location
- Slough, England, United Kingdom
- Work arrangement
- on-site
- Category
- Trades & Construction
- Experience level
- 2-5
- Date posted
- 2026-09-08
Smiths Group is looking for a sharp Market Analysis Specialist to join their team full-time. This is a fantastic opportunity to dive deep into market trends and provide essential insights that drive business strategy. It's a great role for someone who enjoys research and analysis, with room to grow within the company.
Job description
Company Description
John Crane, a business of Smiths Group, is a global leader in mission-critical flow control solutions for energy and process industries that enable efficient and sustainable operations. Our products include mechanical seals and systems, couplings, bearings, filtration systems, and predictive digital monitoring technologies.
We have a global network of more than 200 sites in over 50 countries and employ more than 6,000 people worldwide. We partner with our customers to help them keep their operations safe, reduce downtime, improve efficiency, and meet the latest environmental standards.
John Crane is part of Smiths Group. For over 170 years, Smiths has been pioneering progress by engineering for a better future. We serve millions of people every year, helping to create a safer, more efficient, productive, and better-connected world across four global markets: energy, security & defence, space & aerospace, and general industrial. Listed on the London Stock Exchange, Smiths employs approximately 16,000 colleagues in over 50 countries
Job Description
The market analyst will be responsible for driving energy transition segment market evaluations and supporting our business strategy development with a focus on providing key market intelligence and analytics.
You will conduct market analyses across current and emerging energy transition segments such as LNG, nuclear, bioenergy / e-fuels, renewables, energy storage, etc. The focus will be on understanding potential market development pathways, market size / growth / profitability for John Crane, impact on our existing portfolio of products / business, and potential technology evolution pathways.
You will be supporting the annual Strategic Plan process, with a focus on compiling and synthesizing various market intelligence and initiatives into a holistic plan. Where applicable, you will also support some of these strategic initiatives, providing market data and insights. Working very closely with the John Crane Strategy, Portfolio, Sales, and Engineering / R&D teams to share market intelligence and to provide deeper knowledge on market developments, trends, and impact on the business.
John Crane is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to crafting an inclusive environment for all employees.
New market segment evaluation, working closely with the Strategy, Portfolio, and Sales team:
Evaluate new market segments including market intelligence on market size, growth, technology implications and impact on John Crane
Actively assess competitor moves, strategies, and financials
Develop market models to support overall market assessment and growth strategy
Support key Energy Transition business strategy and M&A efforts
Support annual Strategic Plan efforts including synthesizing key results, financial plans, and implementation roadmaps
Working closely with JC Strategy team, support development of Energy Transition Solutions adjacency and M&A opportunities, including strategic rationale, fit with JC, and financial models to evaluate targets including developing financial forecasts & synergy models.
Support relevant Energy Transition business initiative efforts
Work with Strategy, Portfolios, Marketing, and Commercial teams to support on-going business initiatives with a focus on gathering, synthesizing and sharing market data
Work with team to develop implementation plans, monitoring tools in support of execution
Actively promote knowledge sharing and cascading of market intelligence, data, and tools into the broader John Crane organization to build capabilities and skill-sets
Qualifications
Strong analytical skills, including advanced Excel knowledge
2 – 5 years’ experience in a similar role, with demonstrated practical knowledge of driving analytical assessment of complex problems and translating analysis into actionable recommendations
Prior experience working in a strategy consulting firm on or a B2B industrial company
Experience and knowledge in energy transition, sustainability, decarbonization, etc. is a plus
Experience in market analytics, ability to perform key analysis around market sizing, assessing trends in the market, segmentation, identifying market opportunities, working with and manipulating quantitative data
An ability to work within a matrix organization across multi-functional teams
Comfortable working with and influencing a diverse group of people and stakeholders
Must display a can-do attitude and strong collaboration skills.
Good written and verbal communication skills, a proficiency in MS Office
An analytical undergraduate degree (Engineering, Science, Economics) helpful but not required.
Additional Information
With colleagues stretching across the globe, we are proud of our diversity. To foster inclusivity, we run employee resource groups (ERGs) to provide a safe space for employees to connect and support each other. Our cross-business ERGs include Veterans, Pride Network, Black Employee Network, Women@Work Network, and Neurodiversity.
Across our company, we recognize excellence, culminating in the Smiths Excellence Awards, our annual celebration of the most extraordinary activities, people, and projects that best showcase our strengths and help drive our business forward. We announce these on our annual Smiths Day, a global celebration of Smiths around our network.
Join us for a great career with competitive compensation and benefits, while helping engineer a better future.
We believe that different perspectives and backgrounds are what make a company flourish. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment regardless of color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, economic status, disability, age, or any other legally protected characteristics. We are proud to be an inclusive company with values grounded in equali