Business Decision Analyst

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Basic Function

As a Strategy Analyst, this position provides strategic business solutions, market data analysis, and business case packages for the APS Regional Business Segment leaders with commercial, economic, market, industry, customer, and technology analysis necessary to drive ever-better business performance.  
The role provides comprehensive business case development and support for evaluating and delivering improvements related to commercial opportunities, market/ product/ customer profitability, capital projects, revenue growth/cost reduction, trade flows, and industry data compilation/ analysis/ visualization. The incumbent serves as the focal point for the annual long range, aligning segment strategic plans, evaluating opportunities and risks, and tracking the performance improvement progress.  Innovative data analysis thru various digital tools and applications are performed collaboratively to provide the business with direction for making impactful decisions. 
The Americas region has multiple team members with business segment and subregion assignments being divided among the APS Strategy team.  The Americas positions are based in Houston at the LyondellBasell Tower to support commercial activities across United States, Canada, Mexico, and Brazil. The holistic APS Strategy and Digital Intelligence team has a global footprint with members located in the Americas, Europe, Asia and interact routinely.

Roles & Responsibilities

•    Provide divisional business segment profitability performance related to customers, markets, and products determining how margins and volumes are driving business performance.
•    Provide analysis of market drivers which underpin assumptions for capacity growth and LYB’s internal economic basis for the various planning and decision-making processes.
•    Generate required documentation and business justification for any expansion plans or capital projects.  This includes required documentation for “Authorization for Feasibility”, “Authorization for Development” and “Authorization for Execution” processes which include the completion of an excel spreadsheet “Discounted Cash Flow” (DCF) financial model and PowerPoint business case for the project.
•    Perform the annual Long Range Plan process on divisional business segment level in cooperation with Marketing, Business Development, Asset Management and FP&A
•    Support APS Transformation Office for Value Enhancement Program (VEP) regional and segment initiative development and execution to deliver results for business profitability and growth. 
•    Generate Routine Business Performance Reports to provide quantitative analysis on customers and market trends to business groups. 
•    Data Analytics utilizing Power BI, Analyze in Excel, and other digital applications to combine multiple datasets into cross-sectional analysis providing advanced level of direction and solutions for the commercial organization.   
•    Support with coordination and leadership of teams to improve commercial practices and processes including pricing, freight analysis, order builds, market attributes and end uses.
•    Assist in the development of executive review presentations, project economics, strategy reviews, sales and market reviews, etc. 
•    Complete Ad-Hoc Analysis as assigned by Business Leads with short lead times.
•    Participating in cross functional teams with Business, Sales, Finance, Asset Management, IT, Manufacturing, Accounting, and Other Support Functions to solve business problems.  

Qualifications

•    Bachelor’s degree or higher qualification in engineering, supply chain management, or financial / business field; MBA preferred.  
•    Eight years or more relevant work experience. If work experience is in engineering (versus Financial or Commercial) 1-2 years of Commercial Experience, Financial Reporting Experience or MBA Required.
•    Understanding of corporate finance, financial modeling, and analytical tools (IRR, NPV, payback, EVA, etc.) 
•    Strong analytical, evaluation, and judgment skills – Ability to handle ambiguous analytical and evaluation assignments.
•    Digital Data Analytics capabilities strongly preferred, understanding abilities to work across tools including Microsoft Azure, Power BI, Excel, SAP, and Analysis for Office to model to solve complex business problems.
•    Excellent verbal, written and presentation skills. Spanish and/or Portuguese language proficiency preferred.
•    Interpersonal skills necessary to work effectively as a team member and achieve results through the collaboration with other people both within and outside of the immediate organization.
•    Willingness for some travel to attend commercial meetings or other team meetings.

Critical Competencies

•    Analytical / Results Oriented – Ability to anal