We began our journey in 2016, by combining a diverse range of specialist information services companies, many with decades of trusted customer relationships and deep sector specialisms. Today, we believe in the power of connectivity and operate as a single company, with more than 3,500 colleagues worldwide, delivering value for over 5,000 customers globally. The combination of deep expertise within the industries we serve and innovative mindset, are unique and fundamental to ongoing success of our business. Our ESG strategy is guided by our company values of courage, curiosity and collaboration which helps to drive our success to manage our position and portfolios effectively to strategically deliver our clients opportunities and support local communities both financially and through employee volunteering. Headquarters in London, with offices across the UK, US, Dubai, India and Australia, GlobalData serves a worldwide customer base with progressive solutions of the highest quality. Description An opportunity to join GlobalData’s European light vehicle powertrain practice at a time when the industry is undergoing its most significant transition to new technology in more than 100 years. Based at the Oxford, UK offices, but with hybrid working available, the successful candidate will become an integral member of an established team responsible for tracking, forecasting and communicating powertrain and electrification trends at a detailed level. In recent times, this area has been the fastest-growing discipline within GlobalData’s Automotive Intelligence Centre and offers great scope for career progression for the right individual. As the industry shifts to electrification, powertrain is becoming a bigger share of the value of a new vehicle, often exceeding 50% and driving huge investment decisions in the sector. We are looking for an industry professional who will help guide our activities in this area, is fascinated by what lies ‘under the bonnet’ and can help us to interpret the impact of technical and regulatory events for our extensive client list. Working closely not only with the powertrain and vehicle forecasting team in Oxford, but also with teams in other regions, you will have the opportunity to use your analytical skill to the maximum in the pursuit of industry-leading research and forecasting services. Key Responsibilities - Reporting to the Director, Global Powertrain, you will: - Play a leading role in the delivery of bestin-class pan-Europe LV powertrain/electrification forecasts, reports and intelligence via research and analysis of data plus technical, regulatory and demand trends. - Use all available sector information and research activities to help the team prioritise tasks and predict the impact of such information on the panEuropean powertrain and electrification fitment and sales forecasts. - Be extremely inquisitive about emerging technical trends and what they may mean for powertrain forecasts. - Assist in the preparation of regional powertrain reports & forecast deliverables on a monthly/quarterly basis. - Work with local/global teams to ensure quality in European forecasts and consistency with global output. - Manage your own research independently, with necessary input from colleagues and senior managers. - Support clients as necessary in activities including, but not limited to, answering client questions, conducting client briefings and participating in webinar presentations to the client base.  - Work with the BD team as required to support the sales, marketing and consulting efforts of the company. - Strong research skills, and ability and interest in working with large databases and numerical systems. - Strong database skills and proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, in particular Excel and PowerPoint. - Good organizational and time management skills, capable of working independently, multitasking, effectively prioritising, delivering on time and leadership potential. - The ability to discover, analyse, assess and interpret relevant information. - The ability to recognise key issues, threats, and trends across the automotive powertrain sector. - A willingness to demonstrable flexibility with the ability to creatively problemsolve. - Strong relationship building skills, able to build up connections both within GlobalData and in the industry to facilitate indepth research. - Excellent spoken and written English with the ability to communicate findings and ideas. - Bachelor’s degree or above. Preferably in engineering or automotiverelated discipline. - Several years of experience working in an automotive or associated analytical role. - Experience in automotive research or market intelligence in the European or global automotive industry would be seen as highly advantageous