Market Intelligence Analyst

Recurring Deliverables & Market Reporting

• Author and publish fixed-cadence outputs, including a Monthly Export Newsletter for external shippers and internal Sales, and a Weekly Intel Digest.
• Produce the comprehensive Quarterly Market Update (Internal & External Webinar versions), encompassing economic outlooks and sea freight analysis.
• Maintain and refresh the internal MI Data Dashboard monthly, aggregating macro indicators (GDP, PMI, inflation, retail sales) across 9 core geographies.
• Execute weekly manual updates of rate and index pulls to maintain continuous historical data series.

Strategic Analysis & Geopolitical Scenarios

• Maintain live forward-looking frameworks, including trigger forward calendars and comprehensive trigger playbooks.
• Conduct deep-dive market-entry and lane assessments evaluating dimensions like consolidation, agency restarts, and FTA campaigns.

Cross-Functional Enablement & Crisis Management

• Provide continuous operational and enablement support for Marketing, Sales, Operations, Legal, and Finance.
• Manage ad-hoc crisis communications, such as the Middle East crisis page updates, bilingual notice templates, and customer FAQs regarding major disruptions.

Required Skills and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Business, Supply Chain or a related analytical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 2+ years in market intelligence, market research, or business or commercial analysis, ideally in a B2B environment.
• Strong B2B commercial sense: you understand supplier and customer dynamics and can see how market events affect rates, volumes and customer relationships.
• Experience gathering and checking information from many sources (websites, industry reports, news, financial results) and turning it into clear, accurate insight.
• Confident everyday use of AI tools (e.g. Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini) to work faster, with the discipline to fact-check and add your own judgement.
• Solid Excel / Google Sheets skills and comfort with numbers, trends and indices.
• Clear, concise communication in English, with the ability to explain complex developments simply to internal teams and customers.
• A curious, proactive mindset. You notice the small signals others miss and explain what they mean for the business.

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Experience in freight forwarding, container shipping or wider logistics.
• Familiarity with freight market data sources (e.g. SCFI, Drewry WCI, Freightos FBX, Xeneta, Sea-Intelligence).
• A background in academic or market research, or in another complex B2B industry.
• Experience writing customer-facing communications or market updates.
• SQL, Python or dashboarding skills are a plus.

Don’t fit all of our criteria? That’s okay! We know that you might be hesitant to apply if you don’t meet all our requirements, but here at Forto, we pride ourselves on embracing diverse perspectives and celebrating potential. If you are passionate about this position and the Forto values, please apply anyway. There could be a place for you in this role - or another one that’s a perfect fit!

WHY WORK WITH US?

Our team is hard-working, constantly seeking to maximise the impact of their work, but we put our people first, always winning with care. We value efficient systems and swift, direct communication. We want everyone to have their time to speak, so that we can embrace diverse perspectives to help drive towards solutions always.

We show an excerpt and a link, and the full text when the source allows it. Brands and logos shown belong to their owners.

Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis), table; dl-de/by-2-0; StarIn's calculation

Posted Nov 01, 2026

Posted Nov 01, 2026