Price Reporter - European Pulp and Paper Hybrid

The Role

Fastmarkets is looking for a Price Reporter to report on pulp and paper markets in Europe. We are looking for an individual who is highly motivated driven and have a passion to be part of a fastpaced successful team. Being a strong team player is also important as well as someone who is happy to work flexibly. We expect our reporters to develop a high level of market expertise in certain niche sectors publish quality prices and insightful content in line with the companys PRA approach and work within a regional and global team to support the development and adoption of Fastmarkets prices and embrace our EEI strategy (Expertise Engagement & Innovation).

Principal accountabilities

• Foster indepth knowledge of the fundamentals supply chain enduses and key participants for specific markets to generate representative prices and worldclass content
• Collect pricing data and set prices in line with the companys robust methodology price specifications and IOSCO principles
• Back colleagues up on their pricing patches to provide cover and consistency for the market and build up a wider knowledge base
• Peer review prices to verify that processes have been followed and editorial judgement applied correctly to ensure our prices are representative
• Write market commentaries breaking news and insightful copy with PRA angles to support the growth in readership and the use of Fastmarkets prices in physical and financial contracts.
• Manage and expand the number of industry contacts that submit pricing data and give news exclusives using all means of communication including facetoface meetings and networking
• Handle questions from contacts and the market about the dynamics of particular pricing sessions seeking guidance from senior reporters or section editor when inquiries are sensitive to make our processes and judgement transparent to the market
• Assist the section editor to review and manage the existing pipeline of prices and identify new price launch opportunities
• Help foster Fastmarkets prices and expertise through the teams market engagement plan which includes producing PRA content white papers and infographics participating to internal and external events promoting the company on social media and attending industry meetings.

Key interfaces

• Work within a regional team to develop prices news and market commentary.
• Reports to regional editor team leader or regional managing editor depending on regions and commodity sectors.
• Work with other functions when necessary while maintaining the required segregation between editorial and commercial activities; support Fastmarkets events in relevant commodity sector and partner with the strategy and market development team to support price adoption campaigns and exchange listings.

Qualifications :

We recruit talented dynamic people with diverse backgrounds and experiences all united by a belief in our mission to provide the worlds leading and most trusted price reporting events and intelligence service for the markets we serve. Were proud to be an equal opportunities employer and are committed to creating a fully inclusive workplace where everyone feels able to participate and contribute meaningfully.

If you are openminded curious resilient solutionsoriented and committed to promoting equality then read on...

KNOWLEDGE EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

We are looking for an individual who is highly motivated driven and have a passion to be part of a fastpaced successful team. Being a strong team player is also important as well as someone who is happy to work flexibly.

• A high level of written and spoken English. Knowledge of another European language is helpful but not essential.
• An interest in and understanding of financial markets and commodities.
• Strong networking and communication skills and good confident telephone manner ability to demonstrate experience of building a contact base.
• Ability to work with discipline and dynamism and to show initiatives in producing independently sourced news.
• Team player who fosters excellent working culture and acts both internally and externally in a courteous and professional manner with impeccable integrity and demonstrates a proactive approach to supporting the shared goals of the team for example volunteering to take on extra work to cover unexpected absence
• Team player who fosters excellent working culture and acts both internally and externally in a courteous and professional manner with impeccable integrity.
• General curiosity in expanding market knowledge and commitment to join in projects and take part in training courses.
• Ability to work with numbers and spreadsheets and produce analytical editorial copy.
• People skills to answer queries about prices and particular pricing sessions
• Some practical experience in journalism or writing with a focus on skills such as an ability to spot important news and structure an article
• Journalism experience

If youre excited about the role but your experience skills or qualifications dont perfectly align we encourage you to apply anyway.

Additional Information :

Our Values

Fastmarkets people come from all different walks of life. Its this mix of brilliant personalities experiences and insights that gives us that warm open and friendly culture you can feel as soon as you meet us. But however wonderfully different we all are there are six things we all have in common and they form our Fastmarkets values.

Created by our own employees to reflect some of the personal traits that Fastmarkets people have our values are key to what makes our culture unique. They reflect who each of us are and theyre embedded in everything we do. Our values are:

• METRICS DRIVEN. We use insights to improve our customers experience and our business performance
   
• ACCOUNTABLE. We are accountable to ourselves and those we work with: we keep our promises and get things done
   
• GROWTH MINDSET. This value enables us to be nimble to the changing realities and operate with a sense of urgency
   
• INCLUSIVE. We are inclusive and respectful celebrating each of us and giving everyone a deep sense of belonging with the desire to bring their best self to work every day.
   
• CUSTOMER CENTRIC. We are customercentric in all that we do
   
• COLLABORATIVE. We are collaborative able to work across teams and capitalise on the diversity of intellect perspectives and experiences.

Youve read a little about us now its over to you!

If you like what youve read so far and think you can see yourself as a Fastmarkets person its time to fill in your application form. This form is an important part of the selection process: its used to determine whether or not youll be chosen to have an interview and acts as a basis for the questions well ask you on the day.

Its vital that you try to capture all the relevant information we have asked for on the form so we can get a good feel for who you are and why youre great.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Fulltime