Senior Price Reporter - EMEA Vegetable Oil and Oil Seeds (Hybrid)
Senior Price Reporter - EMEA Vegetable Oil and Oil Seeds (Hybrid)
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Job Description
The Role
To produce price assessments and industry-leading market commentary breaking news and analysis which demonstrates PRA-aligned knowledge across multiple markets. To support the development of Fastmarkets prices.
Principal accountabilities
- Produce exemplary price assessments and indices in line with company methodology price specifications and IOSCO principles across a range of markets
- Peer review and approve price assessments and indices in order to ensure prices are representative and judgement has been exercised consistently
- Develop and maintain a comprehensive contact-base using all means of communication including face-to-face meetings and networking
- Deliver actionable regular accurate market commentary in a timely manner as well as in-depth features focus pieces and analysis with minimal editing needed. Demonstrate depth and breadth in this content through experience and knowledge
- Demonstrate complex and consistent use of judgement to produce representative prices in challenging and opaque markets
- Back colleagues up on their pricing patches when necessary and peer review and editor approve their prices to ensure processes have been duly followed and editorial judgement correctly applied
- Travel to attend report on and present at events and webinars and chair panel discussions when deemed appropriate by editors on behalf of the company
- Take responsibility for key aspects of projects to launch new prices and promote current prices. Engage in and lead detailed formal discussion of specifications internally and externally as part of specification reviews; take initiative by challenging processes; suggest and deliver improvements to current offering
- Support the whole teams editorial processes. Mentor and coach other reporters where requested by editors or as opportunities arise to share knowledge and foster growth in the team
- Take ownership and be authoritative within your markets: organize and chair meetings internally where a collaborative approach to pricing news etc would achieve better results than working independently
Key interfaces
- Work within the global team to develop prices news and market commentary.
- Reports to regional editor
Qualifications :
KNOWLEDGE EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
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.
We are looking for:
- A high level of written and spoken English is necessary - knowledge of other languages such as Ukrainian Russian or other European language is helpful but not essential
- An interest in and understanding of financial markets and commodities vegetable oils and/or agriculture market experience preferred
- Pricing experience is helpful but is not required
- Journalistic reporting experience is helpful but is not required
- Strong networking and communication skills confident telephone manner
- Team player who fosters excellent working culture and acts - both internally and externally - in a courteous and professional manner with impeccable integrity
- Ability to work with numbers and spreadsheets and produce analytical editorial copy
- Ability to undertake business travel by plane train or car
- In addition candidates will have the capacity to work for prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer. Candidates will need to pass an in-house writing test.
If youre excited about the role but your experience skills or qualifications dont perfectly align we encourage you to apply anyway.
If you are open-minded curious resilient solutions-oriented and committed to promoting equality then read on..
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 customer-centric 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 :
Full-time
Employment Type
Full-time
