Forest Products Mill Intelligence Analyst

The Role

This is an exciting opportunity for a candidate eager to join our team assisting key industry producers and market participants by providing industry-leading forest products mill intelligence solutions including manufacturing cost benchmarking and asset database products.

The analyst will be part of a dynamic global team of mill cost engineers and analysts responsible for delivering deep insights into global manufacturing technology and economics.  You will leverage Fastmarkets data networks and proprietary models to create powerful tools and analysis enabling our customers to make the best decisions for their businesses.

The ideal candidate will thrive in a fast-paced innovative global environment exhibiting a customer-first attitude that can balance ongoing business needs with value-creating product development opportunities.

Principal responsibilities

• Deliver best in class manufacturing cost benchmarking analysis and mill asset through research analysis and proprietary modelling
• Contribute to Fastmarkets house view on trends and relative performance in global techno-economic asset performance by grade region and process technology
• Provide regional insights in methodology development and refinement including process economics mill cost accounting and unit cost resource assessment
• Support commercial teams in achieving strong customer relationships and industry recognition for mill intelligence services
• Provide insights for platform development needs and collaborate with product and technology teams to achieve based on market inputs
• Leverage mill intelligence capabilities to help deliver custom research reports and single client consulting studies
• Develop strong personal capabilities in all required coverage areas and competencies
• Maintain an ongoing knowledge base of best practices and competitive offerings within the global mill intelligence marketplace

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 open-minded curious resilient solutions-oriented 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 fast-paced successful team. Being a strong team player is also important as well as someone who is happy to work flexibly.

• Knowledge of pulp and paper industry technology and manufacturing economics with background in process engineering/ production strategic consulting and/ or commodity research targeting 2-5 years of experience
• Manufacturing experience in integrated pulp and paper operations with engineering background preferred.
• Strong acumen and desire for product development is essential
• Ability and demonstrated experience on cross-functional teams comprised of both technical and research-related resources
• Skilled in complex problem-solving with ability to synthesize disparate data streams into holistic facility analysis and estimates
• Experience in using and implementing AI technologies for data acquisition and automated model processing
• Fluent in English
• Flexibility and willingness to travel when required
• A personal forest products industry contact network is desirable
• Effective communication skills in person in writing and during presentations

 Behavioural competencies

• The successful candidate will be proactive pragmatic and resilient with a positive and flexible approach focused on achieving results and the right outcomes for a growing business
• Is self-disciplined and takes pride in managing activity to deliver agreed objectives
• Personable with a preference for developing strong collaborative working relationships
• Demonstrates high personal energy and impact
• A confident and inquisitive communicator who actively listens and questions shows a growth mind-set and is naturally curious
• Demonstrates influence with humility is able to provide advice and guidance without being a knower
• Comfortable with ambiguity where a pathway may not be clear thrives in adapting to work through challenges

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 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