Analyst, Bulk Agriculture

The Role

The Analyst, Bulk Agriculture position is an exciting opportunity for a candidate eager to help governments and leading companies navigate the volatile bulk agriculture markets including corn, soy, wheat, and veg oils. The analyst will play a crucial role in the team by collecting, analyzing, and delivering the data and insights our clients need to navigate the unprecedented volatility in the bulk agriculture markets. The analyst will be a key member of the team that develops Fastmarkets’ European and LATAM supply, demand and price forecast, along with the associated datasets. This individual will have responsibility for maintaining and producing regular updates to the forecast and associated written commentary.

The ideal candidate is interested in economic and commodity market research, has a solid work ethic and personal integrity, and is intelligent and flexible. They will thrive in a fast-paced and innovative environment, have a can-do attitude, juggle various tasks and projects, and meet deadlines.

Principal Accountabilities

• Identifies necessary data inputs and oversees procurement, collection, cleaning, and validation for forecasting bulk agriculture commodity supply and demand in critical markets worldwide, with a specific focus on Europe.
• Updates house forecasts for bulk agriculture commodities including supply, demand, capacity, cost, and other critical metrics.
• Supplements forecast model with content creation on the bulk agriculture market, including regulatory policy development, supply, demand, capacity, tariffs, trade, and other trends that impact the industry.
• Controls input to our products from internal and external contributors to guarantee timely and coherent updates for our customers.
• Supports client and internal inquiries about the markets and is accountable for fulfilling requests for insight and data for presentations and interviews.
• Works with the Principal Analyst on projects by interacting with clients, helping specify and design studies that meet client needs, undertaking primary and secondary research, and supporting delivery.

Requirements

We recruit talented, dynamic people with diverse backgrounds and experiences, all united by a belief in our mission to provide the world’s leading and most trusted price reporting, events, and intelligence service for the markets we serve. We’re 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 bulk agriculture markets (corn, soy, wheat, oil seed)
• Excellent writing and verbal English
• Confident with presenting at industry events, clients, and internal stakeholders
• Capacity to speak on the record to the media about market developments
• Able to foster and develop relationships in the relevant industries and markets Collaborative team player
• Experience in commodity analysis, ideally in European agricultural products
• Excellent data management skills, including fundamental knowledge of relational databases, APIs, and data automation a plus
• Comprehensive understanding of statistical foundations, particularly regarding time-series data and forecasting
• Strong analytical/mathematical/econometric modelling skills
• Able to critically assess statistical analyses and forecast models and suggest improvements

If you're excited about the role but your experience, skills or qualifications don't perfectly align, we encourage you to apply anyway.