Price Reporter - Forest Products at FASTMARKETS COMMODITIES SINGAPORE PTE LTD

Houston, Texas, United States -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

19 Feb, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

21 Nov, 25

Experience

2 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Writing, Editing, Data Analysis, Market Research, Communication, Team Collaboration, Time Management, Microsoft Excel, Interviewing, Remote Work, Statistical Analysis, Market Intelligence, Networking, Public Speaking, Customer Focus, Problem Solving

Industry

Information Services

Description

Company Description Fastmarkets is an industry-leading price-reporting agency (PRA) and information provider for global commodities, providing price data, news, analytics and events for the agriculture, forest products, metals and mining and new-generation energy markets. Fastmarkets' data is critical for customers seeking to understand and predict dynamic, sometimes opaque markets, enabling trading and risk management. Fastmarkets is a global business with a history dating back to 1865 and is built on trust and deep market knowledge. It has more than 600 employees spread across global locations in the UK, US, China, India, Singapore, Brazil, Belgium, Finland and beyond. Job Description The Role To produce price assessments and market intelligence that are critical to the North American hardwood industry. To cement our standing as the most trusted source of hardwood pricing information for more than 100 years. To support and develop new avenues that further imbed our data and news across the industry. PRINCIPLE ACCOUNTABILITIES Assess hundreds of prices each week using our proprietary MInD database while adhering to our published methodologies and IOSCO principles. Provide indispensable market commentary that provides context to the prices reported each week. Produce market news and analysis for our Hardwood Market Report weekly publication, HMR Import and HMR Executive monthly publications. Cultivate new sources for market data while maintaining our vast network of industry contacts. Edit copy and peer review price assessments to ensure compliance with our published methodologies. Attend industry conferences and events, represent the business through speaking engagements and industry outreach KEY INTERFACES Work within an experienced team of editors to produce HMR’s publications. More broadly collaborate with colleagues in other parts of the Forest Products business, including analysts and economists. Work with marketing and events teams to expand the reach of our price data and market reporting. Reports to hardwood team leader. Qualifications 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. Some professional writing experience, preferably in newspapers or other trade journals. Ability to be self-motivated in a remote-work environment while also working collaboratively with teams across the organization. Strong, concise writing and editing skills; ability to write authoritatively and to the point. Comfort with numbers, statistics, and data-driven prose. Strong interviewing skills and phone, email etiquette. Ability to meet multiple weekly and daily deadlines. Proficiency with Microsoft Office, especially Excel. Prior knowledge of hardwood industry a plus If you're excited about the role but your experience, skills or qualifications don't perfectly align, we encourage you to apply anyway. Additional Information Our Values Fastmarkets people come from all different walks of life. It’s 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 they're 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. We are committed to ensuring all candidates feel welcomed and supported. Should your application advance and you require accommodations for the interview process, please inform us so we can make the necessary arrangements. If the position is listed as remote this opportunity is available to applicants based in the following states: • Illinois • Massachusetts* • New York • Texas* * Denotes states with office locations to support hybrid working. Otherwise the position will be located as shown in the advert. You’ve read a little about us – now it’s over to you! If you like what you’ve read so far and think you can see yourself as a Fastmarkets person, it’s time to fill in your application form. This form is an important part of the selection process: it’s used to determine whether or not you’ll be chosen to have an interview and acts as a basis for the questions we’ll ask you on the day. It’s 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 you’re great.

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Responsibilities

The role involves producing price assessments and market intelligence for the North American hardwood industry. It also includes providing market commentary and cultivating new sources for market data.