Director, Timber Economic Analysis - Boston, United States - Fastmarkets

Fastmarkets

Verified Company

Boston, United States

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

beBee recruiter

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, Singapore, Brazil, Belgium, Finland and beyond.

Principal accountabilities

Deliver recurring reports and data on North American and global timber markets
Ensure timely and accurate delivery of all Fastmarkets RISI Timber area forecast products
Provide thought leadership for continued development of the timber practice area and forecasting models and methodologies, including emerging areas such as forest carbon sequestration
Maintain marketplace contacts to stay abreast of industry developments and market fundamentals
Speak and/or represent Fastmarkets RISI as a leading global practitioner at conferences and outside events as requested or identified as valueadding opportunities
Communicate with customers regularly to support the sales team, deepen relationships and assist with business development
Scope, lead and/or deliver single and multiclient studies in timber area
Manage the global timber team including supervision, engagement, and employee development
Assist in planning and delivering group and companywide initiatives
Mentor other members of the broader economic analysis team.

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.

Indepth, senior level knowledge of timberland and forest product commodities
Experience in analysis and characterization of North American wood fiber markets
Excellent writing and verbal skills
Confident with presenting at industry events, etc.
Capacity to speak on the record to the media about market developments
Able to foster and develop relationships in the relevant industry
Comfortable with coaching of junior colleagues
Collaborative team player
Leadership qualities, especially in forming a view
Comprehensive understanding of statistical foundations, particularly with regards to time series data and forecasting.
Strong analytical/mathematical/econometric modelling
Appreciation of advanced statistical modelling and forecasting, some exposure to machine learning a plus. Able to critically assess statistical analyses and forecast models and suggest improvements.

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:
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METRICS DRIVEN. We use insights to improve our customers' experience and our business performance
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ACCOUNTABLE.
We are accountable to ourselves and those we work with:
we keep our promises and get things done
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GROWTH MINDSET. This value enables us to be nimble to the changing realities and operate with a sense of urgency
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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.
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CUSTOMER CENTRIC. We are customer-centric in all that we do
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COLLABORATIVE. We are collaborative, able to work across teams and capitalise on the diversity of intellect, perspectives, and experiences.

This opportunity is available to applicants based in the following states: