Hardwood Economist

Company Description

Fastmarkets is an independent commodity pricing and information organisation with over 600 staff. We are fuelled by values that bring us all together and are united by a collective passion to make a difference. We are supported by a working model that is based on a hybrid approach that allows each of us to balance home and office working while encouraging effective collaboration and accountability.

Fastmarkets is the most trusted Price Reporting Agency (PRA) in the metals, mining, agriculture, forest products, and energy transition markets. Our price data, forecasts, and market analyses give our customers strategic advantage in complex, volatile, often opaque markets. Our events provide forums for market participants to come together, trade, and talk through the critical issues of our times.

We are making a difference. Fastmarkets works to create transparent commodity markets through our reliable and trusted price data and market intelligence. The markets we serve are central to how economies work and are essential for our lives. By doing this, Fastmarkets helps our customers build a more sustainable world. We are built on a 130-year foundation while bringing a digital platform to market, combining the currency of trust with the power of digital.

Most importantly, we are fuelled by our teams that, across the globe, make the amazing possible. With a deep sense of purpose and belonging, we are building an extraordinary future – together. If you would like to help build the future, we hope you will join us on our journey.

Fastmarkets is owned by global private equity firm Astorg, a specialist investor in healthcare, software, technology, business services and technology-based industrial companies.

Job Description

The Role

This is an exciting opportunity for an entrepreneurial natural resource economist to join a fast-growing wood products team in developing a new hardwood lumber forecast practice area. The role will require partnering with the Senior Economist Softwood Lumber and the Team Lead, Wood Products to develop and deliver recurring market reports and publications, help in the development of projects or studies focusing on pertinent market analysis and outlooks on important North American hardwood subjects and markets (both single and multi-client in nature). The role will also be responsible for supporting the sales and marketing teams in the production of adequate marketing materials, sales training and sales discussions with clients to further their ability in selling Fastmarket's North American Wood Products offerings and to support expanding sales for the new Hardwood practice.

Principal Accountabilities

• Lead the development and the production of new Wood Product’s forecasts and analysis for hardwood lumber markets, developing the ability to assume full responsibility for their completion within the first year.
• Assist in the development of North American hardwood lumber special project and consulting business, to include assisting in or leading the performance of the analysis as well as to actively seek out, bid on and capture new consulting business
• Assist in the development of North American wood products special project and consulting business, to include assisting in or leading the performance of the analysis as well as to actively seek out, bid on and capture new consulting business.
• Cultivate, maintain, and develop new strong business relationships with customers who have a business interest in North American wood products and hardwood lumber markets
• Support customers as well as the sales and marketing teams to help deliver the full value of our products and analysis
• Speaking/presenting at Fastmarkets and other industry conferences as well as on site client presentations.
• Pursue presentation opportunities directly with trade organizations to increase Fastmarket’s profile in the industry
• Develop and maintenance of strong network of North American wood products contacts and information/data sources

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.

• MA/MS in Business, Economics, or related field
• Strong analytical/mathematical/econometric modelling/statistical skills
• Strong presenting, writing, speaking, and overall communications skills.
• Ability to work well as part of or as the lead of a cross functional team as well as the ability to work effectively and efficiently in an independent setting.
• Demonstrated time-management and organizational skills
• 2-3 years’ experience in the forest products industry or related field preferred.
• Proficient in English, oral and written
• Proficient in Excel, Eviews, Word and PowerPoint
• Comfortable working in a team environment on multiple tasks with evolving priorities
• Desire to apply economics in the business world

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.

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

• Florida

• Georgia

• Illinois
• Massachusetts*
• North Carolina
• New Hampshire*
• New Jersey*
• New York*
• Oregon*
• Pennsylvania
• Tennessee*
• Texas
• California
• Colorado
* Denotes states with office locations to support hybrid working

You can see that on a map here: US Hiring States

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.