Fastmarkets

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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 700 employees spread across global locations in the UK, US, China, India, Singapore, Brazil, Belgium, Bulgaria, Finland and beyond. Job Description The Role This is an exciting opportunity for a growth-minded candidate eager to lead the group responsible for economic analysis of wood products and timberland markets including North American lumber, panels and timber forecasts, global woodchip markets, and wood bioenergy/ forest carbon analysis. The Director, Wood Products and Timber leads the team that develops and authors the forecasts that inform executives with invaluable data and insights and underpin the cost inputs to many of our grade-specific forecasts. The Director, Wood Products and Timber takes direct responsibility for the overall house wood products and wood fiber view, through their management of the team, overseeing data collection and analysis, developing and producing medium and long term forecasts, and coordinating with our short-term prices and predictions to provide a coherent picture of supply, demand, capacity, costs and key trends and drivers. The ideal candidate will thrive in our fast-paced and innovative environment. They will employ a can-do attitude with a passion for advising clients while managing a wide variety of resources and processes to meet delivery requirements. Principal accountabilities • Supervise and produce recurring reports and data on North American and global wood products and timber markets. • Ensure timely and accurate delivery of all Fastmarkets RISI WP/ Timber area forecast products. • Provide thought leadership for continued development of the full practice area and forecasting models and methodologies, including emerging areas such as hardwood, pallets, and forest carbon/ carbon sequestration markets. • Model entrepreneurship by fostering innovative practice area initiatives. • Maintain marketplace contacts to stay in touch with 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 value-adding opportunities. • Communicate with customers regularly to support the sales team, deepen relationships and assist with business development. • Scope, lead and/or deliver single and multi-client studies in wood and timber area. • Manage the global wood and timber team including supervision, engagement, and employee development. • Assist in planning and delivering group and company-wide initiatives • Collaborate with and mentor other members of the broader analytics team. • Control input to our products from internal and external contributors to guarantee timely and coherent updates for our customers. • Partner with Fastmarkets Events producers to develop compelling event programs, leverage relationships in the marketplace to recruit external speakers, and present forecast content on stage and online. Organisation chart Reports to SVP, Forest Analytics Key interfaces • A strong relationship with Fastmarkets fiber and paper & board economic analysis teams to deliver forecasts, improve data delivery and management efficiency and quality and enhance forecasting techniques. • Develop/ maintain relationships with Fastmarkets mill intelligence analysts, price reporters, sales, marketing, events, and senior management to ensure constructive feedback about the development of our services and how they fit with the Fastmarkets strategy • Foster external relationships with market participants, clients, partners and press/media 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. • In-depth, senior level knowledge of timberland and wood products commodities • Experience in analysis and characterization of North American lumber, panels, and wood fiber markets • Excellent written and verbal English skills • Confident presenting at industry events, in front of customers, and with internal stakeholders • Able to foster and develop relationships in the relevant industry • Strong analytical/mathematical/econometric modelling skills • Comfortable with coaching and career development for junior colleagues Collaborative team player with demonstrated thought-leadership capability • Comprehensive understanding of statistical foundations, particularly with regards to time series data and forecasting. • Desire to apply economics analysis to a complex commodity markets • 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. Behavioral competencies • The successful candidate will be proactive, pragmatic and resilient with a positive and flexible approach, focused on achieving results and the right outcome for a growing business • Is self-disciplined and takes pride in managing self to deliver agreed objectives • Personable with a preference for developing strong, collaborative working relationships • Demonstrates high personal energy • A confident and inquisitive communicator who actively listens and questions – shows a growth mind-set and naturally curious • Demonstrates influence with humility – is able to provide advice and guidance without being a ‘knower’. • Is collaborative and able to adapt own approach and style to the situation. • Comfortable with ambiguity – where a pathway may not be clear, thrives in working through the challenge 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.