Price Reporter, Forest

Fastmarkets • Houston, TX

5d • Remote

About The Position

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, Finland and beyond. The Role: To produce price assessments and market intelligence that are critical to the North American softwood industry. To cement our standing as the most trusted source of softwood pricing information for more than 80 years. To support and develop new avenues that further imbed our data and news across the industry.

Requirements

• Highly motivated, driven, and have a passion to be part of a fast-paced, successful team.
• Strong team player.
• 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.

Nice To Haves

• Prior knowledge of softwood industry a plus

Responsibilities

• 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 Random Lengths Weekly Report, Random Lengths Midweek Report, Random Lengths Lumber and Panel Report, as well as the Fastmarkets dashboard.
• 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.
• Work within an experienced team of reporters to produce softwood publications.
• 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.

Benefits

• Access to a range of core benefits and a flexible allowance, giving you the freedom to tailor your package to suit your lifestyle, wellbeing and financial priorities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed