Market Reporter, Fertilizer

New Posted 29 June 2023 | Penang-Jalan, Malaysia | S&P Global

The Role: The Associate Editor, Fertecon, is a market reporter who drives market coverage relating to prices, news and analysis about both the APAC and international fertilizer and raw material markets, as part of the global Fertecon team. This candidate will be working in a fast moving and critical commodity sector, talking to market participants across the region and elsewhere to collect market and pricing information and assessing prices in those markets. In addition to publishing price assessments and commentary about the market they will contribute to methodology development as well as research and write news articles and analysis on major market events.

The Career Opportunity: Excellent career growth potential within the Fertecon and broader Agriculture team which alongside fertilizers also spans the grains, oilseeds, vegoils, biofuels, rice, and sugar space. Representing the company at industry events and conferences, as well as in face-to-face meetings, webinars, and podcasts. You will assist in identifying, developing, and executing on opportunities to drive growth in areas relating to the international fertilizers market. You will also have opportunities to learn more about other aspects of the business, including technology and editing.

The Team: You will be joining a dynamic, people-first team that prizes effective collaboration and strong inter-team relationships with colleagues based in Singapore, UK, Brazil and US. We believe strongly in diversity, equity and inclusion and are committed to making all feel welcome and valued. The Business: S&P Global Commodity Insights is the world’s leading price reporting agency (PRA) and a premier source of commodities intelligence. We provide the market with benchmark price assessments that are used in both physical commodity contracts and exchange-listed derivative contracts across the world.

Key Responsibilities:
· Driving market coverage, reporting on daily physical trading activity as well as bids, offers and other relevant market information
· Identifying opportunities to refine assessment methodology and help launch new price assessments
· Contributing to/producing reports on time and to the required standard.
· Attending industry events as well as face to face meetings to help drive market adoption, developing contacts, acquiring information and promoting the S&P Global Commodity Insights brand
· Building and managing a database of contacts
· Creating news stories and multi-media coverage
· Supporting the pricing team across different regions where required due to absences etc
· Collaborating with teams in other markets sectors or divisions, i.e., Analytics


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