Price Reporter – Metals Recycling

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🌽 Illinois – Remote

🌽 Illinois – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

📰 Journalist

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Fastmarkets

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501 - 1000 employees

Founded 1882

🌾 Agriculture

Agriculture • Metals and mining • Consulting

Fastmarkets is a leading cross-commodity price reporting agency (PRA) operating within the agriculture, forest products, and metals and mining markets. They provide comprehensive insights, price data, and market analysis, empowering clients to trade effectively and make informed decisions. Fastmarkets also offers a platform for risk management, consulting, and forecasting to help customers navigate the complexities of commodity trading.

📋 Description

• Foster a deep understanding of the fundamentals, supply chains, end uses, and key market participants across metals recycling markets, including both ferrous and non-ferrous sectors. • Collect pricing data and set price assessments in line with the company’s methodology, price specifications and principles, and IOSCO principles • Write market commentaries, breaking news and insightful copy with price reporting angles • Back colleagues up on their pricing patches to provide cover and consistency for the market and build up a wider knowledge base • Peer review prices to verify that processes have been followed and editorial judgement applied correctly to ensure our prices are representative • Manage and expand the number of industry contacts that submit pricing data and give news exclusives • Handle questions from contacts and the market about the dynamics of particular pricing sessions, seeking guidance when inquiries are sensitive • Help foster Fastmarkets’ prices and expertise through the team’s market engagement plans • Present at events and webinars, and chair panel discussions when deemed appropriate by editors on behalf of the company

🎯 Requirements

• A high level of written and spoken English is necessary - knowledge of another language is helpful, but not essential. • An interest in and understanding of financial markets and commodities • Pricing experience is helpful, but is not required • Journalistic reporting experience is helpful, but is not required • Strong networking and communication skills, confident telephone manner • Team player who fosters excellent working culture and acts - both internally and externally - in a courteous and professional manner, with impeccable integrity • Ability to work with numbers and spreadsheets and produce analytical editorial copy • Ability to undertake business travel by plane, train or car

🏖️ Benefits

• Work remotely • Professional development opportunities