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DEPARTMENT: Intelligence

RESPONSIBLE TO: Commodity Intelligence Manager

LOCATION: Bourne End

SALARY & BENEFITS: Competitive package on offer.

Mintec, the world leading soft commodities and food raw materials price analytics company, is seeking a Senior Market Analyst to join its Intelligence team. In an $8 trillion annual market for agricultural commodities and food, Mintec occupies a unique position as data provider to many of the world’s top food manufacturers and retailers. These companies rely on our extensive pricing data to help their procurement professionals purchase raw materials smartly and improve their companies’ profitability.

Mintec has been providing market leading raw material price data and business intelligence tools to global procurement teams for more than 30 years. We provide market intelligence to the largest manufacturers and retailers around the world, using advanced technology and supported by a data- driven Intelligence team with strong research and knowledge skill across a wide range of markets, from raw materials to indirect costs.

Main Purpose of Job:

The successful candidate will be a valuable member of the Intelligence team and a “go to” source on market insight and current events in the industry. The Senior Market Analyst would be recognised as an ‘expert’ within their market(s)- based on the content delivered and contacts established. They will undertake price forecasting within their assigned commodity markets.

The Senior Market Analyst will be mainly responsible for:

• Interpreting commodity pricing data, formulating insight and making recommendations based upon research findings

• Interpreting commodity pricing data and external drivers to forecast commodity prices;

• Providing commodity insight/data for Mintec’s online platform and participating in new product development projects;

• Leading and managing the deliverables across the Proteins team; including forecast reports, media articles, client queries, etc;

• Coaching and supporting analysts on best practices;

• Leading projects successfully, managing the team on projects and playing a key role in developing client relationship;

• Providing commodity insight/data for Mintec’s online platform and participating in new product development projects;

• Providing commodity insight to media channels;

• Presenting commodity insight to internal and external stakeholders i.e. participating in client calls and presentations;

• Building and maintaining contacts in the industry, and collating information from key industry participants;

• Performing primary and secondary market analysis;

• Delivering continuous improvement in market knowledge;

• Continually challenging, refining and improving operational processes to achieve improvement in productivity and quality of service;

• Proactively thinking about how to improve the team's profile through the content delivered;

• Showing strategic thought leadership on how Mintec’s deliverables can reach a wider audience.

Required qualifications:

We are looking for someone with specific experience within Market Analysis of Proteins who has an inquisitive, rational and intellectual approach to analysing fundamental data, macro and market information with the ability to deliver cohesive and credible commodity market outlook.

Experience and Education:

• University degree in Economics, Finance, Engineering or in a similar numeric field

• At least 6 years of experience of the commodities market, mainly in the Proteins markets such as fish, meat or dairy

• Experience of people management is required

Skills:

• Understanding of commodities price theory, including the fundamental drivers for supply, demand, trade flows and prices and their mutual interaction

• Demonstrable experience in undertaking forecasting activities preferred

• Primary and secondary research capabilities

• Excellent analytical, qualitative and quantitative skills, with strong attention to detail

• Strong communication and presentation skills with a proven ability to quickly build and maintain positive, effective relationships across all levels in an organization

• Experience in leading or project managing the delivery of commodity insight

• Excellent writing skills, able to articulate insight and reports clearly and concisely

• Ability to manage multiple tasks and thrive in a fast-paced team environment

• Self-starter with strong continuous improvement mindset

Competitive salary and benefits on offer.

Department: Proprietary Pricing

Responsible to: Head of Proprietary Pricing

Location: Bourne End

Salary and Benefits: A competitive package is on offer

Main Purpose of Job:

Mintec, the leading soft commodities and food raw materials price analytics company, is seeking an ambitious Pricing Analyst to join its growing Pricing team. In an $8 trillion annual market for agricultural commodities and food, Mintec occupies a unique position as data provider to many of the world’s top food manufacturers and retailers. These companies rely on our extensive pricing data to help their procurement professionals purchase raw materials smartly and improve their companies’ profitability.

Mintec has been providing market leading raw material price data and business intelligence tools to global procurement teams for more than 30 years. We provide market intelligence to the largest manufacturers and retailers around the world, using advanced technology and supported by a data- driven intelligence team with strong research and knowledge skill across a wide range of markets, from raw materials to indirect costs.

The successful candidate will be a valuable member of the Pricing team and help shape the proprietary pricing division within Mintec. Ideally, you will come from an established Price Reporting Agency (PRA) and be experienced in working with price assessment methodologies, commodity specifications and IOSCO-compliant price reporting processes. An understanding of the agricultural commodity market is expected. You will need to be highly numerate with excellent analytical and communication skills and enjoy interaction with traders, producers and manufacturers in the agricultural and soft commodity value chain. The Pricing Analyst will be working closely with the Senior Pricing Analyst and the Head of Proprietary Pricing.

Responsibilities:

•Managing and expanding the number of industry contacts that submit pricing data, using all means of communication including face-to-face meetings and networking

•Develop in-depth knowledge of the fundamentals, supply chain and key participants for specific agricultural commodity markets

•Collect transactional pricing data, bids, offers, tenders and any other information that will be relevant to assess the Mintec Benchmark Prices in line with Mintec’s robust methodology, price specifications and IOSCO compliant principles

• Follow procedures to continue to build and maintain Mintec’s proprietary data

• Write price rationales and analytical pieces

• Handle questions from contacts and the market about the dynamics of particular pricing, seeking guidance from your manager when inquiries are sensitive, to make our processes and judgement transparent to the market

• To assist your manager to review and manage the existing pipeline of prices and identify new price assessment launch opportunities

•Publishing new Mintec Benchmark Prices to the agreed schedule

Skills:

• Minimum 1 years of experience within the commodities markets

• Focussing on covering agricultural and soft commodity markets, but may also have experience in other physical commodity markets

• Excellent understanding of commodity markets and the fundamental drivers which shape them

• Good understanding of commodity derivatives

• Strong academic background with a numerical/analytical degree

• Ability to work with numbers and spreadsheets

• Excellent communication skills including the ability to communicate complex issues in a clear, concise and coherent manner and understand the differing agendas and drivers of the audience

• Outstanding networking skills

• General curiosity in expanding market knowledge and commitment to join in team projects

• Drive to advance Mintec's pricing research.

• Be a self-starter and be driven to achieve the best results

• Strong teamwork and cross-group collaboration skills

• Highly organised with great attention to detail

• A willingness to travel when required

Join a culture of innovation.

“Digital tools such as those supplied by Mintec have become essential to procurement teams.”

Spencer Wicks,
CEO Mintec

Join a culture of innovation.

“Digital tools such as those supplied by Mintec have become essential to procurement teams.”

Spencer Wicks,
CEO Mintec

Join the team

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Join a culture of innovation.

“Digital tools such as those supplied by Mintec have become essential to procurement teams.”

Spencer Wicks,CEO Mintec

Join a culture of innovation.

“Digital tools such as those supplied by Mintec have become essential to procurement teams.”

Spencer Wicks,CEO Mintec

Join the team

Main Purpose of Job:

Required qualifications:

Skills:

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Spencer Wicks,
CEO Mintec

Spencer Wicks,
CEO Mintec