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About Fastmarkets

Fastmarkets is an independent commodity pricing and information organisation with over 500 staff. We are fuelled by values that brings us all together and are united by a collective passion to make a difference. We are supported by a working model that we call “Working 3.0” that is based on flexibility and trust, which allows us to bring our best selves to work every day.

Fastmarkets is the most trusted Price Reporting Agency (PRA) in the metals, mining, agriculture, forest products, and energy transition markets. Our price data, forecasts, and market analyses give our customers strategic advantage in complex, volatile, often opaque markets. Our events provide forums for market participants to come together, trade, and talk through the critical issues of our times.

We are making a difference. Fastmarkets works to create transparent commodity markets through our reliable and trusted price data and market intelligence. The markets we serve are central to how economies work and are essential for our lives. By doing this, Fastmarkets helps our customers build a more sustainable world. We are built on a 130-year foundation while bringing a digital platform to market, combining the currency of trust with the power of digital.

Most importantly, we are fuelled by our teams that, across the globe, making the amazing possible. With a deep sense of purpose and belonging, we are building an extraordinary future – together. If you would like to help build the future, we hope you will join us on our journey.

Fastmarkets was founded in 1913 (as Metal Bulletin) and is a privately held UK-registered company. It is owned by global private equity firm Astorg, a specialist investor in healthcare, software, technology, business services and technology-based industrial companies.

The ideal candidate will thrive in a fast-paced and innovative environment, have a can-do attitude, advice and can juggle a wide variety of tasks and projects.

• Lead team to develop, produce and update house forecasts for EV and ESS battery raw materials, including supply, demand, capacity, cost, and other critical metrics.
• Develop and maintain marketplace contacts to stay abreast of industry developments and to expand Fastmarkets’ content and brand
• Act as a spokesperson for Fastmarkets BRM content and brand with media, speak and/or represent Fastmarkets as the leader in BRM research and data at conferences and outside events
• Communicate with customers regularly to support the sales team, deepen relationships, and assist with business development
• Manage a team of Senior Analysts and Analysts to ensure that content is delivered on time and to the highest standards and in line with our strategy
• Work with the head of consulting on projects by interacting with clients, helping specify and design studies which deliver to client needs, undertaking primary and secondary research, and supporting delivery.
• Partner with Fastmarkets Events producers to develop compelling event programs, leverage relationships in the marketplace to recruit external speakers, and present forecast content
• Manage client and internal enquiries about the markets and accountable for fulfilment of requests for insight and data for presentations and interviews.

About you

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. You must be open-minded, curious, resilient, and solutions-oriented, and committed to promoting equality.

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 knowledge of markets including lithium, cobalt, manganese, graphite, and nickel
• Working knowledge of battery recycling technology and process flowsheets, such as pyrometallurgy and hydrometallurgy
• Excellent writing and verbal skills
• Confident with presenting at industry events, etc.
• Capacity to speak on the record to the media about market developments
• Able to foster and develop relationships in the relevant industry
• Comfortable with coaching of junior colleagues
• Collaborative team player
• Leadership qualities, especially in forming a view
• In depth experience in commodity analysis, ideally in the relevant field of research
• Excellent data management skills. Fundamental knowledge of relational databases, APIs, and data automation
• Comprehensive understanding of statistical foundations, particularly with regards to time series data and forecasting.
• Strong analytical/mathematical/econometric modelling
• 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.
• Excellent data visualisation skills. Some knowledge of advanced data visualisation packages/frameworks beyond Excel (e.g. PowerBI).

If you're excited about the role but your experience, skills or qualifications don't perfectly align, we encourage you to apply anyway.

• 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.

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.