Fastmarkets

Journalist

• 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

Price Reporter – Metals Recycling

• Foster a deep understanding of the fundamentals, supply chains, end uses, and key market participants across metals recycling markets
• Collect pricing data and set price assessments
• Write market commentaries, breaking news and insightful copy
• Peer review prices to verify that processes have been followed
• Manage and expand the number of industry contacts that submit pricing data
• Handle questions from contacts and the market about the dynamics of particular pricing sessions
• Help foster Fastmarkets’ prices and expertise through market engagement plans
• Present at events and webinars, and chair panel discussions

• Produce exemplary price assessments and indices in line with company methodology, price specifications, and IOSCO principles across a range of markets
• Peer review and approve price assessments and indices in order to ensure prices are representative and judgement has been exercised consistently
• Develop and maintain a comprehensive contact-base, using all means of communication including face-to-face meetings and networking
• Deliver actionable, regular, accurate market commentary in a timely manner, as well as in-depth features, focus pieces and analysis, with minimal editing needed.
• Demonstrate depth and breadth in this content through experience and knowledge
• Demonstrate complex and consistent use of judgement to produce representative prices in challenging and opaque markets
• Back colleagues up on their pricing patches when necessary and peer review and editor approve their prices to ensure processes have been duly followed and editorial judgement correctly applied
• Travel to, attend, report on and present at events and webinars, and chair panel discussions when deemed appropriate by editors on behalf of the company
• Take responsibility for key aspects of projects to launch new prices and promote current prices.
• Engage in and lead detailed, formal discussion of specifications internally and externally as part of specification reviews; take initiative by challenging processes; suggest and deliver improvements to current offering
• Support the whole team’s editorial processes.
• Mentor and coach other reporters where requested by editors, or as opportunities arise, to share knowledge and foster growth in the team
• Take ownership and be authoritative within your markets: organize and chair meetings internally where a collaborative approach to pricing, news, etc, would achieve better results than working independently

Price Reporter – Metals Recycling

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