Job Description

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Grade/Level (relevant for internal applicants only): 9

The Location: Penang, Malaysia (hybrid working, two days/week minimum in the office)

The Team: The Fertilizer price reporting team is the world\'s leading (PRA) and provider of market information on a diverse range of markets linked by their use in agriculture. The fast-growing team - currently 15 people globally - is dedicated to providing market-leading insights into all major fertilizer markets.

The Impact: The global fertilizer team, spanning seven locations in four continents, publishes more than 300 price assessments, many of which are used as benchmarks by the market for trade negotiations and physical contracts. The successful candidate will work as a market reporter, publishing news, commentary and price assessments, as well as identifying and implementing ways of improving our coverage of the market.

What\'s in it for you: This role provides significant growth opportunities to the successful applicant, who will gain exposure to decision makers in the industry and within S&P Global itself. The role is diverse and exciting, involving contact with stakeholders across the industry, regular news writing, and producing internal research on the fertilizer market for S&P decision makers. The role will typically also involve some degree of domestic and international travel to industry events and meetings.

Responsibilities:

Reporting on daily, weekly, and monthly developments in the Fertilizer markets, which include nitrogen (ammonia, urea, nitrates) and PKS (phosphates, potash, sulphur and sulphuric acid).

Publishing timely and accurately-assessed price assessments, using S&P\'s public .

Engaging with the industry both virtually and in person, representing the business externally and seeking industry feedback on how our content is used and how it can be improved

Proposing and implementing improvements to our market coverage, whether through proposing changes to our price assessments suite, or expanding our range of commentaries and written news coverage

What We\'re Looking For:

Essential Skills Required

Intellectual curiosity about how markets and industries work

Ability to learn quickly, as the role involves successfully assimilating a large amount of information on a diverse range of topics and then using it to make decisions

Accuracy under time pressure. It is critical that we deliver accurate assessments to the market consistently.

Strong communication skills, as the successful candidate will be required to engage with market sources on a daily basis to gather information and clearly communicate the decisions that S&P has made

Ability to work as part of a team, as this role is highly collaborative and involves building strong and resilient relationships with people in this team and other teams

Exceptional time management skills, as this role involves managing multiple deadlines for different processes

Personal resilience, as the fast-paced and public-facing nature of this role means that it involves a degree of pressure which the successful candidate must be able to manage

Adaptability

Exceptional working level of English: the international fertilizer markets typically work using English, and the successful candidate will write widely-read news content in English on an almost daily basis.

Fluency in Malay and other relevant modern languages strongly preferred (such as Mandarin Chinese)

About Company Statement:

S&P Global delivers essential intelligence that powers decision making. We provide the world\'s leading organizations with the right data, connected technologies and expertise they need to move ahead. As part of our team, you\'ll help solve complex challenges that equip businesses, governments and individuals with the knowledge to adapt to a changing economic landscape.

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Equal Opportunity Employer

S&P Global is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race/ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, marital status, military veteran status, unemployment status, or any other status protected by law. Only electronic job submissions will be considered for employment.

If you need an accommodation during the application process due to a disability, please send an email to: and your request will be forwarded to the appropriate person.

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20 - Professional (EEO-2 Job Categories-United States of America), EDTGRP202.1 - Middle Professional Tier I (EEO Job Group)

Job ID: 291383
Posted On: 2023-08-04
Location: Penang-Jalan, Pulau Pinang (Penang), Malaysia

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