Principal Commodity Analyst, Global Crops

The Principal Commodity Analyst will help transform complex market fundamentals into actionable insights through written research, presentations, and direct interaction with clients and industry participants. The role also offers the opportunity to contribute to forecasting models, analytical frameworks, and innovative research methodologies while working collaboratively across regional and commodity-focused teams throughout the organization.

Responsibilities and Impact:

Support the development and maintenance of global supply and demand balance sheets across major agricultural commodities.
Conduct fundamental market research across global agricultural commodity markets, identifying key trends and translating complex information into clear, actionable insights.
Contribute to market forecasts, balance sheets, and written analysis, assessing implications for supply, demand, trade flows, and commodity prices.
Support the production of market intelligence through reports, presentations, webinars, and special research projects.
Assist with client engagement activities, including briefings, ad-hoc analysis, conference participation, and response to client inquiries.
Monitor developments in crop production, weather, trade policy, biofuels, macroeconomics, and other factors influencing agricultural markets.
Collaborate with analysts across crops, vegetable oils, biofuels, animal protein, and regional research teams to develop integrated market perspectives.
Develop and maintain analytical models, databases, and forecasting tools, while continuously improving research methodologies and data processes.
Build expertise across multiple commodities and regions, with the opportunity to develop ownership of a specific market over time.

Basic Required Qualifications:

Proven experience of relevant experience in agricultural commodities research, feed markets, trading, or analytics.
Experience developing supply-and-demand analysis, trade flows, and commodity price information.
Strong quantitative and analytical skills, including the ability to work with large datasets and build forecasting models.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present complex market dynamics to clients and internal stakeholders.
Highly curious, analytical mindset with a strong inclination toward root-cause analysis and asking the next question.
Clear and confident communicator, comfortable presenting to both small and large audiences and handling live Q&A with senior industry participants.
Comfortable operating in ambiguous, fast-moving market environments without needing perfect or complete data.
Strong ownership mindset and comfortable taking direction, feedback, and challenge in a high-standards environment.