African Analyst
( Gross salary; 300k-400k)
Our client , a company operating globally and is involved in sourcing trading, processing and distributing grains and oil seeds is looking for a African Analyst
Purpose of the job.Our client , a company operating globally and is involved in sourcing trading, processing and distributing grains and oil seeds is looking for a African Analyst
As a member of the Global Trading Analytics (GTA) team, this position will focus on building and expanding the company’s agricultural supply and demand forecasting and monitoring capabilities in Sub-Saharan Africa.
The position will focus on multiple countries and commodities
within the region.
Supply and demand forecasts will consist of both short-term
(less than 1 year) trade-able insights and long-term (1-5 year) strategic
insights.
Additionally, this team member will focus on longer-term (5+
year) potential suitability of agricultural expansion and/or intensification.
Principle Accountabilities
Principle Accountabilities
- Analyze, gain a
deep understanding of and forecast crop production for various
agricultural related crops in the Sub Saharan region. Conduct crop trips;
develop internal networks to help with African crop
forecasting. Communicate forecasts to local and international
trading teams.
- Develop an
understanding and begin to forecast agricultural demand changes in the Sub
Saharan region. This will include analysis of feed, food and industrial
uses of agricultural products.
- Analyze
agricultural suitability and potential for different crop mixes under
various scenarios
- Maintain
long-term (1-5 year) forecasts for both supply and demand for the Sub
Saharan region.
Education
- BA degree in
agronomy, statistics, economics or related field.
- Masters degree
in agronomy, statistics, economics with cross-over education in at least 2
of 3 previously listed, preferred.
Experience
- 4-6 years
experience analyzing and forecasting Sub-Saharan crop production and
agricultural commodity markets.
- Understanding of
global food trends and markets.
- Experience of
working in large, geographically diverse teams.
- Experience of
communicating with senior management.
- Crop Field
experience (scouting, experiment design, etc), preferred
- More than 3
years experience analyzing and forecasting, preferred
Skills
- High level of
creativity and ability to solve complex problems.
- Self-starter and
ability to develop new ways of solving problems with little guidance.
- Agronomic and/or
plant physiology basics for maize.
- Ability to
handle and manipulate large sets of data.
- Statistical
modeling skills.
- Strong IT skills
(Excel, Eviews or other modelling software, databases)
If you are up to the challenge, posses the necessary
qualification and experience, please send your CV only indicating why you
are the most suitable candidate for the role clearly quoting the job title(
African Analyst) on the email subject to
vacancies@corporatestaffing.co.ke.
Please indicate current or last salary.
N.B. We do not charge any fee for interviews and neither for having your CV in our database
Please indicate current or last salary.
N.B. We do not charge any fee for interviews and neither for having your CV in our database
