Grains & Oilseeds Market Analyst
Louis Dreyfus Company is a leading merchant and processor of agricultural goods. Our activities span the entire value chain from farm to fork, across a broad range of business lines, we leverage our global reach and extensive asset network to serve our customers and consumers around the world.
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Company Description
Louis Dreyfus Company is a leading merchant and processor of agricultural goods.
Our activities span the entire value chain from farm to fork, across a broad range of business lines, we leverage our global reach and extensive asset network to serve our customers and consumers around the world.
Structured as a matrix organization of six geographical regions and ten platforms, Louis Dreyfus Company is active in over 100 countries and employs approximately 18,000 people globally.
Job Description
- Main accountabilities
- :
- Conduct analysis of Russian supply & demand of grains and oilseeds
- Build national balance sheets for all G&O products traded by the platform, as well as a regional balance sheet for wheat.
- Forecast Russian grains (wheat, corn, barley & minor grains) and oilseeds production volumes (soybeans, rapeseed, sunseed)
- Organize and conduct crop tours.
- Coordinate work with analysts and traders in various relevant countries.
- Manage Russian oilseeds crush estimates.
- Communicate results of analysis to Geneva traders and global group.
- Provide the group early warnings on sudden S&D changes
- Work with Geneva traders to develop trading strategy, highlight opportunities and risks.
- Coordinate with grains / oilseeds desk to update Russia’s feed matrix
- Monitor line-ups & customs and give regular updates to the group
- Monitor weekly harvesting/planting pace and deduce S&D implications from the data
- Estimate farmers’ costs of production and margins
- Take leadership role in developing the platform's oilseeds research (information, methodology and communication) within the region.
- Develop an extensive network with local external Grains & Oilseeds market players/analysts.
- Coordinate with other LDC commodity analysts and data science team to improve LDC Russian research analysis.
- Maintain and improve the Russia dataset and your balance sheet tool outputs (database/BI), including documentation, data checks, and reproducible logic.
Knowledge
- and Skills:
- Preference for a Degree in Agricultural Economics / Economics / Agronomy / Data/Statistics (or equivalent experience).
- An expected duration of 5+ years in commodity research (ideally in grains/oilseeds), market analysis, on a trading platform or market research consultancy.
- Proven Russian market coverage with Russian Language (Business professional / Natural Language Levels)
- Deep knowledge of Russian commodity production practices (ideally in Grains & Oilseeds), regional agronomical specificities, dynamics of domestic demand (feed, human, industrial), internal trade flows & logistics, data sources.
- Excellent quantitative and qualitative analysis skills; ability to interpret mixed information and maintain a clean assumption trail.
- Advanced Excel and statistics skills (and ideally Power BI). Nice-to-have: Python/R
- Attention to detail and accurate data handling.
- Strong written and verbal communication; ability to turn complex signals into clear “so what” conclusions.
- Comfortable engaging with commercial stakeholders; responsive and calm under time pressure
- Strong prioritization and time management; can run a weekly cadence while handling ad hoc requests.
- Curious, independent, and willing to challenge consensus with evidence
- Willingness to travel when required (e.g. for crop tours).
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What We Offer
We provide a dynamic and stimulating international environment, which will stretch and develop your abilities and channel your skills and expertise with outstanding career development opportunities in one of the largest and most solid private companies in the world.
Our Benefits
- Competitive salary and benefits
- Hybrid work available (not applicable to all roles)
- Pension contributions
- Access to Training and Development
- Access to Concierge Partnerships
Diversity & Inclusion
LDC is driven by a set of shared values and high ethical standards, with diversity and inclusion being part of our DNA.
LDC is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity, equity and inclusion.
LDC encourages diversity, supports local communities and environmental initiatives.
We encourage people of all backgrounds to apply.
Sustainability
Sustainable value is at the heart of our purpose as a company.
We are passionate about creating fair and sustainable value, both for our business and for other value chain stakeholders: our people, our business partners, the communities we touch and the environment around us
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