About the Role:

Grade Level (for internal use):

11

The Role: We are currently seeking a Managing Editor to join our Singapore office. The Managing Editor will help develop and drive the coverage across our existing corn, sugar and biofuels price assessments.

The Career Opportunity: Join a high energy and rapidly expanding Agriculture team. The Managing Editor is expected to work well in collaboration with the regional and global leaders as well as showing strong individual leadership and assuming responsibility for the delivery of essential market pricing and coverage.

The Team / The Business: The role will support the regional head of Agriculture and the Global Content Director, Metals & Agriculture in delivering the vision for Platts Agriculture sector and will work closely with relevant units across the organisation such as Marketing, Sales and Conferences.

The Managing Editor position will be reporting into the regional head of Agriculture in Singapore and will be responsible for a small team of Agriculture pricing specialists. This team is responsible for price and market intelligence gathering activities across a range of disciplines including corn, sugar, ethanol and biodiesel, as well as for the price formation process. Each of these sectors brings its own challenges such as defending or strengthening existing benchmarks; establishing a new benchmark; coordinating news and analysis; and further developing existing assessments to fully realise their latent potential.

The Managing Editor will also be following trading activity on a daily basis in the physical destination corn market in North East Asia and assisting with coverage in other markets. Those markets will be assessed based on physical bids, offers and traded information and in line with Platts published methodology; writing a commentary and assessment rationale explaining the trends driving prices and the reason why prices have been assessed the way they have; and writing news stories during the course of market coverage.

Responsibilities and Impact:

• Monitor team’s news/market reporting activities, ensuring timely coverage of events

• Manage team performance as well as coach and mentor staff

• Understand relevance of information to the customer, and facilitate the development of value-added news/information

• Regularly cover markets, and produce regular in-depth analytical/enterprise articles

• Ensure copy and commentary is accurate, aligned with pricing data and assessments and enforce any required approval process

• Establish best practices and systems to improve quality and analysis contained in written commentaries and news

What We’re Looking For:

Basic Required Qualifications:

• BA degree in journalism or business preferred together with five years reporting/writing/analytical or editorial management experience

• Excellent communication skills with ability to communicate across a wide range of groups and personalities internally and externally

• Clear, concise English writing skills. Any additional language skills are a plus

• Strong numeracy skills and the ability to apply basic math functions in Excel

• Solid understanding of economics principles and of risk management principles

• Minimum 5 years’ experience of global commodity markets

• Strong interest in agricultural commodities including corn, sugar and biofuels

• A solid understanding of economics principles

• Ability to multitask and work under tight deadlines

• Degree in Journalism, Business or Finance preferred

About S&P Global Commodity Insights

At S&P Global Commodity Insights, our complete view of global energy and commodities markets enables our customers to make decisions with conviction and create long-term, sustainable value.

We’re a trusted connector that brings together thought leaders, market participants, governments, and regulators to co-create solutions that lead to progress. Vital to navigating Energy Transition, S&P Global Commodity Insights’ coverage includes oil and gas, power, chemicals, metals, agriculture and shipping.

S&P Global Commodity Insights is a division of S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI). S&P Global is the world’s foremost provider of credit ratings, benchmarks, analytics and workflow solutions in the global capital, commodity and automotive markets. With every one of our offerings, we help many of the world’s leading organizations navigate the economic landscape so they can plan for tomorrow, today.

For more information, visit http://www.spglobal.com/commodity-insights .

What’s In It For You?

Our Purpose:

Progress is not a self-starter. It requires a catalyst to be set in motion. Information, imagination, people, technology–the right combination can unlock possibility and change the world.

Our world is in transition and getting more complex by the day. We push past expected observations and seek out new levels of understanding so that we can help companies, governments and individuals make an impact on tomorrow. At S&P Global we transform data into Essential Intelligence®, pinpointing risks and opening possibilities. We Accelerate Progress.

Our People:

We're more than 35,000 strong worldwide—so we're able to understand nuances while having a broad perspective. Our team is driven by curiosity and a shared belief that Essential Intelligence can help build a more prosperous future for us all.

From finding new ways to measure sustainability to analyzing energy transition across the supply chain to building workflow solutions that make it easy to tap into insight and apply it. We are changing the way people see things and empowering them to make an impact on the world we live in. We’re committed to a more equitable future and to helping our customers find new, sustainable ways of doing business. We’re constantly seeking new solutions that have progress in mind. Join us and help create the critical insights that truly make a difference.

Our Values:

Integrity, Discovery, Partnership

At S&P Global, we focus on Powering Global Markets. Throughout our history, the world's leading organizations have relied on us for the Essential Intelligence they need to make confident decisions about the road ahead. We start with a foundation of integrity in all we do, bring a spirit of discovery to our work, and collaborate in close partnership with each other and our customers to achieve shared goals.

Benefits:

We take care of you, so you can take care of business. We care about our people. That’s why we provide everything you—and your career—need to thrive at S&P Global.

Our benefits include:

• Health & Wellness: Health care coverage designed for the mind and body.

• Flexible Downtime: Generous time off helps keep you energized for your time on.

• Continuous Learning: Access a wealth of resources to grow your career and learn valuable new skills.

• Invest in Your Future: Secure your financial future through competitive pay, retirement planning, a continuing education program with a company-matched student loan contribution, and financial wellness programs.

• Family Friendly Perks: It’s not just about you. S&P Global has perks for your partners and little ones, too, with some best-in class benefits for families.

• Beyond the Basics: From retail discounts to referral incentive awards—small perks can make a big difference.

For more information on benefits by country visit: https://spgbenefits.com/benefit-summaries

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at S&P Global:

At S&P Global, we believe diversity fuels creative insights, equity unlocks opportunity, and inclusion drives growth and innovation – Powering Global Markets. Our commitment centers on our global workforce, ensuring that our people are empowered to bring their whole selves to work. It doesn’t stop there, we strive to better reflect and serve the communities in which we live and work, and advocate for greater opportunity for all.

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:  EEO.Compliance@spglobal.com  and your request will be forwarded to the appropriate person. 

US Candidates Only: The EEO is the Law Poster http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf   describes discrimination protections under federal law.

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

Job ID: 300461

Posted On: 2024-04-23

Location: Singapore, Singapore