Total 4 job vacancies by Louis Dreyfus Company

As part of the Palm Oil research team, you will play a crucial role in forecasting and analyzing key supply and demand developments to forecast palm oil prices. As a Palm Oil Market Lead, you will generate market insights and outlooks by closely analyzing data related to palm oil supply and demand. You will collaborate with our global trading team to drive strategic decisions.

The Palm Oil Market Lead role demands a keen ability to navigate and interpret complex market dynamics. The primary challenge lies in accurately forecasting supply and demand amidst fluctuating market conditions, policy changes, and global economic shifts. This requires not only strong analytical skills and attention to detail but also the ability to synthesize vast amounts of data into actionable insights. Effective communication and collaboration with local and global teams are essential to ensure timely and strategic decision-making in a highly competitive market.

This role will mainly interact with researchers, traders as well as the data science team on key projects. You will be working in a fast-paced environment with tight deadlines. 

Main Responsibilities:

• Data Management & Forecasting:
  • Maintain up-to-date and accurate supply and demand (SnD) data for palm oil, reflecting current market conditions. Compile and update all relevant data and forecast components to anticipate market trends.
• Market Analysis:
  • Stay informed on market trends, policies, and currency fluctuations affecting palm oil supply and demand. Transform this information into actionable market insights and adjust SnD outlooks accordingly.
• Global Coordination:
  • Monitor palm oil flows and demand across Asian, African, and other non-major destinations.
  • Coordinate with team members to ensure accurate adjustments for specific products.
• Communication & Reporting:
  • Effectively communicate key changes in palm oil supply and demand to research and commercial teams.
  • Synthesize and present insights to help stakeholders understand market dynamics and swing factors.
• Quantitative Modeling:
  • Collaborate with the Data Science team to enhance palm oil data analytics and processes.
  • Contribute to the development of new models and approaches to improve internal knowledge.

Experiences & Competencies:

• At least 4 years of experiences in agricultural market research (including a minimum of 2 years in Palm Research)
• Genuine interest in global economics and commodities markets
• Ability to manage data and summarizing large quantity of data into key/actionable insights
• Ability to analyze trends, data, and numbers to draw meaningful conclusions and write comprehensive reports
• Willingness to participate in field surveys to collect observations
• Know how to communicate/explain complex ideas in a simple way
• Experience working with commercial teams to design trading strategies is a plus
• Ability to work with teams in different geographical locations
• Highly organized and detail-oriented, with an attentive approach to analysis to ensure accurate assumptions and conclusions
• Good time management skills and ability to manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines
• Interpersonal skills, ability to forge relationships with colleagues and external contacts
• Self-motivated & problem-solver individual
• Ability to work within a complex and international environment
• Ability to understand the business needs & potential issues and propose innovative ideas/solutions

Technical Skills:

• Proficiency in Excel
• Experience with BI tools for analytics
• Python programming skills and command on SQL and Data visualization tools are a plus
• Strong statistical and analytical skills, with a solid understanding of data management best practices
• Good Business Intelligence awareness

Languages:

• English (Fluent)

Academics:

•  Bachelor’s Degree in Economics, Agricultural Science, Engineering, Trade or related field of study

We are seeking a motivated and enthusiastic Junior Data Scientist and Research Analyst to join our Palm Platform team. The ideal candidate will have a passion for agriculture and a thirst for learning new skills. As a Junior Data Scientist and Research Analyst, you will play a key role in developing and applying analytical and machine learning solutions to tackle various agricultural challenges. You will have the opportunity to work with large spatial-temporal datasets, standard analytical packages, and financial instruments to support supply, demand, and marketing strategies. We are looking for someone who thrives on technology and innovation, excels at solving complex problems with creative solutions, and is adept at communicating findings to local and global stakeholders proactively.

Main Responsibilities:

• Contribute to database construction:  
  • Contribute to the construction and maintenance of internal databases and Python libraries.   
• Analyse internal and external data sources:  
  • Proactively monitor external data and market intelligence, stay abreast of routine releases, policies, and market trends. 
  • Analyse and extract valuable insights from data and market information.
• Develop high-quality models, including predictive models:  
  • Use high-quality statistical, econometric, and machine learning tools to analyze large-scale internal and public commodity-related data. This includes estimating supply, demand, and price models based on sound theory, and best-practice programming techniques, and state-of-the-art analytical tools. Clearly explain assumptions, model advantages, and limitations.  
• Create and maintain dashboards and custom tools:  
  • Develop dashboards and custom tools to deploy findings to commercial groups using latest tools and technologies, while ensuring its integrity and accuracy 
• Present findings:  
  • Present findings to broad commercial groups and effectively summarize and communicate model features and results for global risk management.   

Experiences & Competencies:

• Knowledge of statistical methods and machine learning techniques, with practical experience applying them to real-world agricultural problems 
• Strong written and verbal communication skills – Know how to communicate/explain complex ideas in a simple way to non-technical stakeholders  
• Good time management skills and ability to manage multiple tasks and work to deadlines 
• Interpersonal skills, ability to forge relationships with colleagues and external contacts 
• Ability to work within a complex and international environment 
• Genuine interest in global economics and commodities markets 

Technical Skills:

• Advanced IT skills (e.g., Excel, VBA, PowerPivot, Power Query) 
• Good Programming skills (Python, etc.) and experience with data analysis libraries (e.g., Pandas, NumPy, SciPy, GeoPandas, etc.) 
• Strong command on SQL and Data visualization tools 
• Good Business Intelligence awareness 

Language:

• English (Fluent)

Academics:

•  Degree in Computer Sciences, Statistics, or Mathematics, or related field of study

Main Responsibilities

This position will support the Palm and Veg-oil Product Line by analyzing internal and external data sources, ensuring that palm research remains consistently updated, well-informed, and adaptable to market changes.

• Maintain the research database and dashboards, ensure its integrity and accuracy.
• Proactively monitor external data and market intelligence, stay abreast of routine releases, policies, and market trends.
• Analyze and interpret data and information to extract valuable insights.
• Collaborate with the origination research team and Destination PIC to ensure our export demand estimations accurately reflect market dynamics.
• Assist in production estimation and adjustment for both long-term and spot projections, while regularly monitor and update weather indicators.
• Assist in the analysis of new projects and initiatives, provide insights and fundamental-driven analysis to facilitate decision-making processes within the platform.

Experience

• 0-2 years of working experience in research trading or agricultural markets, understanding of agricultural fundamentals.
• Communication – Effective distribution of trading strategies and ideas
• Collaboration – Be able to coordinate research with other stakeholders
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to interpret and analyse qualitative and quantitative information

Other skills (Computer Skills, etc)

• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Power BI. Experience of SQL, Python/coding is beneficial.
• Good to have knowledge in commodity derivatives.

Languages

• English (Fluent)

Academics

•  Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Economics, Business Analytics or other related fields

Reporting to Head of Wheat Research / Head of G&O South and SouthEastAsia (SSEA), this position assists in the generation of profit by providing traders with information pertaining to domestic and export commodity markets.  This analytical role is responsible for maintenance, management and proactive update of information, and its synthesis/communication to the global team.

Main Responsibilities:

1. Maintain and analyse all relevant data and provide input into trading strategy for SEA

• Provide, maintain, and update relevant SSEA crop production, consumption and imports of wheat/barley, with an emphasis on demand switches between various commodities (local vs. imported grains, substitution with rice & other feed grains), and on estimates of domestic crops of competing grains in SSEA
• Identify and propose trading opportunities based on the analysis of wheat/corn/other feedgrains’ relative competitiveness.
• Provide updates of regulatory, political and consumer preference changes affecting each commodity or downstream use of commodity

1. Engage with internal and external information sources

• Leverage LDC market position and create relationships with a view to increase the inflow of relevant information available to the global commercial/trading team
• Ensure constant communication with different destination and origin teams to ensure flow of information related to SSEA flows within the Product Line. Participate to all relevant daily/weekly product line calls

1. Develop a detailed analysis of feed and milling wheat import demand for the region

• Work with commercial team in SSEA to develop a detailed understanding of Southeast Asian feed and milling wheat demand
• Monitor and regularly communicate to the global team the wheat-corn spreads in the various SEA countries, as well as the impact of such price moves on feed wheat & corn demand
• Provide a breakdown by quality (feed / milling) of the import demand of all the SEA countries. Build and refresh databases such as milling capacities, domestic crops, vessel line up, market shares, etc

1. Other duties as required

Experiences:

• At least 3-5 years’ relevant experience in agricultural markets, preferably bulk commodity export.
• Full understanding of balance sheet analysis including the factors which impact each component of the balance sheet.
• Ability to decide when and how best to communicate major balance sheet adjustments
• Understanding of the market and influence of other markets, including other domestic and international commodity markets
• Ability to source, aggregate, analyse, maintain up to date data and research material
• Strong and clear written and verbal communication skills and an open and inquiring mind
• Ability to interpret and analyse qualitative and quantitative information.
• Attention to detail and accurate data entry, including advanced Excel skills
• Excellent time management skills and ability to prioritize quickly.

Languages:

• English (Fluent)

Academics

•  Degree in Agricultural / Economic or related field