Commodity Market Intelligence Manager
About the role
Help build Nimbyl’s decision-intelligence layer by turning commodity-market data, trade flows and global developments into signals that matter to traders, manufacturers and procurement teams.
This is not simply a market-news or research-report role.
The objective is to understand what is changing, why it matters, who may be exposed and what signals should be monitored next.
What you’ll work on
- Analyse commodity prices, supply-demand fundamentals and physical trade flows.
- Track geopolitical, regulatory, weather, logistics and macroeconomic developments.
- Build commodity-specific monitoring frameworks.
- Identify leading indicators affecting pricing, availability, demand and trade routes.
- Analyse import/export flows and corridor-level changes.
- Monitor relevant freight, inventory, production and consumption signals.
- Define alerts and intelligence signals for traders, manufacturers and procurement teams.
- Develop commodity dashboards and recurring market views.
- Evaluate external market and trade-data sources for quality and reliability.
- Translate market developments into concise commercial implications.
- Work with product and AI teams to turn analysis into automated intelligence workflows.
- Build repeatable frameworks for monitoring commodities, corridors and counterparties.
- Distinguish meaningful market signals from noise.
Must have — commodity-market understanding
Strong understanding of several of:
Research & analytical skills
- Strong quantitative and qualitative research ability.
- Ability to work with imperfect and fragmented market datasets.
- Strong Excel / spreadsheet analysis.
- Ability to validate information across multiple sources.
- Ability to distinguish correlation from causation.
- Strong scenario-analysis capability.
- Ability to identify leading vs lagging indicators.
- Ability to translate research into commercial implications.
- Strong written communication.
Beyond “copper prices increased 4%”
You should be able to answer:
- Why did the market move?
- What changed fundamentally?
- Which participants or regions may be exposed?
- What signals should be monitored next?
- What could invalidate the current view?
Data skills
Comfort with some combination of:
Strong advantage: SQL, Python, quantitative modelling, or experience building market dashboards and data products.
Market-data familiarity
Experience with relevant sources such as:
Experience with every source isn’t expected — relevant sources depend on commodity coverage.
Strong advantage
Strong preference for candidates who have worked close to traders, procurement teams, commodity producers or other physical-market participants.
You’ll probably thrive here if…
- You’re comfortable working with ambiguity and incomplete information.
- You ask good questions before jumping to solutions.
- You can operate independently without waiting for detailed instructions.
- You take ownership of outcomes, not only assigned tasks.
- You care about understanding physical trade, not just performing your function.
- You’re comfortable building before a mature playbook exists.
- You can move between strategic thinking and hands-on execution.
- You communicate clearly when you disagree or see risk.
Education
Relevant professional experience matters more to us than a specific degree or pedigree.
We care more about demonstrated ability, domain understanding, judgment and the quality of your work.
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