About the job
Join the Louis Dreyfus Company as a Senior Research Analyst within our Pulses platform, where you will play a pivotal role in primary and secondary data collection, crop production analysis, and trend evaluation. Your insights will drive effective business decisions and contribute to our success in the pulses market.
Key Responsibilities:
- Oversee the implementation and adherence to established research methodologies for crop estimation and analytical activities.
- Engage in the development of robust research strategies, continuously reviewing methodologies based on observations from crop tours.
- Construct and maintain comprehensive Global Balance Sheets for diverse pulse varieties.
- Perform primary research and data collection to analyze price and volume trends.
- Conduct extensive crop tours throughout various regions of India, involving significant travel.
- Estimate pulse cultivation areas through regular data collection from official sources, validating estimates via visual assessments and farmer interviews.
- Identify potential risks to crop estimates by analyzing various scenarios, including environmental factors and market conditions.
- Monitor weather patterns and long-term forecasts to refine production estimates.
- Analyze trends and behaviors to draw actionable conclusions.
- Conduct detailed cost of production and gross margin studies.
- Regularly assess crop development using agronomical and statistical tools.
- Apply analytical thinking to identify errors, determine causes, and implement corrections.
- Collaborate effectively within a team to achieve collective objectives.
- Communicate findings through comprehensive crop tour reports.
