Economist (Monsanto)- job career in USA

Job title:Economist
Job ID: #00L7M
Organization: Monsanto
Location: St. Louis,Missouri USA
Deadline:17/08/2013
Main Responsibilities:
The Economist will support the Chief Economist in advancing progress in the economics function in support of the strategic objectives of Monsanto Company by:
· Supporting the CE's initiatives to ensure timely and relevant advice and support to executive leadership and global business units;
· Assisting in the supervision of research, data collection, and consultantive advice from all business areas to align all economics function within Monsanto to minimize overlap and ensuring consistency company wide;
· Working directly with internal and external resources to maintain, refine and update economic forecasting models;
· Actively contributing to and communicating results internally and externally of economic proprietary forecasts;
· Design ad-hoc and regularly run scenarios in support of various business units;
· Work closely with domestic and overseas teams to identify and address needs, such as: scenario planning, modeling building, and market analysis;
· Publishing a brief, monthly economic newsletter for internal consumption;
· Managing contractual relationships with outside vendors;
· Taking ownership of certain strategic outside partner relationships;
· Communicating Monsanto's vision to both internal and external audiences;
· Providing day-to-day management of the economics function through scheduling coordination, data request fulfillment and other related functions.

Qualifications:
Academic Background
· Bachelors Degree in Economics, Finance, or related degree required. Advanced university degree in Economics, preferred.

Professional Background
· A minumum of 5 years of economic experience
· Experience must include strong analytical skills combined with an ability to identify emerging issues with implications for economic performance. Develop frameworks to assess potential analytical outcomes.
· Experience in preparing, issuing, evaluating and selecting outside vendors for analytical analysis
· Extensive experience in presenting to senior level executives and to a variety of audiences
· Thorough knowledge of global trade and policy issues
· Strong economic modeling experience required
· Well-established contacts with key actors and stakeholders in the economic community
· A proven record of good diplomatic and negotiating skills at a senior level
· Proven management skills and ability to motivate and manage a high-performing, multidisciplinary, preferred work experience with multinational teams
· Constant and consistent communication with all business units to ensure all economic related information is captured, understood, and efforts are not duplicated
· Knowledge and experience working on agricultural issues preferred

Core Competencies
· A dynamic, highly motivated personality with a strong political sense and effective diplomatic skills; ability to achieve consensus and interact effectively with multiple high-level stakeholders
· Ability to think creatively and to explore new perspectives so as to increase the relevance and impact of the work of the economics function both internally and externally
· Ability to evaluate the analytical work produced in the economics function (as well as economic information generated through other internal business units.) Continual assessment of the company’s needs, and to supervise the progress of the program of work and budget
· Ability to build collaborative working relationships with people inside and outside the organization
· Excellent communication skills for the promotion of the achievements of the economics function to a wide range of audiences with proven skills in public-speaking and making presentations

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