Research Analyst – Agricultural Trade & Market Intelligence

Atlas Solutions is a market development and consulting firm specializing in the agricultural, food, and beverage sectors across Latin America. Leveraging local expertise, extensive regional knowledge, and strong industry networks, we help organizations understand markets, identify commercial opportunities, strengthen stakeholder engagement, and support market development initiatives throughout the region.

We work with U.S. agricultural trade organizations, industry associations, and agribusiness clients to support market research, market development, stakeholder engagement, and trade promotion initiatives across Latin America.

Atlas Solutions is seeking an experienced and highly analytical Research Analyst to support market research, market intelligence, and reporting initiatives.

This is a research-focused role responsible for collecting, organizing, analyzing, and interpreting quantitative and qualitative information and transforming research findings into clear, well-structured market analyses and professional reports.

The ideal candidate will have demonstrated experience conducting desk research, working with market and trade databases, analyzing statistical and commercial data, identifying market trends and competitive dynamics, and preparing market research reports, market assessments, country analyses, executive summaries, and evidence-based recommendations.

The Research Analyst will work closely with the Program Manager and Regional Director to support research assignments across different markets, industries, and client requirements.

Conduct comprehensive desk research and market analysis using government, trade, industry, company, academic, and other credible sources. Collect, clean, organize, and analyze market, trade, economic, industry, and import/export data using databases such as UN Comtrade, Trade Map, USITC Data Web, national customs databases, and comparable platforms. Analyze historical and current data to identify market size, trade flows, trends, growth patterns, sourcing dynamics, and competitive positioning.

Conduct industry, company, competitor, and value-chain research to identify key market participants, barriers, opportunities, and relevant market developments. Identify, research, verify, and compile B2B, trade, government, regulatory, institutional, and industry contacts, maintaining accurate and organized stakeholder databases. Research regulatory frameworks, import requirements, tariffs, standards, HS classifications, customs procedures, and market-access conditions. Communicate with internal and external stakeholders regarding research activities, data, and findings, including clients and trade contacts as needed to support research projects.

Collect and analyze quantitative and qualitative information from multiple sources, cross-referencing findings to ensure accuracy, consistency, and reliability. Translate research and data into clear market insights, findings, conclusions, and evidence-based recommendations. Prepare and contribute to professional market research reports, market assessments, country profiles, industry analyses, executive summaries, charts, tables, and presentations. Maintain well-organized research files, datasets, source documentation, contact databases, and supporting materials using Microsoft Office, Google Drive, Slack, and other collaboration tools.

Conduct and support research interviews with trade and industry contacts , including interview preparation, coordination, documentation, and analysis of findings, with appropriate project oversight. Support consumer and market research surveys , including coordination with third-party research providers on research questions,…