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Join Our Team as Green Coffee Specialist at TCPL!
TCPL is seeking a dynamic and experienced
Green Coffee Specialist
to join our Integrated Supply function in a
full-time ,
salaried
role based in
Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey .
This position plays a pivotal role in strengthening and accelerating our core business and creating a future ready organization. You'll work closely with the
Head of Coffee Trading, Buying, and Blending , undertaking full responsibility of the green coffee lab and executing sample analytics, roasting, cupping, grading and sample entry into our reporting system.
Other responsibilities include the creation and maintenance of various reports, which allow the Center of Excellence to analyze the global coffee market, anticipate future movements, and act accordingly.
Financial Outcomes
Data Analysis:
Maintain origin knowledge to ensure cost savings opportunities and impact of dynamic market changes
Manage biweekly, monthly, quarterly, and S&D reporting to ensure best tools for decision making
Trade Engagement:
Record purchase contracts, sales contracts, price fixing and invoices
Provide support for daily hedging operations – price fixing and AAs, options expiry
Key involvement with vendor reports, S&Ds, and market insights
Customer Service
Develop & Maintain relationships with suppliers, including daily correspondence on quality, contracts, and position management
Support innovation for key customers
Internal process
Coffee Lab & Quality:
Lead the processing of coffee samples and analytical analysis for green coffee and finished products
Ensure green coffee deliveries through timely roasting, grade inspection, cupping, and data entry
Visual, physical, and sensorial coffee evaluation Maintain retention samples & lab organization
Logistics:
Support planning, recommending, and coordinating coffee supply chain logistics activity
Ensure appropriate documentation for green purchase and delivery
Support/cover monthly financial reporting and customer purchasing as needed
Innovation and Learning
Strategic involvement on blending and supply solution
Support blend formulation, product development and optimization, and innovation initiatives
Attend market and/or CPMG innovation conferences – travel required
What are the Critical success factors for the Role?
3+ years of coffee experience or translatable industry experience (tea, cacao)
Seamlessly adopts technology
Bachelor’s Degree or significant coffee industry experience
Organoleptic ability and basic sensory skills
Excellent oral and written communication skills to ensure clear communication for multilingual relations
Detail orientated
Able to prioritize a variety of tasks and pivot functions easily
What are the Desirable success factors for the Role?
Q grader or ICE Arabica/Robusta grader preferred
Team building, project management and problem-solving skills
Basic negotiation skills
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Green Coffee Specialist
to join our Integrated Supply function in a
full-time ,
salaried
role based in
Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey .
This position plays a pivotal role in strengthening and accelerating our core business and creating a future ready organization. You'll work closely with the
Head of Coffee Trading, Buying, and Blending , undertaking full responsibility of the green coffee lab and executing sample analytics, roasting, cupping, grading and sample entry into our reporting system.
Other responsibilities include the creation and maintenance of various reports, which allow the Center of Excellence to analyze the global coffee market, anticipate future movements, and act accordingly.
Financial Outcomes
Data Analysis:
Maintain origin knowledge to ensure cost savings opportunities and impact of dynamic market changes
Manage biweekly, monthly, quarterly, and S&D reporting to ensure best tools for decision making
Trade Engagement:
Record purchase contracts, sales contracts, price fixing and invoices
Provide support for daily hedging operations – price fixing and AAs, options expiry
Key involvement with vendor reports, S&Ds, and market insights
Customer Service
Develop & Maintain relationships with suppliers, including daily correspondence on quality, contracts, and position management
Support innovation for key customers
Internal process
Coffee Lab & Quality:
Lead the processing of coffee samples and analytical analysis for green coffee and finished products
Ensure green coffee deliveries through timely roasting, grade inspection, cupping, and data entry
Visual, physical, and sensorial coffee evaluation Maintain retention samples & lab organization
Logistics:
Support planning, recommending, and coordinating coffee supply chain logistics activity
Ensure appropriate documentation for green purchase and delivery
Support/cover monthly financial reporting and customer purchasing as needed
Innovation and Learning
Strategic involvement on blending and supply solution
Support blend formulation, product development and optimization, and innovation initiatives
Attend market and/or CPMG innovation conferences – travel required
What are the Critical success factors for the Role?
3+ years of coffee experience or translatable industry experience (tea, cacao)
Seamlessly adopts technology
Bachelor’s Degree or significant coffee industry experience
Organoleptic ability and basic sensory skills
Excellent oral and written communication skills to ensure clear communication for multilingual relations
Detail orientated
Able to prioritize a variety of tasks and pivot functions easily
What are the Desirable success factors for the Role?
Q grader or ICE Arabica/Robusta grader preferred
Team building, project management and problem-solving skills
Basic negotiation skills
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