Coffee Trader

Vor 2 Tagen

zürich, zurich, Schweiz TORQCOMMODITIES Vollzeit

Role purpose

The Coffee Trader will develop and manage profitable physical green coffee business, with a particular focus on origination from Ethiopia. The role owns the trading cycle from origin development, market analysis and customer development through pricing, hedging, contract execution, logistics coordination, collection and final P&L. The successful candidate will combine a strong Ethiopian sourcing network with commercial initiative, disciplined risk management and close cross-functional execution.

Key responsibilities

  • Develop and execute the green coffee trading strategy for assigned origins, products and customer markets.
  • Lead Ethiopia origination by developing reliable supply channels with exporters, cooperatives, washing stations, producers and other approved origin partners.
  • Maintain current knowledge of Ethiopian crop cycles, producing regions, grades, quality differentials, availability, local market dynamics and export requirements.
  • Build and maintain relationships with producers, exporters, merchants, roasters and other commercial counterparties.
  • Originate physical coffee and negotiate purchase and sales contracts, including price, quality, delivery,