It’s amazing what can happen over a cup of coffee. At JACOBS DOUWE EGBERTS, we’ve made it our mission to find out. Our people have been raising the bar since day one, thinking fast and acting even faster to make an impact that’s felt around the world. JDE is the home to some of the most well-known coffee brands in the world. To date, our coffee and tea portfolio is available in over 100 countries and includes iconic household names such as Jacobs, Tassimo, Moccona, Senseo, L’OR, Douwe Egberts, TiOra, Super, Kenco, Pilao and Gevalia. We’ve built our business on the belief that everyone deserves the coffee they love – no matter who you are, where you live or how you take it.

At JACOBS DOUWE EGBERTS we are inspired by our belief that it’s amazing what can happen over a cup of coffee. We are driven by the vision that everyone deserves the coffee they love.

• Act as Lead internal agronomist for JDE, advising key stakeholders across regulatory / corporate affairs / R&D on green coffee practices, risks, and methods of improvement.
• In close collaboration with the sustainability team define the roadmap of work required to improve JDE’s understanding of the agronomy and to enable definition of agronomy best practices, to support economic / sustainable and risk management aspects
• Hands on approach to setting up and conducting field trials throughput the green coffee value chain to validate impacts and benefits.
• In close collaboration with the Sustainability Team build and enhance an external network of local business relationships from growers / co-operatives / post harvest processors / research and agronomy companies - to enable support to JDE ‘s Agenda
• Leverage knowledge and data from JDE Common Grounds projects to build and expand the understanding of Pesticide and Herbicide practices, review potential impact on coffee and advise / conduct trials through third party network to demonstrate potential to reduce / minimize risk, or define relevant standards.
• Build understanding of external research in the Green coffee value chain and associated regulatory landscape.  Work closely to advise regulatory affairs teams
• In close collaboration with the Sustainability Team represent JDE on local consortia, agriculture focus federations linked to coffee supply chain where aims are in line with JDE strategy.
• Build a working relationship with local coffee and tea sourcing teams in Brazil and Vietnam to ensure aligned workstreams.
• Work closely with coffee and tea sourcing Brazil and the sustainability team to drive supplier engagement and reporting to enable support of JDE’s strategy.

• First degree or M.Sc. in agriculture or agronomy
• Experience in coffee agricultural production or similar agricultural crop
• Fluent English

• Very regular travel to coffee production areas for meetings, field trials and visits.
• Flexible attitude in working outside office hours if required