Sucafina is one of the leading trade houses in the world, and sources coffee from most producing countries. Sucafina with more than 1,400 employees in 34 countries, the Group is a key and growing player in the coffee world. With its main trading base in Geneva, Sucafina sources coffee, often directly from farmers, to provide its partners with sustainable value across the global supply chain.

It is included but not limited to:

• Ensure efficient (cost-effective, on-time) execution of sale contracts for specific assigned clients (from marketing/sampling phase to delivery)
• Keep assigned client profiles up-to-date and liaise with Inbound teams effectively on related procedural changes where relevant
• Issue shipping instruction & logistic documents related to assigned sales (invoices, release documents, cover letters, etc) & instruct/ensure upload of related external documents where required
• Work closely with relevant internal teams, brokers and logistic-service providers to ensure customer service, data accuracy & efficient coordination (position check, effective back-up/handover, etc.)
• Work closely with Sales team, Sales SSC, Inbound teams and head office to anticipate execution challenges and advise on potential solutions
• Advise Trading team on logistic costs for specific sale scenarios, and any other logistics aspect of a sales project/potential business
• Monitor assigned clients’ position & receivables
• Check all assigned service invoices to approve the costs
• Check stocks in assigned warehouses on a monthly basis & report accordingly
• Liaise with insurance team on onboarding of warehouse counterparties on CTRM and coverage of insured cases, risk team on execution limits and escalate to trading
• Monitor coffee prices on various commodity markets
• Perform data entry to ensure accurate and up-to-date records across all relevant systems and documents

Qualifications and Education

• BA or equivalent, with a focus on Commodity Trading, Logistics, Risk or Management as a plus
• Other certifications a plus

Experience

• Minimum 2 years working experience
• Experience in an international environment/global collaboration
• Experience in coffee trade logistics is a plus

Technical Skills

• Strong knowledge of Excel
• Good knowledge of Word, Outlook, and other Microsoft products
• Knowledge of Incoterms, International payment terms and basic logistics knowledge
• Knowledge of Salesforce is a plus
• Knowledge of ESCC is a plus
• Knowledge of collaborative tools (MS Teams, SharePoint, etc.) & Business Intelligence, Power BI as a plus

Soft Skills

• Excellent organizational skills (ability to prioritize, plan tasks and respect deadlines)
• Teamwork skills
• Excellent communication skill
• Ability to work under stress and respond to tight deadlines
• High level of autonomy 
• Proactiveness
• Business process improvement mindset
• High level of adaptability

Languages

Excellent knowledge of English

Other requirements

• A positive, friendly and helpful attitude
• An entrepreneurship, thriving to learn and humility attitude