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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.\nKey responsibilities\nDevelop and execute the green coffee trading strategy for assigned origins, products and customer markets.\nLead Ethiopia origination by developing reliable supply channels with exporters, cooperatives, washing stations, producers and other approved origin partners.\nMaintain current knowledge of Ethiopian crop cycles, producing regions, grades, quality differentials, availability, local market dynamics and export requirements.\nBuild and maintain relationships with producers, exporters, merchants, roasters and other commercial counterparties.\nOriginate physical coffee and negotiate purchase and sales contracts, including price, quality, delivery, payment and Incoterms.\nMaintain the position book, forward book and daily P&L, ensuring accurate mark-to-market valuations and timely reporting.\nMonitor coffee futures, differentials, foreign exchange, freight, crop developments, weather, supply-demand fundamentals and regional market conditions.\nHedge price exposure using appropriate futures and other approved instruments, operating within authorised trading and risk limits.\nManage inventory, open positions and contractual exposures to protect margins and minimise basis, price, counterparty and execution risk.\nCoordinate closely with operations, logistics, quality, finance, trade finance and legal teams to ensure accurate and timely contract execution.\nFollow shipments, documents, claims, receivables and collections through to completion, escalating issues promptly.\nIdentify new routes, origins, customers and product opportunities that can deliver sustainable volume and gross margin.\nPrepare forecasts, budgets, market reports and commercial recommendations for senior management.\nComply with internal policies, counterparty limits, sanctions requirements, anti-bribery controls and applicable trading regulations.\nRequirements\nCandidate profile\nAt least five years of relevant experience in physical green coffee trading, origination or a closely related soft-commodity trading role.\nProven hands-on green coffee origination experience in Ethiopia is essential, supported by an active network of credible exporters, cooperatives, washing stations or producers.\nStrong knowledge of Ethiopian coffee regions, crop calendars, grades, quality profiles, differentials, local purchasing practices and export logistics.\nDemonstrated ownership of physical positions, trading P&L, forward books and mark-to-market reporting.\nPractical experience using coffee futures to hedge physical exposure and protect trading margins.\nStrong understanding of physical commodity contracts, logistics, quality specifications, Incoterms, trade finance and counterparty risk.\nEstablished commercial relationships in Ethiopia and the wider East African coffee market.\nStrong numerical, analytical and Excel skills, with the ability to turn market information into clear trading decisions.\nCommercially confident, disciplined and able to work independently while collaborating effectively with operational teams.\nClear written and verbal communication skills and the ability to negotiate across cultures and markets.\nBachelor's degree in business, economics, finance, supply chain or another relevant discipline. A postgraduate qualification is advantageous.\nWillingness to travel internationally to origins, suppliers, customers and industry events.\nSuccess measures\nProfitable trading performance against agreed volume and gross-margin objectives.\nAccurate daily position, P&L and mark-to-market reporting.\nCompliance with approved risk, credit and counterparty limits.\nTimely contract execution, shipment performance and collection of receivables.\nGrowth of sustainable supplier and customer relationships and development of viable new trading routes.\nPersonal attributes\nCommercially driven and entrepreneurial, with sound judgement, integrity and a disciplined approach to risk. Comfortable taking ownership, working at pace and remaining close to the operational detail required to turn a trade into realised cash and margin.\nBenefits\n· Competitive salary with performance-based bonus.\n· Opportunity to work in a global commodity environment.\n· Exposure to international markets and leading industry players.\n· Career development in a fast-growing trading team.","description_format":"text","description_chars":4794,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Supply Chain"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-16T08:09:55Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":6,"band":"cold","label":"Long shot","p_open":1,"p_active":0.198,"p_room":0.28,"age_days":139,"expected_fill_days":27,"reasons":["conf:3","win:tail","crowd:"],"computed_at":"2026-10-25T05:49:26Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/wearetorq-coffee-trader","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/wearetorq-coffee-trader.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-26T02:36:12Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":3341,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-27T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":720957},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=720957"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fwearetorq-coffee-trader"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fwearetorq-coffee-trader"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fwearetorq-coffee-trader"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/wearetorq-coffee-trader\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fwearetorq-coffee-trader"}]}