Role Overview

We have an exciting opportunity for someone to join us as a Proprietary Trader to work in a truly global environment to help leverage our in-house research and physical coffee market information flow. The role provides an exciting development potential for someone eager to demonstrate their skills and experience in the fast-paced soft commodities environment.

Business Overview

Volcafe Ltd is one of the world’s leading international green coffee trading companies, operating in over 20 countries globally. Our expertise spans green coffee procurement and preparation, sustainability, blending, quality control, risk management and export as well as importing and distribution. We supply the world’s major coffee roasters and retail distributors with their green coffee requirements, with significant strategic growth ambitions for the future. We are part of ED&F Man Commodities, a world leading trader of agricultural products including coffee, sugar, molasses and animal feed.

Volcafe works across the whole green coffee supply chain to make coffee business better, together with our partners and employees. We have built and operate sustainable coffee supply chains across all our origins, addressing key economic, social and environmental issues in coffee farming communities. Our Volcafe Way farmer support programme engages with thousands of coffee farmers and provides a holistic response to the challenges they face.

Key Accountabilities

• Early responsibility for trading arabica and robusta futures and options markets under the supervision of and in collaboration with the proprietary trading team
• Assist in trading overall positions, executing in accordance with a clearly defined plan
• Reconciliation and management of all trading positions
• Participate in various calls and meetings to understand the underlying physical market both in order to learn from and advise colleagues as regards to their trading strategies
• Develop an understanding of the role of exogenous drivers (macro, technical etc) in influencing the global coffee market
• Assist and advise in the provision of derivatives hedging for our global physical trading operations

Skills and Experience

• Substantial experience in trading physical commodities and/or futures markets and/or some other derivative
• Clear commitment and enthusiasm for a career in the commodity space
• Degree level educated, maths, economics or another numerate or analytical subject
• Proven ability to exercise quick decision making and sound judgement under the pressure of ever-changing circumstances
• This is a role for a team player rather than a standalone trading position, though the intention is to give individual PNL responsibility to the successful applicant within the overall proprietary book

As an ever-friendly reminder: Researchers have found that men apply to roles when they meet an average of 60% of the criteria. Women and other underrepresented groups tend to apply only when they check every box. If you are interested, but don’t feel like you meet every single point on the job description, please still apply!

Our Offer

We provide a fast-paced, stimulating and truly global environment, which will stretch your abilities and channel your talents. We also offer competitive salary and benefits combined with outstanding career development opportunities in one of the global leaders in soft commodity trading.

Our Values

Respect, Integrity, Meritocracy, Client Focus, Entrepreneurship

Our values define who we are. They are the fundamental beliefs that determine our actions and guide our behaviour. They influence the way we communicate and collaborate, and define the way we engage with our clients, partners, and communities. Our values are underpinned by a set of essential behaviours, which form part of our performance management approach. Delivering on our objectives is very much about ‘what’ we do, but these essential behaviours also provide a guide and measure for ‘how’ we do things. Our performance essentials are Take Initiative, Self‐Management, Deliver Results and Collaboration.

Our Commitment

We are committed to creating and sustaining an inclusive and diverse work environment where all employees are treated with dignity and respect. We are committed to promoting equal opportunities in employment and are focussed on actively building and developing diverse teams. All qualified applicants will receive equal treatment without regard to race, colour, sex, gender, age, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, marital or civil partner status, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender reassignment (identity, gender expression), genetic information or any characteristic protected by local law.

We are willing to make any reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process.

  To apply you must have the right to work for the provided location.