Role Overview

We have an exciting opportunity for someone to join us as a Trainee Trader to work in a truly global environment assisting senior traders with key commercial decisions, including sourcing coffee from producing countries, reporting to General Manager, Cofi Com Australia. The role provides long term development potential for someone eager to demonstrate their skills and experience in the fast-paced soft commodities environment.

This role will be working for Volcafe’s company in Huntingwood, Australia.

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

• Assist senior traders with key commercial decisions, including sourcing coffee from producing countries.
• Learn to manage and grow a portfolio of customers.
• Develop and maintain commercial relationships worldwide to support market presence.
• Support in negotiating contracts, including pricing, quality, delivery, and specifications.
• Contribute to the development of commercial strategies aimed at growing the customer base.
• Ensure timely execution of contracts and deliveries under the guidance of senior traders.
• Collaborate with the logistics team to coordinate shipments and deliveries.
• Travel locally and internationally to visit customers and coffee producers (as required)

Skills and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in economics, business administration, agronomy, or a related field.
• Strong interest in learning about coffee trading and the global coffee supply chain.
• Some knowledge or experience in agriculture, commodities, or international trade would be beneficial.
• Excellent communication skills and an eagerness to develop commercial acumen.
• Strong proficiency in spoken and written English. Additional languages (e.g., Portuguese, Spanish, or French) would be an advantage but are not essential.
• Willingness to travel locally and internationally as required for business needs.
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively within a small team.
• Interest in coffee quality assurance, including evaluating and learning how to cup coffee samples.

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.