Trade Assistant Job at Kyagalanyi Coffee Limited - Career Opportunity in Uganda
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Vacancy title:
Trade Assistant

Jobs at:
Kyagalanyi Coffee Limited

Deadline of this Job:
Friday, 25th May 2018

Duty Station:
Kampala, Uganda

JOB DETAILS:
Established in 1783, ED&F Man is an employee owned agricultural commodities merchants with 7,000 people in 60 countries and annual revenue in excess of $10bn. We trade sugar, coffee, molasses, animal field, grains and pulses We help our counterparties mirage price risk through hedging and provide access to commodity and capital markets through our brokerage business.

ED&F Man's coffee business, Volcafe, is one of the world's largest traders of Arabica and robusta coffees and provides beans for 50 billion cups of coffee each year. Our expertise spans green coffee procurement and preparation, quality control. risk management and logistics.

We work in countries that collectively account for over 90% of world production. From single origin micro-lots to mainstream commercial grades and customized blends, we have what it takes to get the right product to our roaster and retail customers — on time, every time. We are also big on sustainability and traceability: our unique farmer outreach programme, known as The Voloale Way, works direct with coffee growers to train them in best agronomy practice and sound business management.

Kyagalanyi Coffee Ltd., part of the Volcafe group, is one of the leading exporters in Uganda and we are now looking for 4 exciting new positions to join our team.

Post: Trade Assistant

The Role:
The Trade Assistant will work alongside experienced managers and traders, and is an excellent opportunity to develop essential business skills and knowledge and establish strong relationships with existing customers and industry contacts.

Your commercial experience will be developed by supporting projects and commercial strategies that will teach you how to grow the business and increase our customer hast: You will he given the opportunity to be exposed to a wide variety of areas within Kyagalanyi Coffee Limited, helping to build your understanding of global supply chain.

Responsibilities:

  • With support from the commercial team, manage the sales process for coffee entering or leaving the Ugandan market.
  • Monitor and circulate daily Physical & Futures Position reports and/or other trading reports as required by the business, answering all associated queries. This includes:
    1. Daily reporting of clearing position
    2. Daily reporting for futures physicals positions
    3. Daily reporting of Pricing to come
  • Develop and maintain good working relationships with clients whilst seeking out new business opportunities.
  • Develop a strong knowledge regarding the coffee industry and internal production processes from field to cup.
  • Liaise closely with the quality department taking part in daily cupping sessions as well as interacting regularly with the logistics and exports team on the management of client samples.
  • Communicate marketing and pricing related data to Management to maximise revenue.
  • Closely monitor documentary collections and coordinate and monitor the day to day input of all relevant information into the central trading system.

Skills and Qualifications:

  • ideally 1+ years‘ work experience in a commercial, logistics, trading commodities or financial services organisation
  • A minimum of a 2:1 degree in Agronomy. Mathematics, Economics, Business Management, or Finance preferred but not essential.
  • Fluent written and spoken English
  • Confident and articulate, able to communicate ideas clearly to a diverse audience (written & verbal)
  • Commercially minded and able to identify business improvements/opportunities
  • Career focused and committed
  • Clear thinker and an effective planner who can Organize themselves and others.

Job application procedure
All applications should be sent via email to kcl-hr@kyagalanyi.com  and should include a covering letter and CV. The deadline for all applications will be Friday, 25th May 2018. Any applications received after that date will not be considered.

Please note that due to the large volume of applications only those successfully shortlisted for interview will be contacted.

Equal Opportunities Statement
Kyagalanyi Coffee Ltd. is committed to promoting equal opportunities in employment. 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 or any characteristic protected by local law. We also take reasonable steps to accommodate applicants with disabilities in accordance with applicable laws.

Job Info
Job Category: Trade jobs in Uganda
Job Type: Full-time
Deadline of this Job: Friday, 25th May 2018
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Posted: 21-05-2018
No of Jobs: 1
Start Publishing: 21-05-2018
Stop Publishing (Put date of 2030): 21-05-2060
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