Sourcing Coordinator
Attesa Coffee
IndiaremotePosted 1 month ago
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Key highlights
- Required experience: Working knowledge or experience in sourcing, buying, or sales of coffee or other agricultural commodities.
- Notable requirement: Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Business, Marketing, Communications, International Business, or a related field.
- Key benefit: Work in an entrepreneurial and ownership-driven environment.
- Key benefit: Opportunity to grow within a young and dynamic international team.
- Preferred qualification: Prior experience in the green coffee industry.
- Preferred qualification: Willingness to travel to coffee origins in the future.
Role overview
Attesa Coffee is a start-up specialty green coffee sourcing and distribution company headquartered in Amsterdam, Netherlands, working directly with producers and coffee partners at origin to bring high-quality coffees safely, on time, and consistently to specialty coffee roasters through efficient digital frameworks. The company is seeking a proactive, organised, and detail-oriented individual to join their team in India as a Sourcing Coordinator. This role focuses primarily on supporting coffee sourcing activities, working closely with producers and green coffee suppliers, conducting market research, coordinating sourcing information, and supporting the commercial and logistics processes around their coffees.
Responsibilities
- Manage Attesa Coffee's sourcing operations - managing supplier relationships and transactions
- Coordinate green coffee purchase transactions across Asia, Africa and other key origins
- Conduct market research on coffee producers, origins, varieties, processing methods, and emerging sourcing opportunities.
- Research coffee events, producers, and potential sourcing partners across key coffee-producing regions.
- Communicate with the management and sales teams to understand coffee requirements and respond to specific sourcing requests.
- Maintain accurate and up-to-date sourcing information across internal databases and digital platforms.
- Assist in preparing offer lists, sourcing updates, and other commercial documents related to the coffee sourcing process.
- Communicate with coffee providers to obtain information such as coffee information, pricing, farm information, farm pictures, etc. in an organized manner
- Prepare and coordinate marketing and communication materials for external communication with partners.
- Support the logistics team with transport and freight-related communication to help ensure shipments move smoothly and on time.
- Coordinate with internal teams and external partners to follow up on coffee availability, documentation, samples, pricing, and shipment status.
- Identify new sourcing opportunities and contribute ideas to strengthen Attesa Coffee's sourcing network.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent qualification in Business, Marketing, Communications, International Business, or a related field.
- Working knowledge or experience in sourcing / buying / sales of coffee or other agricultural commodities
- Strong written and verbal English communication skills.
- Excellent organisational and coordination skills, with strong attention to detail.
- Ability to manage multiple tasks, follow up proactively, and work with information from different sources.
- Strong research skills and the ability to identify and organise relevant market and supplier information.
- Comfortable working independently in a dynamic, entrepreneurial environment.
- Strong problem-solving skills and a resourceful approach to finding solutions.
- Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build positive relationships with suppliers and internal teams.
Nice to have
- Prior experience in the green coffee industry
- Experience with CRM, sourcing, or other digital business tools.
- Strong curiosity about coffee, origins, markets, and the people behind the supply chain.
- Willingness to travel to coffee origins in the future.
Benefits
- Work in an entrepreneurial and ownership-driven environment.
- Core knowledge and workings of the agricultural distribution industry.
- Opportunity to grow within a young and dynamic international team.
Additional details
- Company: Attesa Coffee, a start-up specialty green coffee sourcing and distribution company headquartered in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
- Company focus: Working directly with producers and coffee partners at origin to bring customers (specialty coffee roasters) high-quality coffees safely, on time, and consistently through efficient digital frameworks.
- Company values: Belief in traceability throughout the supply chain and high commitment to transparency with all stakeholders.
- Job title: Sourcing Coordinator
- Location: India
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