Role Overview
We have an exciting opportunity for someone to join us as a Climate Manager. The role focuses on developing and implementing a global climate strategy, including carbon accounting, energy and water efficiency. The position scales regenerative services to drive sustainability impact and commercial growth. This person will work closely with global and origin teams, supporting regulatory compliance and integration into the wider sustainability strategy. This role offers strong development potential within a leading organisation in the coffee trading industry.
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.
This position can be located flexibly from any of our global offices, with a preference on LATAM, Amsterdam or Madrid.
Key Accountabilities
- Leading the development, implementation, and execution of the global climate strategy, ensuring alignment with organisational sustainability objectives.
- Designing and driving energy efficiency roadmaps, supported by robust cost–benefit analyses to optimise performance and investment decisions.
- Developing and implementing water efficiency strategies, leveraging data-driven insights and financial analysis to maximise impact.
- Overseeing comprehensive carbon accounting across scopes 1, 2 and 3, ensuring accuracy, transparency and alignment with global standards.
- Establishing and optimising digital workflows for carbon data collection, management and reporting across all operations.
- Conducting life cycle assessments across facilities to identify emissions hotspots and inform reduction strategies.
- Designing, implementing, and scaling regenerative carbon service offerings to drive commercial growth and increased service uptake.
- Defining and integrating baseline regenerative practices within core programmes to standardise and enhance sustainability outcomes.
- Developing tailored, market-responsive service offerings that address evolving customer needs and sustainability demands.
- Supporting the implementation of regulatory requirements, including the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), in collaboration with global and origin teams.
- Ensuring climate, regenerative services and regulatory insights are effectively integrated into the broader sustainability strategy.
- Embedding climate and sustainability activities within monitoring, evaluation and learning frameworks to enable continuous improvement and impact tracking.
Skills and Experience
- Degree educated in environmental science, sustainability, climate change, agronomy, economics or similar field, or equivalent professional experience.
- Minimum of 5 years’ relevant experience in climate strategy, carbon accounting or sustainability-focused roles.
- Strong expertise in carbon accounting at scopes 1, 2 and 3 and life cycle assessment, aligned with recognised standards.
- Experience designing and implementing energy and water efficiency programmes, supported by cost-benefit analysis.
- Proven experience developing and scaling sustainability or climate-related service offerings.
- Familiarity with regenerative agriculture and ability to translate technical concepts into scalable solutions.
- Experience with sustainability regulations such as EUDR or similar compliance frameworks.
- Strong analytical skills, with experience managing and interpreting complex environmental datasets.
- Experience developing digital tools or systems for sustainability data collection and reporting.
- Sound business acumen, linking sustainability initiatives to commercial outcomes.
- Strong stakeholder engagement and cross-functional collaboration skills in international environments.
- Excellent communication skills, translating complex topics into actionable insights.
We recognise that talent comes in many forms, and we value potential just as much as experience. If this role excites you but you don’t meet every requirement, we still encourage you to 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
Volcafe shares the values of our parent company, ED&F Man Commodities. 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 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.
