Role Overview
We have an exciting opportunity for someone to join us as a Research Analyst to work in a truly global
environment supporting Volcafe’s global coffee trading strategy through the collection, analysis, and
interpretation of quantitative and fundamental coffee market data reporting to the Deputy Head of
Agronomy, with a functional reporting line to the Head of Coffee Research, The role provides long term
development potential for someone eager to demonstrate their skills and experience in the fast-paced soft
commodities environment.
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 role will be working for Volcafe in Bangalore, India.
Key Accountabilities:
▪ Creating and updating our in-house database of global coffee exports and imports on a daily, weekly and monthly frequency
▪ Collate global coffee, differential and local price data to be analysed by the quantitative trading team
▪ Monitor coffee supply and demand fundamental drivers to support the head of coffee research in presenting updates to senior management
▪ Analyse and interpret developments in the physical coffee market, including variables listed above to develop enhanced trading model
▪ Generating timely and ad-hoc updates to the propriety trading team
▪ Explore additional data sources and platforms that will streamline analysis and usability of research data for both the inhouse research team and traders.
▪ Work with our inhouse technology team closely on projects including developing systems used to process large amounts of data
▪ Creating Power BI dashboards (or any updated software) to depict fundamental coffee data using both public and proprietary data sources.
▪ Be an integral member of the global coffee research team responsible for supporting Volcafe’s global coffee trading strategy
Skills and Experience:
▪ A degree in Economics, Maths, Statistics, Business, Computer Sciences preferable
▪ Highly numerate, with excellent attention to detail
▪ Good written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to convey facts and ideas clearly
▪ 3 years + working in commodities research potentially for a bank, trading house or hedge fund
▪ Familiarity with data scraping techniques and automation tools to collect data from public and internal sources.
▪ Strong ability to manage and analyse large datasets to identify trends and generate forecasts, with familiarity in leveraging AI tools to enhance data management and analytical efficiency
▪ A keen enthusiasm for research, commodities and data, as the role will focus largely on the management, analysis and dissemination of quantitative data
▪ Organised with attention to detail and goal-oriented
▪ Work to meet consistent deadlines
▪ Fluent English language skills
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
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.
