Role Overview:
We have an exciting opportunity for someone to join us as a Logistics Coordinator is to coordinate, monitor and report on the timely execution of export logistics activities across exporters, logistics providers, and destination.The role supports efficient contract execution through proactive followup on shipment timelines, export documentation, cargo readiness, and operational updates, while ensuring strong communication and visibility across all stakeholders involved in the export process.The Logistics Coordinator plays a key role in maintaining execution discipline, operational accuracy, and timely information flow across Volcafe’s Ethiopia and destination office teams.
The Logistics Coordinator will report to the General Manager and join the team in Addis Ababa.
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 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.
Key Accountabilities
- Ensuring immediate registration of purchase contracts by exporters.
- Keeping a strong line of daily communication between the execution teams of exporters and Volcafe’s destination offices.
- Maintaining consistent and accurate records on all open contracts.
- Sharing regular status reports on contract execution with the relevant team members across the company.
- Maintaining a good working relationship with shipping lines and actively contribute to optimal booking schedules.
- Proactively follow up on shipment timelines and escalate operational bottlenecks, delays, or documentation gaps affecting execution.
- Maintain accurate and up-to-date operational records, shipment trackers, and contract status reports.
- Provide timely and regular shipment execution updates to traders, operations teams, and destination offices.
- Build and maintain effective working relationships with exporters, logistics providers, shipping lines, and internal stakeholders.
- Support operational reporting, execution analysis, and continuous improvement initiatives within the logistics and execution processes.
- Ensure compliance with internal operational procedures and export documentation requirements.
- Contribute to maintaining high standards of operational discipline, accountability, and execution accuracy.
Skills and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Logistics, IT, Business Administration, International Trade, or a related field.
- 1–3 years of experience in export logistics, execution, supply chain coordination, or Agri-commodity operations, preferably within coffee or agricultural exports in Ethiopia.
- Capacity to perform under pressure in a fast-paced environment.
- Detail orientation with proven skills in self- and work management.
- Excellent oral and written communication in both Amharic and English.
- Able to operate in a modern corporate computing environment, with a background in data management being highly desirable.
- Experience with coffee or other ag export products in Ethiopia.
- Interested to learn and grow in coffee sourcing and trading.
- Advanced computing skills and experience with task automation is considered a plus.
- Ability to proactively manage shipment timelines, identify bottlenecks, and escalate issues appropriately.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills in both Amharic and English.
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.
