Coffee Quality Data & AI Innovation Specialist

We have an exciting opportunity for someone to join us as a Data & Innovation Specialist
-Quality to work in a truly global environment to manage and improve coffee quality control processes by analysing samples, coordinating quality reporting and communication across teams and global partners, and driving digitalisation, automation, and AI integration within the quality lab operations. The role provides long term development potential for someone eager to join the fast-paced soft commodities environment post education.

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 at Volcafe’s headquarter in Winterthur, Switzerland.

• Support the receipt, logging, analysis, and reporting of all coffee samples processed through the quality laboratory.
• Evaluate and analyse coffee quality, providing clear and detailed feedback to internal stakeholders, suppliers, and customers where required.
• Coordinate with origin and destination teams to monitor quality progression across crop cycles and share findings across the Swiss entity.
• Develop technical expertise and pursue industry-recognised qualifications, including Q-Grading, with the objective of becoming a fully qualified coffee quality controller.
• Assist with all quality-related matters for the Swiss office, ensuring alignment with company and customer standards.
• Drive AI integration and automation initiatives across quality reporting processes and laboratory operations.
• Prepare and maintain detailed reporting on supplier/customer PSS performance, origin sample evolution and destination coffee inventory.
• Provide proactive and accurate reporting on all matters related to coffee quality and quality performance metrics.
• Collaborate with the Data Team to support automation, digitalisation and AI-driven process improvements within the quality function.
• Develop a strong understanding of customer quality requirements to ensure products consistently meet client expectations.
• Work closely with trade, logistics and quality teams to ensure seamless cross-functional communication and integration.
• Support customer and trade-related quality requests, including questionnaires, quality documentation and technical queries.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of quality food safety communication and reporting across Group stakeholders.

• Maximum of 2 years experience in coffee quality control, laboratory operations, food quality or a related field.
• Degree educated in Food Science, Agriculture, Supply Chain, Data Analytics or a related discipline.
• Strong analytical and communication skills, with the ability to evaluate coffee quality and provide clear feedback to stakeholders
• Interest in developing expertise in cupping, grading, sample analysis and Q-Grading certification
• Ability to collaborate effectively across quality, trade, logistics and data teams.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage reporting, sample tracking and multiple priorities.
• Interest in automation, digitalisation and AI integration within quality and reporting processes.
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