The objective of the Addis Ababa Rep. Office is to maintain, develop and improve upon our producer and exporter relationships. Ops manager will be responsible for ensuring procedures and structure related to our export flow, ensuring proper shipment of green coffee samples and proper quality control.
You will be working out of the office and lab in Addis Ababa. You will be responsible for managing operations: office budget and local expense recording, local staff management, overseeing logistics and contract execution.
At times you may be required to do extensive traveling in coffee producing regions, following up with farmers, producers and exporters and hosting buyers/company managers and colleagues.
You will develop together with Country Manager protocols for monitoring and improving quality of our producer groups, execute on special preparations as well as some experimental processing protocols.
Carry and proudly represent the Falcon Coffee brand when the Country Manager is not present.
You should be an organized individual, methodical and with good management skills. Must have a basic understanding of both the global coffee market as well as coffee growing and processing. Experience entertaining relationships with coffee producers is strongly preferred.
The role will develop over time also based on your interests, but it will mainly consist in delivering certain requirements.
Prior Coffee Experience is strongly preferred!
Coffee Related
Office/Procedures Management
Marketing/sales related
Harvest Grind (September - January)
Post-harvest
Other Duties as Assigned