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Coffee Research Analyst
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Coffee Research Analyst
Coffee Research Analyst
Role Overview
Job Title: Coffee Research Analyst
Compensation: £Competitive
Contract: Permanent
Start Date: ASAP (notice considered)
Working Arrangements
- Hybrid model: 3 days in-office (Central London), 2 days remote
- Hours: Monday–Friday, 9:00 AM–5:30 PM (37.5-hour workweek)
About the Role
Join an international commodity merchant as a Coffee Research Analyst, playing a key role in analysing and reporting on the global coffee market. This position required excellent analytical skills, close collaboration with trade teams, and a strong ability to communicate insights effectively—both to internal stakeholders and external clients.
The Role in Detail
Core Responsibilities
- Data Coordination & Analysis:
- Compile and synthesise external market data with internal inputs from global origination teams and merchandising centres, leveraging the firm’s advantageous industry-wide data.
- Maintain a complex coffee-related database, ensuring up-to-date and accurate records—covering production, exports, imports, trade flows, stocks, local price differentials, and consumption trends.
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Reporting & Insights:
- Prepare weekly reports, detailed meeting summaries, and monthly updates for internal and external audiences (e.g., traders, clients).
- Host and facilitate internal coffee trade meetings, setting agendas aligned with market drivers and taking minutes.
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Client & Stakeholder Engagement:
- Develop well-researched presentations for physical and futures market traders, and sales teams across different business units.
- Collaborate with internal agronomists and origin specialists to inform and enhance research.
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Market Importance & Innovation:
- Assist in analysing other soft commodities (e.g., cocoa, cotton) to identify standout methods or frameworks that could strengthen coffee analysis.
Key Skills & Attributes
Essential Requirements
- Proven experience working within a commodity trading or research environment.
- Specific expertise in coffee markets (or similar soft commodities like cocoa/sugarcane) is critical.
- Customer-focused mindset with the ability to tailor insights to diverse users.
- Strong technical ability, including high-level Excel proficiency (data modelling/analysis).
- Fluid written and verbal communications, with confidence in presenting data to senior personnel.
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Additional Assets
- A rigorous grounding in interpreting both physical and futures markets.
- Forward-thinking approaches to market evaluation and innovative positioning.
Terms & Conditions
- Application Process: Please submit your CV as a Word document. We aim to contact successful candidates within 7 working days.
- Feedback: Due to high application volumes, we are unable to provide individual feedback.
- Eligibility: Only “UK work right” candidates need apply. Does not guarantee progression—selection will be in line with skills validation.
Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion
People First is proud to champion inclusive workplaces. We actively encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds, safeguarding Non-Discrimination under ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, and ability.
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