.The successful candidate will enter the Regional trainee program, where for 12 - 18 months they will participate in various modules to be carried out in their home country and may also include different countries in the Latin America region. After successfully completing the program, the candidate will be considered a local manager and assigned to the Branch Manager position in their country of origin or where there is an available opportunity.DESCRIPTION AND FUNCTIONS OF POSITIONEXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT TRAINEEThe Branch Manager role will involve managing the day-to-day activity of the current coffee business in the country, including procurement, processing, quality, shipments, and logistics. This is a well-rounded role that gives the experience of managing a large business in one of the fastest growing Arabica or Robusta coffee origins.Position Responsibilities:Design, implement and manage the procurement strategy for coffee in the country with the respective teams to drive and deliver volumes as per the overall coffee business plan.Optimize utilization of processing and quality resources in the country to derive maximum capacity utilization and efficiencies and to eliminate controllable losses and minimize the impact of non-controllable losses.Support in the implementation of the required infrastructure to deliver volumes as per the business plan.Ensure strict adherence to all laid down systems and procedures without exception.Ensure that all direct and indirect costs for the business are within budgets.Counterparty & Credit Risk Management (buying & selling).Lead the team to ensure high engagement & motivational levels and align them with the overall people + coffee strategy that we follow in the country.Support the Profit Center Head in trading and positional decisions by providing adequate and timely market information.Interface with appropriate regulatory bodies for obtaining permissions, approvals, etc.Team development / Capability building amongst the team.Others:Negotiation and business development with producers for origination of the respective agricultural commodity product.Commercial contracts negotiation.Integrator of the value chain on agri-commodity product (from farm to factory gate).Market understanding and financial market analysis.Logistics (farm to factory gate or to export).LANGUAGES:Advanced English. (Required).EDUCATION:University Degree with Post graduation courses; MBA is ideal. Careers can be: Agronomical but with commercial/managerial focus, Business management (Agri-commodities), or any commercial (sales, marketing) / business management, engineering.EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE:Experience in areas related to the above job description is highly recommended.3 to 4 years full-time experience minimum in well-recognized multinational companies, exporters, or agricultural commodities (after having finalized studies).SKILLS REQUIRED:Entrepreneurial Spirit.Excellent communication skills.Negotiation skills