green coffee buyer
ISCO: 3323. Skills: 33. Essential: 20.
Essential skills
- analyse consumer buying trends
- apply GMP
- apply HACCP
- apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages
- build business relationships
- carry out active selling
- coffee characteristics
- coffee grinding levels
- conduct extensive international travel
- educate customers on coffee varieties
- effects of pesticides in food raw materials
- evaluate coffee characteristics
- examine green coffee beans
- food and beverage industry
- grade coffee beans
- maintain updated professional knowledge
- match coffee grind to coffee type
- negotiate buying conditions
- negotiate price
- types of coffee beans
Supporting skills
- analyse characteristics of food products at reception
- apply foreign language for international trade
- customer service
- give humanitarian support to local economies
- have computer literacy
- label samples
- liaise with colleagues
- liaise with managers
- maintain relationship with customers
- maintain relationship with suppliers
- perform coffee tastings
- perform public relations
- work in a food processing team