Coffee Grader - Quality Control

About the role

Torq Commodities is a physical commodities trading and supply chain management company with vertically integrated operations across Asia, Africa and Europe, focused on procurement, shipping and logistics. As Coffee Grader - Quality Control, you safeguard coffee quality through disciplined grading, sensory evaluation and cross-functional coordination, ensuring supplier samples, assembled lots and pre-shipment approvals meet agreed specifications.

Key responsibilities

• Conduct physical coffee grading, cupping, sensory evaluation, moisture analysis and defect analysis
• Assess supplier samples, assemble lots, approve pre-shipment samples and verify origin traceability
• Coordinate with procurement teams, suppliers, processing facilities and warehouses to maintain agreed quality standards
• Apply the relevant origin-specific technical focus and grading standards for the coffees handled in the assigned posting
• Manage pre-shipment sample evaluations and approvals, and resolve quality discrepancies using cupping results, defect analysis and supporting records, including corrective actions such as sorting, reprocessing or lot segregation
• Maintain cupping scores, grading reports and moisture and defect records in Excel, document quality decisions and escalate unresolved disputes

Required profile

• 5-7 years of experience in coffee grading and quality control, including at least 3 years in Côte d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Uganda or Vietnam
• 3-5 years of on-ground or direct B2B coffee sourcing experience, with 3-5 years of direct coordination with procurement teams, suppliers, processing facilities and warehouses
• Active Q Arabica Grader and Q Robusta Grader licences
• Willingness to work in the assigned country and travel to sourcing locations

Required skills

• Strong knowledge of SCA/CQI physical and sensory evaluation protocols
• Ability to run cupping lab workflows independently, including sample roasting, grinding, brewing, sensory evaluation and scoring
• Physical coffee grading, including moisture measurement, screen sizing, defect identification and counting, representative lot sampling and traceability
• Assembling lots against specifications and communicating quality findings to procurement teams and suppliers
• Excel for recording cupping scores, grading reports and moisture and defect data