The best organic teas can only be as good as the people behind them.
To strengthen our team, we are offering the following permanent full-time position (40 hours per week) at Hamburg HQ at the earliest possible date:
Grower Development & Data Specialist (m/f/x)
Grower Development & Data Specialist (m/f/x)
Germany - Hamburg
Full-time
Permanent employee
45,000 - 60,000 € pro Jahr
Your role
Your tasks
- Build trust-based, long-term relationships with growers, cooperatives and partner leadership.
- Implement and progress the agreed 5-year development plans for each strategic grower partner in the assigned regions and translate plans into annual targets and milestones; track performance and flag risks.
- Build capability at origin: agronomy, post-harvest handling, documentation, traceability and quality.
- Identify capability gaps at origin and design structured intervention programs
- Develop standardized data templates and collection routines for use across the partner portfolio in the assigned regions; ensure data accuracy, completeness and timeliness.
- Collect, consolidate and validate partnership performance data from grower partners / cooperatives and prepare data-based reports for partner reviews as well as internal stakeholder discussions.
- Coordinate with Sourcing on commercial and with Quality on quality alignment and feed structured data into the Sourcing Quality Database.
What we expect
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Agricultural Sciences, Food Science, Tropical Agronomy, Sustainable Sourcing, Supply Chain Management or related field
- First relevant experience in grower development, sustainable sourcing or origin/tropical agriculture
- Field experience at origin, ideally in East Africa or comparable tropical origins is desirable
- Solid agronomy or food production knowledge
- Solid understanding of partnership and supplier performance metrics; basic data structures and reporting frameworks
- Naturally builds trust across cultures and over long horizons
- Hands-on and pragmatic at origin; data-minded and methodical in the office
- Detail-oriented; comfortable with structured information, KPIs and reporting
- Strong cultural intelligence and stakeholder management skills
- Strong Excel skills required; basic Power BI literacy a strong asset; familiarity with data templates and reporting tools expected
- Excellence in German and fluency in business English spoken and written, an additional regional language (e.g. Swahili, Kinyarwanda) is a plus
- International travel of approx. 20–25 %: minimum two trips per year each to the EU and grower regions.
- Resume in English
What we offer
- A varied and exciting range of responsibilities
- Collaboration in the diverse and interdisciplinary day-to-day work of the Sourcing Quality Team
- One social day per year to give something back to the environment or society
- Performance-related compensation package
- Attractive additional benefits such as Deutschlandticket, bike leasing, and a corporate benefits program
- Celebrating joint successes and having fun at company events
- A multicultural and international working environment
- Opportunity for mobile working, workation, and sabbatical
- Workplace in Hamburg with fresh fruit, good coffee, and the best tea
Your application
We look forward to receiving your detailed and complete application documents including the following content:
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- CV in English
- Earliest possible start date and notice period
- Your salary expectations (gross annual salary)
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Über uns
Die YOGI TEA GmbH ist seit über 50 Jahren mit ihren Produkten aus kontrolliert biologischem Anbau führende Anbieterin ayurvedischer Kräuter- und Gewürztees in Deutschland und Europa. Unsere Philosophie lautet: „Feel Good, Do Good“, denn nur wer sich gut fühlt, kann auch Gutes zurückgeben. Ein wichtiger Bestandteil unserer Unternehmens-Philosophie ist unser Engagement in sozialen Projekten auf der ganzen Welt.