Coffee Educator / Account Rep / Sales

city bean • Los Angeles, CA

9d

About The Position

City Bean Roasters, LA pioneers of specialty coffee since 1992, is looking to hire a unique person for all forms of customer interface. This opening is perfect for the coffee professional, who has "paid their dues" behind the counter, to flourish and expand towards a career in coffee. The position will encompass a myriad of activities, including wholesale/retail education, consulting start-ups (menus, recipe books, drink creation, education), customer visits, sales prospecting, and bean shop. The public face of City Bean. City Bean is a busy, 80% wholesale and 20% direct-to-consumer roasting works company. City Bean specializes in providing delicious coffee and tea to So Cal restaurants, hotels, bakeries, and specialty coffee shops, in addition to other roasting operations. The facility houses a 1926 Probat UG15 and a 1963 Probat G75. There is also a bean shop at the roastery. We operate in an employee-centered environment with horizontal hierarchy, democratic hiring, kindness, and a 20% after-tax profit sharing program. More about City Bean Roasters https://www.citybean.com/who-we-are

Requirements

• Direct specialty coffee experience (4 years)
• Educator experience (2 years)
• Passionate coffee perfectionist
• Command of coffee and espresso extraction
• Ability to teach others coffee and espresso skills, including latte art
• Confident coffee voice
• Ability to represent and enhance brand
• Align with brand culture
• Ability to work autonomously
• Car (expenses reimbursed)
• Out-going, fearless, kind

Nice To Haves

• Account services experience
• Barista Certifications (SCA +)
• Roastery experience
• Equipment knowledge and tech skills

Responsibilities

• Educate wholesale customer staff on coffee, espresso, and tea
• Teach retail classes
• Consult shop design, drink menus, coffee culture, etc
• Visit existing clients for QC, check-ins, training
• Equipment sales
• Horizontal expansion
• Follow up on in-house leads
• Prospect potential accounts
• Tastings / Demonstrations
• Assist with bean shop
• Practicing kindness
• Roastery activities

Benefits

• vacation
• health
• profit sharing
• a sustainable culture of respect

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed