OUR TEAM.
PASSIONATE ABOUT COFFEE AND PEOPLE.
OUR BUSINESS HAS ALWAYS DEPENDED ON OUR EMPLOYEES AND RELATIONSHIPS. SINCE 1922.
As a company of Neumann Kaffee Gruppe, now managed by the third generation of the Neumann family, a family atmosphere is very important to us. An experienced, dynamic and international team has grown up in this environment over many decades and generations.
Each of our 43 employees makes a valuable contribution by advising and supporting our customers along the entire supply chain – with a mixture of superior coffee know how, many years of experience, a necessary spirit of innovation and more than 10 spoken languages.
The Management. HOME-GROWN COFFEE EXPERTS.
Both Jens Janecki and Ruben Scholz know the company and the world of coffee inside out.
They’ve worked for Bernhard Rothfos for several decades.
JENS JANECKI
“I prefer my coffee black. It enables me to keep discovering
new flavors even after all these years.”
Jens Janecki has been with Bernhard Rothfos for a long time. He started his training as a merchant in wholesale & foreign trade at Bernhard Rothfos in 1983. After stints in our Quality and Futures teams he started focusing on the green coffee trade in 1988. In between his positions at Bernhard Rothfos, he was also assigned overseas within Neumann Kaffee Gruppe – as director at Truxo Ltd. in London for two years (1992-1994) and as CEO at Rothfos Corporation in New York for 4 years (2008-2011). Since his return to Hamburg at the end of 2011, he has been Managing Director of Bernhard Rothfos GmbH.
RUBEN SCHOLZ
“I like best to drink my coffee black so as to taste all
the flavors in their purest form.”
Ruben Scholz started working for Bernhard Rothfos in 1997 and has never looked back: after completing his training as a merchant in wholesale & foreign trade, he worked in the Trade department at Bernhard Rothfos for the next 15 years. Following several promotions, he became Director of Washed Arabica in 2013/2014, before being appointed to the Management in 2014.
Your contacts. From Businesss Administration to Quality Management.
Our traders are specialized in the sourcing and selling of green coffee – focusing on trading the physical commodity from every coffee producing country around the globe to our customers in Germany, Europe and the entire world.
The quality team controls and guarantees consistent high quality in the green coffee we offer – not only in our customers’ interest, but because they themselves are passionate about the product.
To the contacts More about quality assurance & product treatments
Professional, on time and transparent from the growing regions to the roastery – that’s the Supply Chain Management team.
To the contacts More about logistics, warehousing & insurance
The Futures team manages the futures & option positions of Bernhard Rothfos and is therefore responsible for hedging the physical price risk.
Our Financing & Risk Management team identifies and evaluates the risks arising from the green coffee trade. Its members also monitor the green coffee business and assist the management in its economic analysis.
The Business Administration team brings together holistic know-how about the company so as to organize and optimize both the internal processes of all departments and our collaboration with external standards organizations.
Carolin Ehrensberger develops and implements sustainable business models and sustainable strategies for coffee producing countries world-wide – driving awareness of all sustainability concerns for us and our customers.
To the contactMore about sustainable business models & projects
The Management Assistance & Communications team supports the management to guarantee the smooth day-to-day running of the business and the ideal external image.
Our location. In the heart of Hamburg's HafenCity.
We look forward to meeting you in person and welcoming you at our office on the Coffee Plaza:
BERNHARD ROTHFOS GMBH
Coffee Plaza
Am Sandtorpark 4
20457 Hamburg
GERMANY
Tel. (+49) 40 37001-0
info.br@nkg.coffee
CAREERS AT NEUMANN KAFFEE GRUPPE. INVESTING IN TODAY’S AND TOMORROW’S TALENTS.
You’re interested in coffee and the trading of this special commodity? It has been a longstanding tradition for Neumann Kaffee Gruppe to train and develop young talents in apprenticeships leading, for example, to the qualification of merchant in wholesale & foreign trade, or in dual study programs as part of the training program of Hamburg’s NKG companies. Many of these talents now play a crucially important role in our team. Furthermore, we are always looking out for professionals who have already started their career or have relevant work experience in the coffee business. Please visit the career page of Neumann Kaffee Gruppe:
Trainees and students at Neumann Gruppe GmbH
