Sustainability Project Manager - Lam Dong

We are Neumann Kaffee Gruppe. And we love coffee.

For us at Neumann Kaffee Gruppe (NKG), everything revolves around coffee. As a globally active green coffee service group, our more than 3,300 employees in 28 countries work with dedication for and with green coffee, which is always the focus of our services along the entire coffee supply chain. Our fields of work are just as diverse as our employees and we are proud to live this diversity.

We at NKG Vietnam work closely with the local people in the coffee producing areas and buy the green coffee materials directly from the farmers, producers, collectors and suppliers. In our factory we can process more than 35 different exportable qualities. We are able to cater for special client wishes. This includes creating qualities according to specific client requirements: a selected screen size with a chosen percentage of black and broken beans, foreign matters, Excelsa beans and a special percentage of moisture can be delivered without problem. Our main focus is to satisfy our clients with upgraded and special qualities.

We are certified as a Great Place to Work®, highlighting our strong culture of trust, collaboration, and respect. Discover here what our employees like best about our workplace.

For our group company, NKG Vietnam Company Limited, we are looking for a Sustainability Project Manager - Lam Dong (f/m/d).

The position will be based in Lam Dong and will report directly to the Sustainability Manager.

Your responsibilities

• Lead local implementation of the regenerative agriculture projects.
• Manage field staff and trainers in project areas.
• Socialize and coordinate farmers for onboarding, training, monitoring visits, soil sampling, tree planting, biochar, cover cropping, intercropping, and fertilizer optimization.
• Ensure projects delivery against budget, work plan, KPIs, farmer targets, hectares, and reporting deadlines.
• Communicate with internal stakeholders and the Sustainability Manager on progress, challenges, risks, budget, impact, and M&E.
• Prepare regular updates for customer-facing reporting and hold customer meetings.
• Translate project requirements into practical Vietnamese field execution.
• Maintain local stakeholder relationships: farmers, local authorities, suppliers, auditors, and implementation partners.
• Ensure data quality for monitoring, verification, carbon/sustainability claims, and audit readiness.
• Flag risks early on project progress, farmer adoption, budget overruns, data gaps, or compliance issues.
• Any other tasks as assigned by your superiors.

Your profile

• Strong project management experience in coffee farming or similar, sustainability, carbon, agroforestry, or rural development.
• Ability to communicate with farmers in simple, practical Vietnamese and with customer teams in structured English.
• Strong reporting, budgeting, Excel/data management, presentation, and documentation skills.
• Hands-on, field-oriented, organized, and reliable under remote reporting lines.
• Experience managing field teams and training programs.
• Good understanding of coffee farming, regenerative agriculture, agroforestry, soil health, and climate impact.
• Comfortable with audits, verification processes, and evidence collection.
• High cultural sensitivity; able to bridge local Vietnamese realities with international customer expectations.

Our staff appreciates

• International: Working in an international atmosphere in a growing and progressive company
• Benefits: An attractive salary with extra benefits (13th salary, 14 days of annual leave, 24-hour accident insurance, health care insurance after 01 year of employment )
• Flexibility: Flexible working hours including a mobile work option

Have we sparked your interest?

We are pleased to receive your application documents.

Please get in touch with your first point of contact:

Nguyen Phuong