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Office Manager Position Description The Office Manager supports company operations by creating and maintaining office systems. The Office Manager is responsible for the seamless operation of Olympia Coffee Roasting Company office, including wholesale customer support, accounts payable/receivable, and inventory management. The Office Manager also acts as the executive assistant for the Managing Partners of Olympia Coffee Roasting Company. General Responsibilities Engage with Olympia Coffee’s wholesale customers, including taking orders, invoicing, creating shipping labels and communicating wholesale customer needs with production team, and manage accounts receivable for customers.   Maintain the inventory of a wide range of products from wholesale merchandise...

Four of us from Olympia Coffee took a road trip down to Los Angeles last weekend for the Big Western Barista Competition to represent the Northwest Region in the Brewer's Cup and Barista Competition.  Honor Forte a Barista and our Wholesale Relationship Manager and Alexander Choppin a Barista and the Manager of our Capitol Boulevard store both competed in the Brewer's Cup.  Honor brewed our Kenya Gatomboya and Alexander brewed our Ethiopia Ademegorbota.  When all was said and done, Honor came 1st place and Alexander came in 2nd.  A huge win for both baristas and our company as a whole. ...

For the 4th year in a row we were voted Best Coffee by readers of the Weekly Volcano in their annual Best of Olympia issue.  We are very happy and honored to again win the title of Best Coffee.  This 6th time our company has received mention since the Weekly Volcano started the Best of Olympia in 2011.  We have won Best Coffee every year, in addition Oliver received mention as "Most Approachable Coffee Expert" in 2011 and we also won Best Customer Service in 2012.  We are so grateful to our customers that allow us to do what we...

  Before January 1st, back in November of 2012 it was announced that we were Roast Magazine’s 2013 Micro Roaster of the Year. Naturally, we celebrated by throwing a huge party at our roastery on the November 15th our 7 anniversary of being in business. Our party was covered by the Weekly Volcano, and featured excellent coffee, organic beer, tamales and live music by Lazer Zeppelin and The Maxines. Capitol Boulevard build out By the time the first of the year rolled around we had just signed a lease on what was to become our Capitol Boulevard Coffee Bar. This...