Job Openings at Olam Agri

Olam Agri is a market-leading, differentiated food, feed, and fiber agri-business with a global origination footprint, processing capabilities, and deep understanding of market needs built over 33 years. With a strong presence in high-growth emerging markets and products across grains & oilseeds, animal feed & protein, rice, edible oils, specialty grains & seeds, cotton, wood products, rubber and commodity financial services.

Olam Agri is at the heart of global food and agri-trade flows with more than 40 million MT in volume traded annually. Focused on transforming food, feed and fiber for a more sustainable future, it aims at creating value for customers, enabling farming communities to prosper sustainably, and strive for a food-secure future.

We are recruiting to fill the following positions below:

1.) General Manager - Non-Commodity Procurement

Job Location: Apapa, Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Description

• Overseeing the procurement of non-commodity materials involves a strategic approach to managing both local and international sourcing to support company operations effectively.
• This may involve developing a comprehensive sourcing strategy that considers factors like supplier selection, quality control, and risk management to maintain cost-effectiveness and reliability in the supply chain.

Responsibilities

• Formulate comprehensive procurement strategies for specialized materials, focusing on supplier diversification and risk management.
• Streamline procurement workflows to enhance operational efficiency and achieve cost savings without compromising quality.
• Use SAP modules tailored for procurement to optimize data accuracy and facilitate real-time decision-making.
• Oversee import/export logistics, ensuring compliance with international trade laws and minimizing customs delays.
• Employ inventory management best practices to maintain adequate stock levels, preventing overstocking and stockouts.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement and professional growth among the procurement team members.
• Enhance cross-departmental collaboration through regular communication and joint initiatives, aligning procurement goals with broader organizational objectives.

Requirements

• Engineering degree coupled with an MBA from a prestigious institution.
• Extensive experience, spanning 12-15 years, in procurement and supply chain management roles.
• Proficiency in SAP software, ensuring efficient and effective management of business processes.
• In-depth knowledge of import/export procedures, critical for global trade compliance.
• Valuable prior experience with Nigerian/African markets, offering a strategic advantage in these regions.

Key Skills:

• Utilizes advanced negotiation strategies to achieve favourable outcomes in terms of cost and quality.
• Exhibits proficiency in communication, articulating thoughts clearly and effectively in both verbal and written forms.
• Upholds the highest ethical standards, ensuring all professional activities are conducted with integrity.
• Demonstrates resilience and composure, effectively handling stress and pressure in fast-paced environments.
• Proven leadership abilities, with a history of guiding teams to exceed performance goals.
• Analytical and detail-oriented, consistently identifying critical elements in complex situations.
• Takes a proactive approach to inventory management, optimizing stock levels to meet demand while controlling expenses.
• Flexibly adjusts strategies and operations in response to evolving market trends and organizational objectives.

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2.) General Manager - Finance

Job Location: Ilorin, Kwara
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Description

• Finance is a contemporary and forward-looking function that is driving value by being a world-class partner to our business.
• As a Finance Controller, you will partner with the business unit in the country (Business Head, Sales & Functional leads) to ensure P&L transparency & accuracy and to drive the business towards targets & operational KPIs achievement.
• As the successful candidate, you will be able to demonstrate the ability to link business decisions to financial impacts.

Key Deliverables:

• Controllership: You are a controller that ensures accurate, efficient and timely delivery of relevant reports while ensuring the hygiene of accounting, book-keeping, various systems, and processes.
• Performance Officer: You help us to be on track with robust and timely performance tracking. You will ensure budgetary process improvements and achieve better predictability on outcomes
• Value Manager: You also ensure & support value maximization initiatives (interest, Trade Finance, currency management, etc.)
• Co-Strategist: You are our strategist; you help in value-added decision support through superior data analytics and help us drive special projects to growth. Ensure and support value maximization initiatives (Interest, Trade Finance etc.)

Impact Areas:

• Business Financial Insights: Your in-depth knowledge on financial/management accounting principles will help us to accurately reflect the business performance.
• Controls, Compliance & Assurance: Our ability to evaluate risks and determining their impact on the management audit, developing and/or modifying audit procedures as required. You ensure compliances to legal and secretarial requirements as well as functioning within the norms of statutory audit regulations respective to country/ business.
• Reporting & process efficiencies: The finance controller demonstrates conceptual ability to ideate and implement robust systems & processes suited to business/ country. You also display accuracy and efficiency in MIS reporting, budgeting.
• Capability Building: Build capability in finance function, growing finance leadership pipeline and ensuring effective knowledge & expertise transfer for effective execution of finance strategies: Personal Credibility & Thought Leadership Building Functional Capability

Requirements

• A qualified chartered accountant with 6-10 years of experience in finance in Mfg. setup, preferably from FMCG.
• Experience in handling Plant Finance/ Business Finance
• Hands-on experience with Balance sheet analysis, P&L analysis, Cost savings initiatives, and Capex project evaluations.
• Should have led the team in delivering month-end activities and Finance KPI.
• Should have worked on implementing Industry best practices about Compliance and Governance.
• Working SAP knowledge and excellent Microsoft Office skills is mandatory.
• Experienced in handling audit assignments including statutory audit, Internal Audit and Tax audits and Budget exercises.

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3.) Procurement Manager

Job Location: Ilorin, Kwara
Job type: Full time
Function: Non Commodity Procurement
Sub-Function: Non Commodity Procurement

Job Description

• Leads evaluation and selection of suppliers in terms of quality, service, cost, and capability.
• Procurement of General, consumable Items (MRO Items), AGO, Raw material and capex
• Participates in the development of sourcing strategies.
• Make purchase orders, job orders as the case may be and follow up with vendors for timely delivery of the goods and services.
• Looks for productivity gains, which may include working with Improvement Leaders and Service Center personnel.
• Looks for alternative sources, through individual research, and working with other Buyers, Sr. Buyers, and Executive Buyers.
• Oversees contract implementation and supplier performance/interaction; involved with resolving operational issues.
• Documents issues for quality, service, safety, and supply (into the Sourcing quality data bases) and resolves issues with suppliers.
• Identifies and drives continuous improvement.
• Oversees contract implementation and supplier performance and interaction.
• Negotiates and delivers savings to meet business requirements and company objectives

Key Deliverables

• Understands market dynamics, labor rates/market rates, etc. that may impact buy.
• Uses Auction Tools, RFIs, RFQs, RFPs and/or sealed bids.
• Creates leveraged agreements as appropriate.
• Calculates and reports accomplishments in all appropriate systems.
• End to end process knowledge of Import & Export of commodity and consumable items.
• Well Versed with process of EXIM Certification & documentation process.
• Direct procurement policies to ensure all items are purchased and delivered within budget and time constraints
• manage vendor and supplier selection process based on price, quality, support, capacity, and reliability
• Develop and manage purchasing budgets and forecasts.
• Understanding local government EXIM rules and regulation.
• Resolve all conflicts with vendors and other stakeholders.
• Share all relevant documents with Finance for timely payment
• Train subordinates and guide the team for better performance.

Requirements
Education Experience:

• Engineering Degree is required.
• Master's or MBA Degree in fields such as Business Administration, Finance, is preferred.
• Strong preference for CIPS or similar professional qualification.

 Skill Sets/Experience

• Should have passed engineering +MBA preferred from a good institute and have 5-7 years of experience in handling end to end procurement in a mass manufacturing company.
• Good Hands on Contract Management.
• Strong leadership capabilities, excellent negotiation and analytical skills
• Good knowledge of engineering spares and consumables
• Experience in DIRECT Procurement of General and consumable Items. (MRO Items), AGO , packaging material and asset purchases.
• Spend analysis.
• high competency level in SAP MM,SAP Ariba.
• Well Versed with process of EXIM Certification & documentation process.
• Able to work in multicultural environment and able to work independently.
• Must be safety conscious

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