Ongoing Recruitment 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.) Maintenance Manager

Job Location: Ikorodu, Lagos
Employment Type: Full Time

Overview of Position

• To organize and control all aspects of the maintenance function maintaining all processes and buildings to the required company standards.

Key Performance Matrices include

• Optimize utilization of processing and quality resources in the country to derive maximum capacity utilization and efficiencies and to eliminate controllable losses and minimize the impact of non-controllable losses
• Manage external contractors in a cost-effective manner - seek to challenge their costs and performance to ensure cost effective yet quality service.
• Through respective managers, ensure the safe keeping of all company agreements, financial instruments etc.
• Ensure the Health and Safety of all subordinates within Company guidelines and current legislation.
• Ensure all functional management are aware of the correct codes of practice, both statutory and advisory, that govern accepted standards of safe operation at all premises. Ensure production plant causes the minimum of dust and noise both internally and externally.
• By regular site inspection and training, ensure full employee awareness of safe working practices and their role in maintaining the required standards. (ongoing exercise)
• Through managers, maintain and administer all personnel records and systems relating to employees (excluding records of sickness, absenteeism and holidays, recorded in the General Office).
• Maintain and monitor processes in respect of breakdown and performance. (Running hours; kW/t; capacity per hour against set targets. (KPI) React to variances.
• Ensure hygiene standards in all areas are maintained to the highest standards at a minimum above those required by BRC.
• Through managers identify personnel training needs. Actively promote training and personal development on site. (Costs to be controlled within agreed budgets).

Requirements

• Minimum Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Electronic engineering, QEHS, HACCP related certification Job related courses and training
• 8+ years of experience of handling maintenance, utilities and projects in several jobs as Mechanical/Electrical engineer and project related management.

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2.) Branch Manager

Job Location: Ilorin, Kwara
Employment Type: Full Time

Job Description

• As a Branch Manager, you’re responsible for inspiring your team, create ownership opportunities, and to deliver on the following key dimensions.
• Supply Chain Management is at the heart of what we do at Olam.
• The role involves taking responsibility for a product (or products in adjoining value chains) in Olam’s business in the region.
• You will play a critical and extremely tangible role in delivering results, while controlling the execution of all processes, including managing the supply chain from producer to factories & export. 

Key Deliverables:

• Contribute to the design and implementation of the business road map, as well as managing the procurement and supply chain strategy for the product(s), within the country
• You will demonstrate sound judgement within defined practices and policies and select techniques for obtaining solutions that will contribute to future results and successes
• Strong financial acumen, ability to read and comprehend tasks such as counterparty and credit risk management

Operational Effectiveness:

• As a branch manager, you are responsible for the optimal utilization of country resources
• Support implementation of required infrastructure as per the business plan and derive maximum capacity efficiencies by eliminating controllable losses
• Understand the agri-value chains responsible for, able to interact with farmers, vendors and other relevant govt agencies/ NGOs to get an estimate of crop pattern & size
• Coordinate with appropriate regulatory bodies for obtaining permissions, and approvals
• Manage external warehouses under your control and accountable for smooth operations & stock management

Organizational Effectiveness:

• Ability to build teams - hiring, training, and developing team members
• Your market & competition information and analysis would be critical in supporting the business head in trading and positional decisions
• Collaborate with key stake holders involving formal business reviews and ongoing continuous improvement initiatives

Requirements

• An understanding of how, and the willingness to go the extra mile, to bring added business value.
• MBA with 2-6 years of post-qualification industry experience
• Able to communicate at all levels
• Effective coaching, facilitation, presentation, and team-building skills
• A previous experience in Sales, Supply chain and Operations would always be a value add

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3.) Branch Manager

Job Location: Lafia, Nasarawa
Employment Type: Full Time

Job Description

• Spearheading volume procurement operations: Managed significant volumes of purchases annually, ensuring timely and cost-effective acquisition.
• Full-cycle expertise: Handling complete purchase process from sourcing to logistics, including managing suppliers across the Nigeria region.
• Stakeholder engagement: Building strong relationships with key stakeholders including government officials, buyers, and cooperatives.
• Strategic sourcing: Developing and executing buying strategies aligned with factory and export needs, ensuring cost-effectiveness and market competitiveness.
• Quality assurance: Implementing innovative practices to acquire the highest quality raw materials at competitive prices.
• Market analysis and planning: Mapping regional potential and market trends to inform strategic buying decisions.
• Performance-driven: Consistently delivering on key performance indicators (KPIs) for volume, gross cost per metric ton (GC/MT), and profit before tax (PBT).
• In-depth knowledge: Developing a deep understanding of product grades, blends, and regional dynamics.
• Operational excellence: Optimizing supply chain efficiencies to become the industry's "sharpest buyer," while maintaining high-level operational efficiency and reliability

Requirements

• Management Graduate from one of the premier institutes with 2 - 3 years of handling procurement / supply chain & operations in Agri business industry / Commodity industry, developing and managing an efficient procurement network as per distribution strategy.
• Proven track record of success in managing high-volume and complex procurement operations.
• Strong understanding of international trade regulations and market dynamics.
• Strong communication and leadership qualities 
• Excellent negotiation, communication, and relationship management skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

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4.) Hatchery Manager

Job Location: Kaduna
Employment Type: Full Time

About Role

• The position requires efficiently managing a fully automated Petersime Hatchery with a capacity of 1.5 million D.O.C per week, along with its day-to-day activities.

Responsibilities

• Monitoring the temperature and humidity inside cold room and egg sorting room and record them very well.
• Ensure proper setting of eggs on the trolleys and into setter, keeping of setting eggs trolley report every setting day
• Ensure adequate sanitary of the internal and external environment of the Setter room by cleaning and disinfecting of the setter room daily.
• Ensure appropriate and standard parameters of the setter room are kept which includes: the temperature and humidity of the setter room by proper functioning of the Air Handling Unit, the oxygen inlet.
• Ensure proper arrangement, functioning and lightning of the candling box before commencement of candling and even during the process.
• Checking of the number of chicks in the box to make sure the number of chicks is correct
• Ensure that the D.O.C were properly vaccinated and also take proper record of the vaccinated chicks.
• Ensure the Hatchers and the baskets in them are dry before candling on every candling day and ensure the Hatchers maintain their targeted temperature and humidity conditions before and after every candling process.
• Ensure the candling room is clean and properly dried, and disinfected it before the commencement of candling.
• Ensure the Hatcher machines in clean and dry condition before fumigate it (Rechecking inside the machine is a compulsory thing before fumigation).
• Proper stacking of chicks after vaccination, maintain the chick holding room temperature(26-28C )
• Monitoring of fertility record, hatching report, weekly fertility/hatchability report, carton report, ledger update, DOC report, farm report. Proper routine check of staffs and hatchery assistant.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Veterinary Sciences / Agriculture Science (Animal Production).
• 8 - 10 years of experience in handling a state of the Art Hatchery.
• Experience is required in a Parent Stock Hatchery, alongside a Commercial Hatchery.

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