Branch Manager at Olam Agri

About Role

• Olam Agri's supply chain is crucial to its operations, and this Branch Manager role in Kaduna, Nigeria, is vital to its success. You will manage multiple product lines (commodity & processed commodity by-products) within the region, overseeing all processes from producer to market.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Effectiveness: Contribute to business roadmap development and implementation, managing procurement and supply chain strategy for assigned products. Apply sound judgment within established policies, utilizing effective problem-solving techniques. Demonstrate strong financial acumen, including understanding counterparty and credit risk management.
• Operational Effectiveness: Optimize resource utilization within the plant & specifically RM warehouses. Support infrastructure implementation according to the business plan, maximizing capacity and minimizing controllable losses. Coordinate with regulatory bodies to secure necessary permissions and approvals.
• Organizational Effectiveness: Build and develop high-performing teams through effective hiring, training, and development. Provide market analysis to support business trading and positional decisions.
• Collaborative Effectiveness: Collaborate with key stakeholders through formal business reviews and continuous improvement initiatives. Manage relationships across peers in the department to ensure product/ region ownership and collaboration to ensure stock availability across plants/ warehouses not under your direct supervision. Management of logistics in collaboration with other Branch, Import & Commercial managers to ensure stock for both internally & externally sourced materials.

Qualifications

• A proactive & analytical mindset focused on delivering added business value.
• MBA with minimum 3 years of post-qualification experience in a relevant industry.
• Excellent communication skills at all levels.
• Strong coaching, facilitation, presentation, collaboration and team-building skills.
• Prior experience in sales, supply chain, and/or operations is highly desirable.