Jobs at Olam Nigeria Limited

Job Description

As a Branch Manager, you’re responsible for inspiring your team, create ownership opportunities, and to deliver on the following key dimensions.

• Managing procurement operations of significant volumes in a year.
• Handling complete purchase and assisting in logistics from Nigeria region.
• Directly handling big cooperatives and suppliers. Stakeholder management which involves Government relations, Buyers etc.
• Map the Potential in the region and the market.
• Deliver on key KPIs’ – Volume, GC/MT, & PBT
• Planning and executing the buying strategies basis factory and export needs
• Pricing ideas – Adopt to market practices and ensure cost-effective buying
• Raw material quality practices - make sure the best quality materials are bought through innovations and better approaches
• Developing deep understanding of Product, grades & blends from regions
• Optimizing Supply Chain efficiencies in the business by being the sharpest buyer in the Industry and region, managing operations at the highest level of efficiency & becoming the most reliable counterparty in the Trade.
• Good communication and negotiation qualities

Requirements

• Buying / procurement
• Suppliers’ development
• Managing Operations / Efficiency Generation
• Stakeholder management
• Team collaboration

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Job Description

As a GM Manager, you’re responsible for inspiring your team, create ownership opportunities, and to deliver on the following key dimensions.

• Managing procurement operations of significant volumes in a year.
• Handling complete purchase and assisting in logistics from Nigeria region.
• Directly handling big cooperatives and suppliers. Stakeholder management which involves Government relations, Buyers etc.
• Map the Potential in the region and the market.
• Deliver on key KPIs’ – Volume, GC/MT, & PBT
• Planning and executing the buying strategies basis factory and export needs
• Pricing ideas – Adopt to market practices and ensure cost-effective buying
• Raw material quality practices - make sure the best quality materials are bought through innovations and better approaches
• Developing deep understanding of Product, grades & blends from regions
• Optimizing Supply Chain efficiencies in the business by being the sharpest buyer in the Industry and region, managing operations at the highest level of efficiency & becoming the most reliable counterparty in the Trade.
• Good communication and leadership qualities

Requirements

• Buying / procurement
• Suppliers’ development
• Managing Operations / Efficiency Generation
• Stakeholder management
• Team Management

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Job Description

The General Manager role (Profit Center Head) will involve managing

• Profitability
• Operations
• Business Development

This is a well-rounded role in a complex business with high potential.  Overall responsibilities include managing the supply chain from producer to export (procurement, processing, quality and shipments). The team is composed of expats and functional local experts who require direction and leadership. The incumbent will have to deliver on these dimensions:

1. Strategic effectiveness (including key stakeholder management and industry leadership)
2. Operational effectiveness
3. Organizational effectiveness

Requirements

As Profit Center Head, the incumbent will have to set out the vision for the business and take full end to end responsibility for its growth, sustainability and delivery:

1. Strategic responsibility for arriving at the best-fit strategy for the profit-center.
2. Develop and deliver farmer engagement with the objective of improving yield and achieving Olam purpose of prosperous farmers, thriving communities and regenerating the living world 
3. Bottom line responsibilities: Completing the budgeted commitments on volumes, GC, overheads, interest and PAT.
4. Passing the business through the books. Has to ensure that not just procurement and unit docs are in line, but also that shipments are made, and sales are booked according to budget. Accountability ends not with M2M profitability but with the actual numbers generated by our accounts books and how they compare to our budgets.
5. Development of manpower: Along with mentoring and career-pathing of the team members, the incumbent also must ensure that the career paths are perpetuated suitably down the staff-line.
6. Play the role of Olam face in the complex regulatory environment. The incumbent must manage the complex regulatory and competitive environment, constantly keeping in touch with the important players to keep herself abreast of the latest in the sector. 
7. Bring in innovation and a high level of engagement with all key stakeholders to build on the sustainability issues critical to this industry