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 position below:

Job Title: Branch Controller – Sesame

Location: Kano

Role Brief

• 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.
• Developing and managing an efficient procurement network as per distribution strategy.
• Pricing ideas – Adopt to market practices and ensure cost-effective buying.
• Deliver on key KPIs’ – Volume, GC/MT, & PBT.
• Planning and executing the buying strategies basis factory and export needs.
• Directly handling big cooperatives and suppliers. Stakeholder management which involves Government relations, Buyers etc.
• Map the Potential in the region and the market.
• 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.
• Handling complete purchase and assisting in logistics from Nigeria region.
• Good communication and negotiation qualities.

Responsibilities of the position/ KPI

• Buying / procurement
• Suppliers’ development
• Managing operations / Efficiency generation
• Stakeholder management
• Team collaboration

Requirements

• Management Graduate with 1-3 years of handling Raw material procurement commercial/ operations in agri-business or commodity industry
• Agri-business finance
• Sales/ Business finance or commercial in agri-business industry or commodity industry.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.