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 position below:

Job Title: Production Manager

Location: Nigeria

Job Description

• Ensuring compliance to manufacturing processes and procedures of the company with the objective of achieving key performance indicators in collaboration with all stakeholders by constantly developing, planning, and implementing operational excellence and training of plant personnel.

Key Deliverables
Production Planning & Execution:

• Planning to deliver the sales demand ensuring effective utilization of assets at optimum cost of operations
• Liaison with central and local procurement for effective planning of raw and packing materials ensuring availability as well as monitoring inventory norms
• Analyze breakdowns and put corrective measures to improve OEE
• Lead the AM Pillar team in WCM/Operational Excellence and support other pillars on production related requirements
• Control over warehouses for raw & packing materials and finished goods
• Ensure compliance to Safety and Food Safety requirements from manufacturing function
• Ensure adherence to all applicable regulatory and statutory requirements
• Review and monitor operating budgets

Managing Talent:

• Develop and train the team to improve the effectiveness of implementation of best/ next practices in the area of work.
• Identify training needs of team members in order to enhance skills and develop/maintain a motivated team.

Driving cost culture and value delivery:

• Review requirements of production consumables and ensure availability
• Review cost of production consumables and ensure adherence to budgets.

Projects:

• Selection of Capacity, Capability, Appropriate Technology, Energy requirements etc for Opex and Capex Projects along with Engineering team as and when required
• Execute the implementation of projects within timelines and cost with support of Engineering Team
• Assist in commissioning and start-up of new projects.

Requirements:

• BE/B.Tech in Mechanical/Electrical/Production Engineering from a reputed institute
• 10+ years of experience in FMCG companies of repute preferably bottling/aseptic dairy products with a minimum of 3 years of experience as Head of Manufacturing/Production department
• Experience of managing high speed PET bottling lines and Tetrapak lines
• A hands-on experience of implementing TPM or WCM/Operational Excellence is a must. Exposure to Lean or Six Sigma would be an added advantage.
• Experience of managing production function of a bottling plant, preferably aseptic dairy technology with Tetrapak and Sidel bottling lines
• Strong people management skills
• Demonstrated ability to manage complexity.
• Strong analytical & problem-solving skills
• Good communication skills
• Good negotiation skills.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should
Click here to apply online

Job Title: Planning Manager

Location: Nigeria

Role Summary

• Lead a professional Planning function across Caraway Nigeria Biscuits Confectionary and Snacks operations to maximise service levels to customers while optimizing stocks.
• Caraway is centered around West Africa and now has 7 Manufacturing Plants in Nigeria across 6 product categories – Tomato Paste, Seasonings, Instant Noodles, Biscuits, Beverages, and Sweets & Candies.
• The planning Manager Biscuits Confectionary and Snacks will have the responsibility for Material planning, Supply planning, coordination of the S&OP process, and will facilitate demand planning across the designated categories.

Key Deliverables

• Compliance to planning policies including inventory policy, and categorization of finished goods and raw and packaging material and align with the system integration.
• Manage stock levels within agreed policy levels for material and finished goods
• Facilitate the demand planning process for all the appropriate categories, focusing on eliminating bias and improving forecast accuracy.
• Production planning taking account of demand planning, supply chain policy, capacity limitations, and other production constraints
• Materials requirement Planning. Create and maintain the materials requirement plan. Establish material safety stock and reorder levels with accurate lead times. Implement stock plans to achieve stock targets on materials and finished goods.
• Master Production Scheduling
• Distribution requirement planning / replenishment
• Evaluate risks and opportunities creating contingencies and making decisions
• Capacity management planning
• Drive business planning, and in particular, the annual volume planning process which includes interfacing closely with sales, Marketing and finance to ensure timeous delivery.
• Support innovation teams in launching new products
• Develop and train the Demand planners and supply planners across all operations.

Requirements
Education:

• B.Sc Degree in Engineering. (M.Sc. or MBA preferred).

Experience:

• Min 10 years of experience in supply chain in Leading Global Agri-Manufacturing/FMCG
• Consumer companies with positions covering Demand Planning, Supply Planning, Stock Management and Primary Distribution. Experience of Lean, Six Sigma and/or TPM strongly preferred.

Skills:

• Excellent communication skills.
• Strong analytical skills
• Knowledge of SAP or any ERP is required.

Development Projects:

• Lead ERP projects, integration of SAP MRP. Establish MRP, MPS, and capacity planning processes and align with the system integration
• S&OP coordination by Planning Manager
• Complexity Management – regularly review SKU portfolio.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Job Title: Import Clearing Manager

Location: Port Harcourt, Rivers

Job Description
Sourcing of raw material:

• Planning and executing the buying strategies basis factory import requirements
• Directly handling big global cooperatives and suppliers
• 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.

EXIM:

• Handle the import and  export operations.
• Will include planning the schedules, volume projection, operational aspects etc.
• Able to plan and manage the required logistics and other supportive functions.
• Should be well versed with requirement of imports like LC , Form M , HS codes , INCO terms
• Should be able to work with various regulatory agencies like customs etc.
• Should be able to work with clearing agents.
• Set KPIs, budgets, and plan trainings.

Key Deliverables

• Volume: Planning and phasing raw material supply as per needs of the processing facility, supplier management
• Cost: Manage direct cost of operations within the allotted budget
• Quality: Ensure optimum quality of raw material is procured
• Sustainability: Anchor and lead the sustainability initiatives
• 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), outside Nigeria.
• 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
• Develop strong S&D (Supply and Demand) capabilities to dynamically formulate a price view and a strategic buying plan throughout the crop year.

Strategic Effectiveness

• You will be 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
• Be responsible for all Raw Material buying, including Packaging material , Additives , spares and Capex .
• Manage the primary/secondary procurement
• Ability to build teams – hiring, training, and developing team members
• Collaborate with key stake holders involving formal business reviews and ongoing continuous improvement initiatives.

Requirements

• 12+ years of experience in imports process
• Good communication skills.
• Team player, with team management skills.
• An understanding of how and the willingness to go the extra mile to bring added business value.
• Effective coaching, facilitation, presentation, and team-building skills
• A previous experience in Sales, Supply chain and Operations would always be a value add.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online