Company Info
Olam International is a leading food and agri-business supplying food, ingredients, feed and fibre to over 19,800 customers worldwide. Our value chain spans over 60 countries and includes farming, processing and distribution operations, as well as a sourcing network of 4.8 million farmers. Through our purpose to ‘Re-imagine Global Agriculture and Food Systems’, Olam aims to address the many challenges involved in meeting the needs of a growing global population, while achieving positive impact for farming communities, our planet and all our stakeholders. Headquartered and listed in Singapore, Olam currently ranks among the top 30 largest primary listed companies in terms of market capitalisation on SGX-ST.
1). Associate Finance – Future Leaders Programme
Location: Abuja
Function: Finance
Sub-Function: Product Finance
Job Type: Full-time
Job Description
- The Future Leaders program offers a customized development journey structured to explore your potential within your business / functional stream.
- It immerses you into the operations from day one ensuring your learning experience is relevant, practical, and hands-on working with experts on the field.
- The successful candidate will join the global future leader’s management program of Olam, which will provide structured learning in various modules within Business Management, Supply chain, Operational roles in different countries globally.
- After successfully completing the program, the candidate will be part of a Global Talent Pool and assigned as a Fiannce Manager position for their country of origin or where the company has operations across Africa.
Key Deliverables
There are two distinct phases:
- Phase I Corporate Onboarding: A learning zone – formal exposure to all aspects of the business to accelerate your knowledge on the Olam way of doing business, who we are, what we do, and how we operate
- Phase II Field Rotations & Business Unit Rotations: Hands-on exposures across business models/geographies, mentored by a senior leader, designed to fast track your knowledge of the business/function. You will be placed in your potential role, with clear responsibilities to deliver. You will be closely mentored by a senior leader and supported by an HR Partner during this phase
Requirements
Finance Roles:
- Cohesive exposure in managing finance function, handling large scale complex operations for business in different countries and regions. The individual would be act as Finance business partner and manage financial reporting, treasury, budgeting, risk management
- In the role you would manager demonstrate conceptual ability to ideate and implement robust systems & processes suited to business/ country. You also display accuracy and efficiency in MIS reporting, budgeting.
- Alignment with our culture. Do you have the entrepreneurial spirit, willingness to stretch, take risks, and an appetite to learn in new environments? This is a must!
- Mobility is important. A career in Olam is strengthened with multi-location experience including emerging economies.
- Working in Olam isn’t a 9-5 job! We are globally connected, operating across geographical boundaries and time zones.
- Professional Degree: CA, ACCA, CIMA, CPA or equivalent Financial/ Accounting Degree.
Application Closing Date
Not Specified.
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2). General Manager, Quality & Nutrition
Location: Ilorin, Kwara
Function: MATS
Sub-Function: MATS
Job Description
- The Quality & Nutrition Manager is ensuring compliance to quality norms, policies and procedures of the company with the objective of achieving a quality culture to achieve consistent quality with zero defect in collaboration with all stakeholders by constantly developing, planning and implementing quality systems & processes and training of plant personnel.
Key Deliverables
- Develop, plan and implement quality systems to meet Food Safety standards in line with GFSI guidelines.
- Ensure food safety requirements including PRPs, audit processes (factory, market, warehouse, etc.), conducting root cause analysis, implementing corrective action plan, review compliance status for all the quality related observations and lead the process of sharing observations with all stakeholders for implementation/closure.
- Closely interact with other functions including R&D, Manufacturing, Sourcing, etc., and seek their inputs on improvement/ development of Quality Systems and Processes. Setup, maintain and operate lab to meet all requirements of testing of incoming, in-process and finished goods consistently.
- Has a strong knowledge about the nutritional properties and quality specifications of different raw materials and feed additives used in the feed industry.
- Knowledgeable about the quality control system used in the animal feed industry (NIR, wet chemistry proximate analysis, process control, and in-market quality).
- Liaising among different departments, e.g. suppliers, managers working with Plant Head to implement the company’s policies and goals seek to challenge their costs and performance to ensure cheap yet quality service.
Requirements
- Having a Master’s Degree in animal or Nutritional Sciences with around 10 – 15 years of experience in food industry,
- Good communication skills, strong analytical and problem solving skills, assertiveness, negotiating capability.
- Thorough Knowledge of Food Safety systems, GMP, GLP, Auditing, Compliance, Training, Food testing (including sensory), basic regulatory knowledge.
Application Closing Date
Not Specified.
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3). Maintenance Engineer
Location: Lagos
Function: MATS
Sub-Function: MATS
Job Description
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 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 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)
Requirements
- Minimum of Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering, QEHS, HACCP related certification Job related courses and training
- 8 + years’ experience of handling maintenance, utilities and projects in several jobs as Mechanical/Electrical engineer and project related management. Preferably flour milling, pasta processing or any other food processing industry.
Deadline: Not Specified.
How to Apply: Interested and qualified candidates should use the links below to apply: