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: Manager – Non Commodity Procurement
Location: Ilorin, Kwara
Job Description
Manages all aspects of non-commodity procurement, from sourcing to delivery. This includes:
- Supplier Management: Evaluating and selecting suppliers based on quality, cost, and capability.
- Strategic Sourcing: Developing sourcing strategies, negotiating contracts, and identifying alternative sources to achieve productivity gains and cost savings.
- Operational Oversight: Overseeing contract implementation, resolving operational issues, and managing budgets and forecasts.
- Compliance: Ensuring all procurement policies and import/export regulations are followed.
Strategic Effectiveness
- Contribute to the design and implementation of the procurement process road map, as well as managing the procurement and supply chain strategy for the product(s), within the country
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Engineering Degree is required.
- Master’s or MBA degree in fields such as business administration, finance, is preferred.
- Strong preference for CIPS or similar professional qualification.
- Should have passed engineering +MBA preferred from a good institute and have 5-7 years experience in handling end to end procurement in a mass manufacturing company.
- Good Hands-on Contract Management.
- Experience in in-direct procurement of general and consumable Items, (MRO Items), AGO, packaging material and asset purchases.
- Spend analysis.
- High competency level in SAP MM, SAP Ariba.
- Well Versed with process of EXIM Certification & documentation process.
Application Closing Date
Not Specified.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online
Job Title: Tax Manager
Location: Apapa, Lagos
Job Description
- The Tax Manager will oversee all aspects of taxation for assigned business units or regions within Olam Agri.
- This includes managing tax compliance processes, optimizing the company’s effective tax rate (ETR), conducting tax planning initiatives, and minimizing tax risks.
- The role requires a deep understanding of corporate income tax, withholding tax, VAT/GST, and international tax principles (including Transfer Pricing and BEPS rules).
- The Tax Manager will partner closely with Finance, Legal, and Business teams to ensure tax efficiency in all commercial transactions and operational structures.
Key Deliverables
Tax Planning and Optimization:
- Identify and implement legitimate tax planning strategies to legally minimize tax liabilities and optimize the Effective Tax Rate (ETR).
- Conduct tax due diligence and structuring advice for new investments, mergers, acquisitions, and restructuring projects within the Olam Agri group.
Tax Risk Management and Audits:
- Manage and coordinate all tax audits, inquiries, and disputes with local and international tax authorities, minimizing potential exposure and ensuring favorable outcomes.
- Maintain robust documentation and control frameworks to support tax positions and demonstrate compliance with Transfer Pricing rules (e.g., local file, master file).
Advisory and Business Support:
- Provide expert tax advice on complex operational and commercial matters, including commodity trading structures, cross-border transactions, and supply chain logistics.
- Stay abreast of new and evolving tax legislation
Tax Compliance and Reporting:
- Manage and review the preparation and timely filing of all corporate income tax returns and statutory tax payments across relevant jurisdictions.
- Oversee and ensure compliance with Indirect Tax requirements (VAT/GST, Sales Tax) and Withholding Tax obligations for both domestic and cross-border payments.
- Prepare and review tax provisions for financial reporting (IFRS/GAAP) and Deferred Tax computations, ensuring accuracy for period-end closing.
Strategic Effectiveness
- Value Creation: Act as a strategic partner by ensuring that all commercial initiatives and operational models are tax-efficient, thus preserving business value and enhancing shareholder return.
- Risk Control: Proactively identify and assess high-risk tax areas within the agribusiness and manufacturing value chain, developing and implementing controls to ensure sustainable tax governance and mitigate exposure.
- Automation and Efficiency: Champion the adoption of tax technology and automation tools to streamline tax compliance, reporting, and documentation processes, improving efficiency and accuracy.
Requirements
Qualifications & Experience:
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Tax Law, or a related field. A Master’s degree in Taxation is highly desirable.
- Professional Certification: A recognized professional qualification in Tax or Accounting is essential (e.g., Chartered Accountant (CA), CPA, ACCA, Chartered Tax Advisor (CTA), or equivalent).
- Experience: 6 to 10 years of progressive corporate tax experience in a complex multinational environment or a specialized tax consulting firm.
- Sector Knowledge: Experience with tax issues specific to Agribusiness, Commodity Trading, Manufacturing, or FMCG is a significant advantage.
Skills & Competencies:
- Technical Expertise: Comprehensive knowledge of Corporate Income Tax (CIT), International Tax, and Indirect Tax (VAT/GST). Strong understanding of Transfer Pricing principles.
- Accounting for Tax: Proficiency in ASC 740 (or equivalent IFRS/GAAP standards) for accounting for income taxes, including deferred tax calculations and effective tax rate reconciliation.
- System Proficiency: Experience working with tax compliance software and major ERP systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle) for extracting financial data and managing tax reporting processes.
- Communication & Negotiation: Exceptional analytical, research, and technical writing skills. Proven ability to effectively negotiate and communicate complex tax issues with tax authorities and senior management.
Application Closing Date
Not Specified.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online
Job Title: Plant Accountant
Location: Ikorodu, Lagos
Job Description
- The Plant Accountant will be the primary finance partner for the Plant Management team, responsible for all aspects of financial accounting, cost control, inventory management, and adherence to corporate financial policies at the facility.
- This involves the timely and accurate generation of cost reports, variance analysis, fixed asset management, and ensuring strict control over all resources utilized in the production process.
- The role is pivotal in converting operational data into actionable financial insights.
Key Deliverables
Cost Accounting & Analysis:
- Manage and maintain the Standard Costing system, including the calculation, update, and analysis of standard costs for raw materials, Work-In-Progress (WIP), and finished goods.
- Perform monthly Variance Analysis (e.g., material usage, labor efficiency, overhead spending) and provide timely reports and explanations to the Plant Manager and Corporate Finance.
- Monitor and control production costs to identify opportunities for efficiency improvements and cost reduction.
Inventory Management & Control:
- Ensure the integrity and accuracy of physical inventory through participation in cycle counts and periodic physical stock takes of raw materials, packaging, and finished goods.
- Manage and reconcile the inventory sub-ledger to the General Ledger (GL) and oversee valuation adjustments (e.g., obsolescence or net realizable value).
- Control the flow and accounting of scrap and by-products.
Financial Reporting & Compliance:
- Prepare and submit timely and accurate monthly plant financials (P&L and Balance Sheet schedules related to the plant).
- Manage Fixed Assets for the plant, including capitalization, depreciation calculation, physical verification, and impairment review.
- Ensure strict compliance with all internal controls, corporate policies, and local statutory requirements related to plant operations.
Budgeting & Forecasting:
- Support the preparation of the annual operating budget for the plant, focusing on production volumes, operating expenses, capital expenditure (CAPEX), and cost of goods sold (COGS).
- Prepare periodic financial forecasts and provide detailed analysis against actual performance.
Requirements
Qualifications & Experience:
- Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
- Experience: 5 to 8 years of progressive experience in an accounting role, with a minimum of 3 years dedicated to Plant Accounting or Cost Accounting in a large-scale manufacturing environment.
- Professional Certification: A recognized professional accounting certification (e.g., CPA, ACCA, CMA, CA) is highly preferred or in progress.
- Sector Knowledge: Experience in Agribusiness, Food Processing, or continuous process manufacturing is a distinct advantage.
- Must be a chartered accountant.
Strategic Effectiveness:
- Operational Decision Support: Provide the Plant Manager with real-time financial data and analysis on production trends, downtime costs, and cost drivers to aid daily operational decisions and optimize resource allocation.
- Capex Evaluation: Play a key role in the financial justification and post-completion review of Capital Expenditure projects, ensuring investment returns meet corporate targets.
- Process Improvement: Actively identify weaknesses in plant control procedures and accounting processes, proposing and implementing systematic improvements to enhance efficiency, reduce risk, and strengthen the control environment.
- Cross-Functional Partnership: Serve as the critical link between the plant’s operations team and the corporate finance team, ensuring alignment on operational goals and financial reporting accuracy.
Application Closing Date
Not Specified.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online
Job Title: Accounts Manager
Location: Remote
Function: Finance
Sub-Function: Finance – Common
Job Description
- As a Account Manager, an incumbant will be responsible for managing end-to-end accounts payable processes for all vendors, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance with financial terms; reconciling vendor statements and resolving discrepancies efficiently; overseeing stock counts and reconciliation for finished goods, paddy, packing materials, spares, and stores; maintaining the Fixed Assets file and conducting periodic physical verification; implementing and monitoring internal controls; and supporting month-end close activities to ensure smooth financial operations.
Key Deliverables
Financial Reporting & Analysis:
- Prepare monthly Bank Reconciliation & Intercompany Reconciliation.
- Support budgeting and forecasting activities related to Rice business.
Compliance & Controls:
- Ensure adherence to internal financial controls and external regulatory requirements.
- Coordinate with internal audit teams and external auditors for financial year end audits.
Collaboration & Communication:
- Work closely with procurement, operations, and sales teams in matters related to Finance.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related fields
- ACCA, ICAN certification is an advantage
- 3 – 5 years of experience in accounting or finance, with at least 2 years in vendor management.
- Strong knowledge of accounting principles and ERP systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle).
- Excellent analytical, communication, and negotiation skills.
- Experience in agricultural or manufacturing sectors is a plus.
Application Closing Date
Not Specified.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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Job Title: EHS Analyst
Location:Iganmu, Lagos
Function: MATS
Sub-Function: Health Safety & Environment
Job Description
- The EHS Analyst is responsible for supporting, developing, and maintaining the company’s Environmental, Health, and Safety programs.
- This role requires a strong technical and analytical foundation, typically gained through an engineering degree, to analyze complex operational data, ensure regulatory compliance, and implement sustainable safety solutions across all facilities and projects.
- The analyst will serve as a key technical resource, identifying risks, driving continuous improvement, and promoting a strong safety culture.
Key Deliverables
- Collect, analyze, and report on key EHS metrics (e.g., incident rates, energy consumption, waste generation).
- Ensure strict compliance with all local, state, and federal EHS regulations (e.g., OSHA, EPA, ISO 14001/45001).
- Manage and submit regulatory required reports and permits.
- Applyengineering principles to investigate incidents, determine root causes, and design effective corrective and preventive actions.
- Conduct quantitative risk assessments, Process Hazard Analyses (PHAs), and Job Safety Analyses (JSAs) for new and existing equipment/processes.
- Develop and manage technical EHS programs such as Lockout/Tagout (LOTO), Machine Guarding, Confined Space Entry, and Hazardous Waste Management.
- Perform regular site inspections and internal EHS audits to identify and mitigate hazards.
- Monitor the implementation of corrective actions from audits and inspections.
Operational Effectiveness:
- Bring out new/unknown risks in new and existing facilities for management to act
- Ensure all Olam facilities are compliant to local/international regulatory norms
- Document areas of improvement, push the envelope when it comes to environmental safety and safe workplace practices
- Identify opportunities to eliminate not just reduce workplace hazards.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant Engineering discipline (e.g., Chemical, Mechanical, Civil, Industrial, Environmental Engineering) or Occupational Health and Safety.
- 2+ years of professional experience in an EHS role within a manufacturing, industrial, or construction environment.
- Relevant professional certification such as Associate Safety Professional (ASP), Certified Safety Professional (CSP), Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH), or Professional Engineer (PE)
- Proven ability to collect, interpret, and present complex quantitative data using statistical analysis software (e.g., Excel, Minitab).
- Strong technical and critical thinking skills with the ability to apply engineering concepts to solve practical EHS problems.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills; ability to clearly articulate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Self-motivated, able to work independently, manage multiple projects, and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
Application Closing Date
Not Specified.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online
Job Title: Plant Manager
Location:Ilorin, Kwara
Job Description
- This role manages the day-to-day activities of the plant, handling all functions including production, processing, bulk raw material and finished product storage, quality, engineering, projects, and QEHS (Quality, Environmental, Health, and Safety).
- The ideal candidate must have specific knowledge of Food Safety Management systems (HACCP/FSSC/BRC), ISO 14000, and the management of industrial relations.
Strategic Effectiveness
- Produce and Deliver Products: Manage all production activities and services. Review daily shop floor operations for adherence to quality systems and norms. Lead and support in process/system-related issues. Support the preventive maintenance schedule for all plant and machinery and related engineering activities.
- Optimize Production Costs: Consolidate and analyse variances to identify root causes and plan corrective actions. Manage line OEEs, wastage, and conversion costs through effective monitoring, review, and control.
- QEHS: Lead QEHS initiatives and work with the Central Quality Head to achieve departmental goals.
- Engineering & Projects: Implement best practices in plant maintenance to improve OEE. Manage maintenance and repair costs within budget. Ensure projects are delivered within the defined scope, cost, and time.
- Reviews & Reporting: Understand the Olam data and reporting structure in SAP and ensure all relevant departments are capturing and reporting data correctly. Lead the periodic reconciliation of raw materials (RM) and finished goods (FG) and conduct a structured variance analysis to report any gains or losses.
- Cost Efficiency Programs: Lead cost efficiency and continual improvement programs. Identify opportunities, establish baselines, and execute projects among cross-functional teams.
- Manage Industrial Relations & Stakeholders: Actively participate in and lead industrial relations discussions.
Requirements
- An Engineering Degree from a reputable college.
- Minimum 15-20 years of work experience in a leading FMCG company, with 4-5 years of solvent extraction plant management experience.
- candidate with extensive exposure to plant management and project activities, and a strong background in team management.
Application Closing Date
Not Specified.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online
