🇳🇬 Job Vacancies @ Olam International Limited – 4 Positions

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.

We are recruiting to fill the following positions below:

1.) General Manager, Quality & Nutrition
2.) Maintenance Engineer
3.) Engineering Manager
4.) Agri Extension Manager

Job Title: General Manager, Quality & Nutrition

Location: Nigeria
Function:  MATS
Sub-Function:  MATS-Common

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.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Job Title: Maintenance Engineer

Location: Lagos
Function:  MATS
Sub-Function:  MATS-Common

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.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Job Title: Engineering Manager

Location: Nigeria
Employment Type: Full-time
Function:  MATS
Sub-Function:  Plant Operations

Job Description

• The Engineering Manager will be responsible for centrally taking care of Utilities installed in Ilorin Feed mill & adjoining Soy Crush plant.
• He will report functionally to the General Manager-Engineering with a dotted line reporting to the Plant Managers of Feed mill & Soy Crush plant.

Key Deliverables

• Engineering Manager will take the ownership of operational management and maintenance of all utility equipment’s installed at site that includes but not limited to Boilers, DG sets, Air compressors, Fuel farm, WTP, ETP/STP, Fire protection systems etc
• He has to interface effectively with Plant Operation & Maintenance team & agree on Utility KPIs & work towards achieving the same
• Drive a team comprising of Operators & technicians to maximize the availability and running at optimum efficiency of Utility systems
• Ensure all relevant EHS & statutory standards applicable for Utilities are followed
• Work towards ideation, detailed engineering, approvals & execution of energy efficiency improvement projects
• Accountable to organize and implement all planned maintenance activities on time for all utilities
• Ensure breakdowns are attended promptly without and any interruption is duly communicated & aligned with the plant team
• Set up Utility KPIs, measurement mechanisms, track the data & find avenues for improvement
• Leading daily morning meetings and ensure RCAs are done for any downtime happened on a day today basis
• Responsible for Utility Maintenance where he needs to plan, prepare forecast for the total year budget, track and control the spend on monthly basis. Maintain inventory of spares.
• Work closely with procurement team for establishing annual maintenance contracts to agree on service, delivery timelines, price and performance requirements for those equipment’s wherever applicable
• Work with procurement team for alternate/local vendor development
• Ensure all relevant documentation is maintained such as Equipment layouts, PFDs, P&IDs, KPI trackers, RCAs etc for reference & easy retrieval.

Requirements / Experience

• Graduate Mechanical Engineer 10-12 years of Utility experience with practical experience in handling Agro fuel boiler operations.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Job Title: Agri Extension Manager

Location: Nigeria
Employment Type: Full-time
Function:  Not Applicable
Sub-Function:  Not Applicable

Job Description

• Mobilize farmer groups to get into & increase Soybean production
  • Develop a package of best agronomic practices for Soybean cropping and advise/ train the growers to adopt the same to ensure increased yield & productivity
  • Conducting detailed cost-of-production studies and find avenues for increasing farmer profitability
  • Monitoring of weather & other developments to update production estimates and assess the impact of various scenarios on yields
  • Input distribution and credit accounting, if needed
• Build and sustain a reliable Soybean out-grower base in the catchment areas (Kwara & Niger) and ensure a sustainable supply of high-quality produce for IFP’s Soy crush facility
  • Quality seed production through out-growers for the participating farmers
  • Build an operational team to run the farming out-grower program - Scheduling operations as well as resources and monitoring the activities in the field to achieve production and buyback targets
• Acquire funding for the Soybean agri-extension through multi-lateral agencies and stakeholder management (International donor organizations/ Developmental agencies, social/ community organizations, Nigerian governmental agencies & Statutory bodies and internal departments)

Key Deliverables:

• Improved productivity and increased production volumes for farmers
• Management of the out-grower program and volume of buyback from the farmers
• Donor funding from Global developmental agencies/ NGOs and through domestic schemes in Nigeria to sponsor farmer programs

Requirements

• Master’s Degree in Agriculture
• Must have expertise in Soybean cropping and 7 – 10 years of experience in managing farmer / out-grower / contract farming and agricultural extension services
• Proven experience in obtaining donor funding from NGOs and multi-lateral agencies
• Understanding of seed production, crop management and buyback of produce
• Knowledge on agro-climate, soil fertility, disease & pest control

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online