General Manager - Procurement, Packaged Food at Olam Nigeria Limited - Lagos

Olam International is a leading agri-business operating from seed to shelf in 65 countries, supplying food and industrial raw materials to over 13,600 customers worldwide. Our team of 23,000 employees has built a leadership position in many businesses including cocoa, coffee, cashew, rice and cotton.

Olam Nigeria Limited is recruiting to fill the position of:

Job Title: General Manager - Procurement, Packaged Food
Reference: Procurement/Lagos/50003091

Location / Region: Lagos, Nigeria
Sector: Procurement
Type: Permanent

Overview of the position
Purpose of the job:
To provide a complete commercial procurement function for all the expenditure with external suppliers responsible for the provision of professional expertise and at the forefront regarding the implementation and development of procurement strategies.

Provide commercial advice on, and authorization of, contracts, purchase commitments and expenditure made throughout the unit. Procurement budget for the year is 100Mn USD.

Principal Accountabilities

• Develop and manage the procurement department including setting targets and monitoring performance.
• Develop and deliver a Procurement Strategy across the BU to deliver the target benefits and financial savings including approving each category manager’s purchase category strategy and savings plans.
• Engage support and agreement for the strategy from key stakeholders so that implementation and compliance are optimal; promote the effective management of suppliers to sustain value throughout the life of the contract.
• Establish new processes and systems for effective procurement across the unit; develop an eProcurement vision and identify solutions for the upgrade; investigate opportunities for broader savings in inventory and warehousing costs by conducting in-house v outsource.
• Provide specialist advice, guidance and service on leading practice procurement to all departments; lead the society in identification, assessment and management of potential risks associate with differing sourcing strategies; provide insight through the analysis of spend, supply markets and savings.
• Ensure all goods and services purchased comply with the corporate social sustainability policies.
• Define and manage key supplier relationships to deliver breakthrough performance in cost, service and quality, including technical input to negotiations on strategically significant contracts and negotiation and management of third party service providers.
• Develop and agree annual departmental cost savings targets for the annual Budget process; develop and agree the annual procurement plan with directors and departmental heads.
• Develop a savings reporting mechanism with Finance which is understood and accepted by the user departments. Produce regular reports on performance and provide comprehensive management information and in-depth analysis when requested including spend analysis, savings secured and potential savings – for forecast and budgets.

Knowledge, skill and experience
Education qualifications:

• MBA or equivalent from premium B school. At least 12-17 years of relevant experience, preferably in the agri/food ingredient space
• Professional/technical qualification/skills:
• Recognized procurement professional.
• A good technical appreciation of the range of procurement categories.
• Excellent analytical skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Strong influencing skills at senior levels to influence acceptance of a new way of working.
• Project Management skills.
• Excellent team management and people skills are essential.
• Ability to negotiate at the highest levels with suppliers.
• Good IT skills to include wide experience of word documents, Excel spreadsheets (including pivot tables and charts) and PowerPoint.
• Excellent organizational skills.
• Experience:
• Significant previous procurement experience with responsibility for delivery of procurement benefits including financial savings.
• Agri commodity buying experience – wheat, fats, sugar, liquid glucose etc.
• Best purchase practices – reverse auctions etc.
• Vendor development esp for packing materials.
• International supply chain management.
• 3 P handling.
• Experience of leading a new Procurement department in at least two blue-chip organizations that have crossed functional and business boundaries.
• Experience of working with a fragmented user base in multiple locations.
• Strong leadership in a complex environment with a high level of uncertainty around predicted or future demand.

Application Closing Date
Not Stated

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