Manager, Vegetable Oils Sub-Saharan Africa at Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) Company

Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) unlocks the power of nature to enrich the quality of life. We’re a premier global human and animal nutrition company, delivering solutions today with an eye to the future. We’re blazing new trails in health and well-being as our scientists develop groundbreaking products to support healthier living. We’re a cutting-edge innovator leading the way to a new future of plant-based consumer and industrial solutions to replace petroleum-based products. We’re an unmatched agricultural supply chain manager and processor, providing food security by connecting local needs with global capabilities.

ADM's purpose is to unlock the power of nature, to enrich the quality of life. We transform natural products into a complete portfolio of ingredients and flavors for foods and beverages, supplements, nutrition for pets and livestock and more. And with an array of unparalleled capabilities across every part of the global food chain, we give our customers an edge in solving global challenges of today and tomorrow.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Manager, Vegetable Oils Sub-Saharan Africa

Ref ID: #LI-EMEA
Location: Lagos, Nigeria

The Role

• Managing sales of containerized vegetable oils into Sub-Saharan Africa. With particular focus on geographical arbitrages from global origins into the continent.
• The Global Trading Desk for Vegetable Oils in Rolle Switzerland trades rape oil, canola oil, sunflower oil, soybean oil, corn oil, palm oil and some other oils as well. Each oil has its own trading peculiarities. It is important to develop a deep understanding of all vegetable oils in order to maximise global destination marketing opportunities.
• This position will oversee all sales functions of global containerized vegetable oils into Sub-Saharan Africa. This will include liaising with ADM teams globally, container vessel logistics management, customer sales interaction and global supply/demand analysis.

Main Responsibilities
Reporting to the Trade Manager, Global Container Oils, in Rolle, Switzerland; the incumbent will be responsible for:

• Fully Responsible for the sales and execution of containerized oils into Sub-Saharan Africa.
• Negotiating and obtaining the best value for ADM`s vegetable oils into these markets.
• Explore potential partner opportunities / strategic opportunities in the container market.
• Utilizing knowledge of Vegetable Oil flows and Global S&D`s in order to efficiently market ADM into global destinations whilst optimizing ADM’s global asset base.
• Utilizing experience in commodity making sell recommendations to customers.
• Targeting growth strategies in specific destinations to stay on the pulse of global market developments securing continued success of the book.
• Managing credit, legal issues and processing aspects of ADM’s vegetable oil business.

The Candidate
The successful candidate will possess the following:

• 6 - 8 years commercial experience, preferably including trading and logistics in agricultural commodities.
• Excellent understanding of pricing mechanisms as well as the relationship between worldwide supply and demand, and the pricing of agricultural commodities, specifically vegetable oils.
• In depth knowledge of global origins and oil spreads in order to effectively move vegetable oil products from origin to destination markets.
• Strong ability to collaborate within a multi-cultural and cross-functional setting.
• Excellent contract negotiation and communication skills.
• Analytical, creative, objective team player.
• Excellent computer skills, particularly in Excel.
• Previous experience of vegetable oil trading would be beneficial.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.