Global Head, Trace (Solid Minerals and Agricultural Commodities) at Sabi

Sabi is Africa's leading provider of enabling infrastructure powering the distribution of goods and services. Our platform enables and empowers a wide ecosystem of users, allowing agents, merchants, exporters, aggregators, distributors, and manufacturers to expand their capabilities and grow their businesses using Sabi's technology rails. These rails provide access to physical goods supply, logistics, business tools, financial services and data insights. In a short span of two years, Sabi has grown to be the largest B2B marketplace on the African continent.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Global Head, Trace (Solid Minerals and Agricultural Commodities)

Location: Victoria Island, Lagos
Job type Full time

Job Summary

• Do you lead with precision, scale with intention, and build systems that drive trust and transparency?
• As Head of Trace, you’ll own one of Sabi’s most strategic product verticals, overseeing strategy, product innovation, customer delivery, and commercialisation for our traceability infrastructure across solid minerals and agricultural commodities. 
• You’ll define and deliver the roadmap for Trace, scale its adoption across markets, and lead a multidisciplinary team that turns complexity into clarity for the global commodities trade. 
• This is a high-impact executive role that sits at the intersection of digital infrastructure, regulation, and global demand-perfect for someone who sees opportunity in systemic change and is ready to lead from the front

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end strategy, product development, and delivery for Trace 
• Own and evolve the Trace roadmap to meet regulatory, commercial, and partner requirements across multiple commodity categories 
• Build, lead, and scale a multidisciplinary team across product, compliance, data science, operations, and field delivery 
• Partner with governments, certifying bodies, buyers, and ecosystem stakeholders to define and uphold standards of traceability 
• Design systems and infrastructure that integrate digital identity, geospatial data, quality testing, and audit trailsDrive commercialization of Trace through strategic partnerships, enterprise sales, and integrations  
• Represent Trace at the executive level, externally with partners and policymakers, and internally across the leadership team 
• Define and track key metrics across adoption, performance, and impact, ensuring Trace delivers value to all supply chain actors 

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree required; Master’s or equivalent experience in Supply Chain, Business Administration, or relevant fields is preferred 
• 12 - 15 years of leadership experience in supply chain, data infrastructure, or digital product roles 
• Domain expertise in traceability or regulatory technology for agriculture, solid minerals, or other commodities 
• Proven ability to build and scale infrastructure across markets with regulatory or certification complexity 
• Experience working with governments, mining associations, agribusinesses, and global sourcing organizations 
• Strong commercial acumen with a track record of monetizing enterprise-facing technology or data products 
• Executive-level communication skills with comfort operating in boardrooms, ministries, and emerging market communities.

Candidate Specification:

• Motivated by the mission of Sabi
• Pragmatic with quantitative and analytical ability and attention to detail
• Driven, independent thinker and leader who can juggle multiple projects simultaneously with fast-changing priorities
• High level of integrity and dependability with a strong sense of urgency.
• A focus on execution. Willing and able to get hands dirty.
• Flexibility to roll up your sleeves and attack problems and projects as they arise, where you will need to set out a clear structure, method and outcomes yourself.

Benefits

• Rapid Career Growth
• Annual Training Budget
• Robust Health Coverage,
• Paid Time Off
• Fully-funded Team Bonding Activities.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.