Vice President & Profit Center Head at Olam Agri

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: Vice President & Profit Center Head

Location: Nigeria
Job Type: Full-time

Job Description

• As Vice President & Profit Center Head , you will lead one of the critical businesses in  Olam Agri’s Wheat Milling & Pasta portfolio, driving operations and growth initiatives across multiple regions.
• The role focuses on ensuring profitability, market leadership, and innovation while pursuing expansion through organic growth, strategic acquisitions, and related categories such as animal proteins and nutrition.

Key Deliverables

• Strategic Leadership: Develop and execute the global strategic sales and marketing plan to drive growth in the wheat milling  portfolio, covering segments. Provide strategic direction to the B2B team and the Manufacturing organization , with aim to maximize revenue at an optimal cost
• Profit & Loss (P&L) Management: Take full ownership of the business unit's P&L, including financial forecasting, budget management, and ensuring profitability across international operations. Bottom line responsibilities: Completing the budgeted commitments on volumes, GC, overheads, interest EBIDTA and PAT
• Business Development: Identify, evaluate, and pursue new global business opportunities. This includes tracking industry trends, competitor activity, and customer preferences to inform strategic decision-making.
• Team Leadership: Lead and manage diverse and geographically dispersed global teams, fostering a high-performing culture across functions like sales, marketing, production, nutrition, procurement, quality control, and supply chain.
• Product Innovation & Management: Initiate and assess new product innovations and ensure the product portfolio meets customer needs and market demands in collaboration with R&D and technical teams.
• Operational Excellence: Oversee global operations, ensure smooth execution of projects, timely order fulfillment, and compliance with international industry standards and regulations. 

Requirements
Person Characteristics:

• The job requires a corporate professional who also has entrepreneurial skills and looks to the future with optimism to envision what could be possible.
• Success in this role requires collaboration, communication, leadership, and vision.
• The role entails absolute responsibility for both Country / Product levels.
• Exposure to Micro & Macroeconomic factors of business environment would therefore require a strong conceptual and analytical bend of mind to operate in international business environment

To be successful you will:

• Good negotiating skills and interpersonal skills 
• Be resilient and be able to overcome challenges whilst remaining calm and collected
• Have an ownership mindset!  
• Love travelling – your customers are spread across different countries across.
• Experience: Extensive experience (15+ years), including significant experience in a senior leadership or P&L role within the animal nutrition industry, is mandatory.
• Exposure to Micro & Macroeconomic factors of the business environment would therefore require a strong conceptual and analytical bend of mind to operate in an international business environment

Personality Attributes:

• Leadership & People Management: Strong leadership and management skills, with a focus on mentorship and development.
• Strategic Thinker: Ability to think strategically with experience in crisis management and media relations.
• Global Acumen: Proven experience working within a global matrix organization, managing international teams, and a successful track record of launching products in different markets and cultures

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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