Chief Operating Officer (ARVS) at ECOWAS Agribusiness Incubation - Qualis Business Support Services Limited

Qualis Business Support Services Limited - Our client, ECOWAS Agribusiness Incubation who identifies high-potential agribusiness founders operating in key commodity verticals — fish processing, tomato, shea, honey, potato, sesame - provides them with structured capital, operational systems, market linkages, and corridor infrastructure access, and builds them into dominant local and export players.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Chief Operating Officer (ARVS)

Location: Central Business District, Abuja (FCT) 
Employment Type: Full-time

Responsibilities
Venture Activation — Portfolio Prioritisation and Build-Out (Priority One):

• Build the market linkage architecture. For each key commodity — fish, tomato, shea, honey, potato — map and secure the buyer relationships that give the Company an offtake anchor before they scale production.
• Conduct a rapid 30-day diagnostic across all ARVS portfolio ventures. Assess each entity's product-market fit, unit economics, operational readiness, and founding team capability. Produce a tiered activation plan: which ventures get full resource deployment, which get structured support, which get restructured.

Commodity Domination Strategy — Local then Export:

• Lead the export activation for qualifying ventures. Work with the ARTC corridor infrastructure, NEXIM trade finance, and Afreximbank guarantee mechanisms to position ARVS ventures as certified exporters within 18 months of incubation entry.
• Drive product quality and certification as a competitive weapon. NAFDAC registration, SON certification, phytosanitary compliance, ISCC traceability where relevant.

Founding Team Development and Performance Management:

• Own the portfolio-level P&L. Track EBITDA performance across each venture monthly.
• Flag distressed ventures early.
• Recommend capital reallocation, restructuring, or exit where appropriate

Financial Oversight and Capital Stewardship:

• Own the portfolio-level P&L. Track EBITDA performance across each venture monthly.
• Flag distressed ventures early. Recommend capital reallocation, restructuring, or exit where appropriate.

Regulatory, Compliance, and Institutional Relationship Management:

• Maintain clean regulatory standing across all venture jurisdictions. NAFDAC, SON, state agricultural agencies, SMEDAN registration — the COO ensures the portfolio is fully compliant at all times.

Incubation Model Documentation and Replication:

• Produce the annual ARVS portfolio review.
• A full performance report across all ventures — revenue, EBITDA, capital deployed, milestones achieved, and strategic outlook — presented to the CEO and board annually.

Requirements

• Degree in Agriculture or related course, M.Sc. in Agribusiness, 10 years experience in the Agric value chain particularly in exports of Agric products and must have personally built or managed wholesale, institutional, or export buyer relationships for agribusiness products in West Africa.
• 8 Years of direct operational experience in agribusiness, agro-processing, or structured agricultural trade — with at least 2 years in a role where you personally owned commercial outcomes.

Remuneration
N1,500,000 / Monthly.

Application Closing Date
30th June, 2026.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their resume to: adanne.osuagwu@gmail.com using "Chief Operation Officer (AR VENTURE STUDIO)" as the subject of the email.