Olsale Farms Limited is a leading agricultural company located in Ogun State, Nigeria. We are a diversified farm that produces a wide range of crops and livestock. We are committed to sustainable farming practices and producing high-quality products.
Job Overview
- We are seeking a highly disciplined and systems-oriented Head of Supply Chain to build, standardize, and scale procurement and vendor management operations. This role is not transactional. It is structural and performance-driven.
You will be responsible for:
- Designing procurement systems that scale
- Protecting margins through disciplined vendor management
- Ensuring operational reliability through process, data, and accountability
Your mandate is clear:
- Build systems. Enforce discipline. Deliver outcomes.
Key Responsibilities
Supply Chain Systems & Process Design:
- Design and implement structured procurement and supply chain processes
- Build repeatable workflows that eliminate inefficiencies and manual dependencies
- Ensure no recurring operational issue is solved twice
Procurement & Vendor Management:
- Lead sourcing, negotiation, and vendor selection processes
- Ensure all procurement decisions align with cost efficiency and margin protection
- Maintain ethical, transparent, and commercially sound vendor relationships
Operational Execution & Coordination:
- Oversee end-to-end procurement execution from request to delivery
- Ensure timely fulfillment of materials and services across projects
- Identify and resolve bottlenecks before they impact operations
Data, Reporting & Documentation:
- Maintain accurate procurement records, vendor databases, and transaction logs
- Develop reporting systems that track performance, costs, and efficiency
- Ensure all processes and decisions are fully documented
Governance & Compliance:
- Enforce procurement policies, controls, and approval workflows
- Ensure adherence to internal governance and regulatory requirements
- Strengthen operational discipline across all supply chain activities
Stakeholder & Cross-Functional Alignment
- Work closely with Operations, Finance, and Project teams
- Provide clear, structured updates on procurement activities and risks
- Ensure alignment between procurement planning and project timelines
Success Metrics (First 6 Months)
- Fully structured and standardized procurement processes implemented
- Improved cost efficiency and margin protection across vendor engagements
- Reduction in procurement delays and operational bottlenecks
- Accurate, real-time procurement and vendor reporting systems in place
- Strong compliance with governance and documentation standards
- Measurable improvement in supply chain reliability and turnaround time.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Engineering, or related fields
- 8–12+ years experience in procurement, supply chain, or operations leadership
- Proven experience building or optimizing procurement systems and processes
- Strong negotiation and vendor management experience
- High proficiency in data management, reporting, and operational tracking tools
Core Competencies:
- Strong systems thinking and process design capability
- High level of ownership and accountability
- Excellent analytical and decision-making skills
- Ability to operate under pressure with clarity and control
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Detail-oriented with strong follow-through discipline
What We’re Really Looking For:
This role requires a specific operating mindset:
- Systems-Oriented: Builds processes, not shortcuts
- Accountable: Owns outcomes fully and fixes root causes
- Commercially Aware: Understands the financial impact of every decision
- Execution-Disciplined: Delivers consistently without supervision
- Proactive: Identifies and escalates issues early
- Loop-Closer: Tracks and completes every task without fail
- Documentation-Driven: Ensures everything is recorded and traceable
- Process-Respecting: Strengthens governance, does not bypass it
- Clear Communicator: Communicates with precision and structure
- Urgency-Driven: Moves fast, without compromising discipline.