Olam Nigeria Limited is located in Lagos, Nigeria and is part of the Farm Support Services Industry. Olam Nigeria Limited has 3,000 employees at this location and generates $222.01 million in sales (USD).
With offices and operational units across all geopolitical zones of the Nigerian Federation, Olam has a wide and growing network of farmers, suppliers, wholesalers, local buying agents (LBAs), customers and service providers. Today, these networks encompass approximately 500,000 farmers and have created tens of thousands of jobs in indirect employment.
We are recruiting to fill the following positions below:
1.) Graduate Trainee – Procurement
Job Title: Graduate Trainee – Procurement
Location: Nigeria
Employment Type: Full-time
Person Specification
- First Degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering from a reputable institution.
- Minimum of second-class upper grade.
- 1 – 2 years work experience
Essential Requirements
- National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) program completed
- Fluent in English (both written & spoken)
- Young and energetic
- Ability to thrive in different working conditions.
- Strong team spirit
- Strong analytical and numeric skills
- Must be open to relocation and willing to work in any part of Nigeria
How To Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Application Deadline Not Specified.
2.) Graduate Trainee – Human Resources
Job Title: Graduate Trainee – Human Resources
Location: Nigeria
Employment Type: Full-time
Person Specification
- First Degree from a reputable institution.
- Additional qualification in Industrial Relations & Personal Management or Business Administration from a reputable institution is desirable.
- Minimum of second-class upper grade
- 1 – 2 years’ work experience in Human Resources.
Essential Requirements
- National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) program completed
- Fluent in English (both written & spoken)
- Young and energetic
- Ability to thrive in different working conditions.
- Strong team spirit
- Strong analytical and numeric skills
- Must be open to relocation and willing to work in any part of Nigeria
How To Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Application Deadline Not Specified.
3.) Graduate Trainee – Safety (SHE)
Job Title: Graduate Trainee – Safety (SHE)
Location: Nigeria
Employment Type: Full-time
Person Specification
- First Degree in Engineering or Sciences from a reputable institution.
- Minimum of second-class upper grade.
- 1- 2 years’ work experience.
Essential Requirements
- National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) program completed
- Fluent in English (both written & spoken)
- Young and energetic
- Ability to thrive in different working conditions.
- Strong team spirit
- Strong analytical and numeric skills
- Must be open to relocation and willing to work in any part of Nigeria
How To Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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Application Deadline Not Specified.
4.) Graduate Trainee – Sales
Job Title: Graduate Trainee – Sales
Location: Nigeria
Employment Type: Full-time
Person Specification
- First Degree in any discipline from a reputable institution.
- Minimum of second-class upper grade.
- 1 -2 years’ work experience.
- Willing to work in the field and travel extensively.
- Ability to speak one other major Nigerian language, will be an added advantage.
Essential Requirements
- National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) program completed
- Fluent in English (both written & spoken)
- Young and energetic
- Ability to thrive in different working conditions.
- Strong team spirit
- Strong analytical and numeric skills
- Must be open to relocation and willing to work in any part of Nigeria
How To Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply
Application Deadline Not Specified.
5.) Graduate Trainee – MIS / IT
Job Title: Graduate Trainee – MIS / IT
Location: Nigeria
Employment Type: Full-time
Person Specification
- First Degree in Computer Science or Physics from a reputable institution.
- Minimum of second-class upper grade.
- 1 -2 years’ work experience.
- IT certifications will be an added advantage
Essential Requirements
- National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) program completed
- Fluent in English (both written & spoken)
- Young and energetic
- Ability to thrive in different working conditions.
- Strong team spirit
- Strong analytical and numeric skills
- Must be open to relocation and willing to work in any part of Nigeria
How To Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply
Application Deadline Not Specified.
6.) Caraway Graduate Trainee – Sales
Job Title: Caraway Graduate Trainee – Sales
Location: Nigeria
Employment Type: Full-time
Person Specification
- First Degree in any discipline from a reputable institution.
- Minimum of second-class upper grade.
- 1 -2 years’ work experience.
- Willing to work in the field and travel extensively.
- Ability to speak one other major Nigerian language, will be an added advantage.
Essential Requirements
- National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) program completed
- Fluent in English (both written & spoken)
- Young and energetic
- Ability to thrive in different working conditions.
- Strong team spirit
- Strong analytical and numeric skills
- Must be open to relocation and willing to work in any part of Nigeria
How To Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply
Application Deadline Not Specified.
7.) Caraway Graduate Trainee – Marketing
Job Title: Caraway Graduate Trainee – Marketing
Location: Nigeria
Employment Type: Full-time
Person Specification
- First Degree in any discipline from a reputable institution.
- Minimum of second-class upper grade.
- 1 – 3 years’ work experience
- Proficiency in MS Office
- Proclivity toward Brand Management
- Certificates in Data Analytics / Statistics are an added advantage.
Essential Requirements
- National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) program completed
- Fluent in English (both written & spoken)
- Young and energetic
- Ability to thrive in different working conditions.
- Strong team spirit
- Strong analytical and numeric skills
- Must be open to relocation and willing to work in any part of Nigeria
How To Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply
Application Deadline Not Specified.
8.) Manager – Sesame
Job Title: Manager – Sesame
Location: Kano, Nigeria
Employment Type: Full-time
Function: Operation Common
Sub-Function: Operation Common
Job Description
- As a Branch Manager, you’re responsible for inspiring your team, create ownership opportunities, and to deliver on the following key dimensions.
- Managing procurement operations of significant volumes in a year.
- Handling complete purchase and assisting in logistics from Nigeria region.
- Directly handling big cooperatives and suppliers. Stakeholder management which involves Government relations, Buyers etc.
- Map the Potential in the region and the market.
- Deliver on key KPIs’ – Volume, GC/MT, & PBT
- Planning and executing the buying strategies basis factory and export needs
- Pricing ideas – Adopt to market practices and ensure cost-effective buying
- Raw material quality practices – make sure the best quality materials are bought through innovations and better approaches
- Developing deep understanding of Product, grades & blends from regions
- Optimizing Supply Chain efficiencies in the business by being the sharpest buyer in the Industry and region, managing operations at the highest level of efficiency & becoming the most reliable counterparty in the Trade.
- Good communication and negotiation qualities
Requirements
- Buying / procurement
- Suppliers’ development
- Managing Operations / Efficiency Generation
- Stakeholder management
- Team collaboration
How To Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply
Application Deadline Not Specified.
9.) Vice President – Rice Farming
Job Title: Vice President – Rice Farming
Location: Nigeria
Employment Type: Full-time
Function: Operation Common
Sub-Function: Operation Common
Job Description
- As a GM Manager, you’re responsible for inspiring your team, create ownership opportunities, and delivering on the following key dimensions.
- Managing procurement operations of significant volumes in a year.
- Handling complete purchases and assisting in logistics from the Nigeria region.
- Directly handling big cooperatives and suppliers. Stakeholder management which involves Government relations, Buyers etc.
- Map the Potential in the region and the market.
- Deliver on key KPIs’ – Volume, GC/MT, & PBT
- Planning and executing the buying strategies basis factory and export needs
- Pricing ideas – Adopt to-market practices and ensure cost-effective buying
- Raw material quality practices – make sure the best quality materials are bought through innovations and better approaches
- Developing deep understanding of Product, grades & blends from regions
- Optimizing Supply Chain efficiencies in the business by being the sharpest buyer in the Industry and region, managing operations at the highest level of efficiency & becoming the most reliable counterparty in the Trade.
- Good communication and leadership qualities
Requirements
- Buying / procurement
- Suppliers’ development
- Managing Operations / Efficiency Generation
- Stakeholder management
- Team Management
How To Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply
Application Deadline Not Specified.
10.) Associate – Future Leaders Programme
Job Description
Associate -Future Leaders Programme
The Future Leaders program offers a customized development journey structured to explore your potential within your business/functional stream. It immerses you into the operations from day one ensuring your learning experience is relevant, practical, and hands-on working with experts on the field. The successful candidate will join the global future leader’s management program of Olam, which will provide structured learning in various modules within Business Management, Supply chain, Operational roles in different countries globally. After successfully completing the program, the candidate will be part of a Global Talent Pool and assigned as a Branch Manager position for their country of origin or where the company has operations across Africa.
Key Deliverables
There are two distinct phases:
- Phase I Corporate Onboarding: A learning zone – formal exposure to all aspects of the business to accelerate your knowledge on the Olam way of doing business, who we are, what we do, and how we operate
- Phase II Field Rotations & Business Unit Rotations: Hands-on exposures across business models/geographies, mentored by a senior leader, designed to fast track your knowledge of the business/function. You will be placed in your potential role, with clear responsibilities to deliver. You will be closely mentored by a senior leader and supported by an HR Partner during this phase
Requirements
As a Branch Manager, your responsibilities would include but are not limited to.
- Design, implement and manage the Strategy for the product in the country with the respective teams below him to drive and deliver volumes as per the overall business plan.
- Optimize utilization of processing and quality resources in the country to derive maximum capacity utilization and efficiencies and to eliminate controllable losses and minimize the impact of non-controllable losses
- Support in implementation of the required infrastructure to deliver volumes as per the business plan
- Manage and support Credit Exposure, Pricing Strategies, Forwards / Future/ Hedging, and working capital management
- Ensure high motivational levels in the team and get the team aligned with the overall product strategy that we follow in the country
- Support the business head in trading and positional decisions by providing adequate and timely market information
- Interface with appropriate regulatory bodies for obtaining permissions, approvals, etc.
- Capability building amongst local staff
We’re committed to getting this right!
- Credentials and experience are important at Olam. We seek post-graduate qualifications from Leading schools globally with 2-3 years of experience in Business Management, supply chain & operations
- Alignment with our culture. Do you have the entrepreneurial spirit, willingness to stretch, take risks, and an appetite to learn in new environments? This is a must!
- Mobility is important. A career in Olam is strengthened with multi-location experience including emerging economies.
- Working in Olam isn’t a 9-5 job! We are globally connected, operating across geographical boundaries and time zones.
Olam is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, nationality, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Applicants are requested to complete all required steps in the application process including providing a resume/CV in order to be considered for open roles.
How To Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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Application Deadline Not Specified.
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