Olam Food Ingredients - Branch Manager

About Us

As a leading provider of high-quality food and beverage ingredients, we work with farming communities across the globe to grow, source and produce ingredients that are good for consumers, farmers, and the world around us. We supply household food brands and manufacturers worldwide with cocoa, coffee, dairy, nuts and spices ingredients which are often grown on our own farms and estates and sourced from hundreds of thousands of farmers across ~50 countries. Along with our diverse manufacturing and innovation capabilities, this means we can provide ingredients for a range of products, from a plant-based latte mix to an almond based snack bar or a dairy-free ice cream. Making a positive impact on people and planet is a core component of our Purpose, to be the change for good food and a healthy future. With a deep-rooted presence in the countries where our ingredients are grown, we are closer to farmers, enabling better quality, and more reliable, traceable, and transparent supply. And whoever were with, whatever were doing, we always make it real.

Overview of the position
The Branch Manager role manages day to day activity of the current business in the region including procurement, processing, quality, shipments, and logistics of processing units, Its a well-rounded role that gives the experience of managing a large business in one of the key high-quality origins. For perspective, complexity of the operation involves not only strong commercial & negotiation skills to buy commodity from producers but also strong financial and operations knowledge to manage operation. (The role demands continuous being in the field driving to difficult / hard to reach locations visiting producers).

Main responsibilities of the position involve:
- Design, implement and manage the procurement Strategy in the region with the respective teams below him / her 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.
- Ensure strict adherence to all the laid down systems and procedures without exception.
- Ensure that all the direct and indirect costs for the business are within budgets.
- Counterparty & Credit Risk Management (buying & selling).
- Support the Profit Center Head in trading and positional decisions by providing adequate and timely market information.
- Interface with appropriate regulatory bodies for obtaining permissions, approvals, etc. Negotiation and business development with LBAs and producers for origination of the product including the implementation of the different Programs, Certifications & AtSource programs.
- Support in implementation of the required infrastructure to deliver volumes as per the business plan.
- Ensure high motivational levels in the team and get the team aligned with the overall coffee strategy that we follow in country

Others:

- Negotiation and business development with producers for origination of the respective agricultural commodity product.
- Commercial Contracts negotiation
- Integrator of value chain on agri-commodity product (from farm to factory gate)
- Market understanding and financial market analysis
- Logistics (farm to factory gate or to export)

LANGUAGES: Advanced English. (Required).

EDUCATION: University Degree with Post graduation courses, MBA is ideal.

Careers can be: Agronomical but with commercial / managerial focus, Business management (Agri-commodities), or any commercial (sales, marketing) / business management, engineering.

EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE:

- Experience in areas related as above on job description is highly recommended.

- 0 to 2 years experience max in multinational companies, exporters, or agricultural commodities.

SKILLS REQUIRED:
- Entrepreneurial Spirit
- Excellent communication skills
- Negotiation skills
- Mobility, capacity to work in a low structure multicultural environment (flexibility)
- Good Interpersonal relationship and teamwork at high level
- High level of personal organization, Discipline, Self-motivation
- Leadership and Ambition to achieve positions of responsibility
- High level of Analytical skills (numerical & reasoning) and decision making
- Results orientation and Attention to detail

OTHER REQUIREMENTS
- Available for national or international travel
- Willing to settle in other cities (up country) / countries (must have international mobility)
- Interest in pursuing a career in agribusiness

ofi is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to racial or ethnic origin, color, age, religion or belief, sex, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.