Procurement Manager_Ilorin

Date: 10 Apr 2026

Country: Nigeria

Function: Non Commodity Procurement

Sub-Function: Non Commodity Procurement

Product Information

Animal Feed & Protein

Our animal feed & protein comprises of poultry feed, hatcheries & aqua-feed.

We’re one of the leading animal feed and day-old chick producers in Nigeria. We operate one of Nigeria's largest poultry feed mills and day-old-chick facilities in Kaduna State, and in Kwara state. Our aqua feed plant in Nigeria is the first in Sub-Saharan Africa, along with a poultry feed mill. Both these facilities are helping serve Nigeria’s expanding poultry and aquaculture sectors.

In Vietnam, our feed mill in Mekong Delta service selected fish species with world-class product quality and technology and have established leading brands like Ecotra, Song Fish, Redcrown, and Royalgrow.

To strengthen and expand our animal feed and protein capabilities in West Africa, while generating synergies with its wheat milling business in Senegal we recently acquired Avisen SARL a major suppliers of feed, with its facility located in Rufisque producing over 100,000 metric tons (MT) of feed annually.

For more information please visit: Animal Feed | Bulk Chicken Feed & Fish Feed| Olam Agri

Job Description

The Procurement Manager is responsible for developing and executing procurement strategies that ensure the timely, cost‑effective, and quality-focused acquisition of goods and services. This role oversees supplier management, contract negotiation, cost optimization, and compliance while supporting organizational objectives and operational continuity.

Key Deliverables

Manage all aspects of non-commodity procurement, from sourcing to delivery. These include:

Strategic Sourcing: Developing sourcing strategies, negotiating contracts, and identifying alternative sources to achieve productivity gains and cost savings
Supplier Management: Evaluating and selecting suppliers based on quality, cost, and capability
Directly handling big global cooperatives and suppliers
Operational oversight: Overseeing contract implementation, resolving operational issues and managing budgets and forecasts.
Pricing ideas – Adopt to market practices and ensure cost-effective buying.
Compliance: Ensuring all procurement policies and regulations are followed.
Able to plan and manage the required logistics and other supportive functions.
Plan and expand the operating geographies and suppliers.
Competition information – Arrivals, Pricing, offers etc.
Cost: Manage the direct cost of operations within the allotted budget.
Quality: Ensure optimum quality of engineering spares is procured.
Sustainability: Anchor and lead the sustainability initiatives.

Strategic Effectiveness

You will be responsible for the optimal utilization of resources
Support implementation of required infrastructure as per the business plan and derive maximum capacity efficiencies by eliminating controllable losses
Be responsible for all Engineering Spares & Services.
Ability to build teams - hiring, training, and developing team members.
Collaborate with key stakeholders involving formal business reviews and ongoing continuous improvement initiatives.

Requirements

Good communication skills.
Team player, with team management skills.
Effective coaching, facilitation, presentation, and team-building skills.
Ability to leverage modern procurement tools and ERP systems to automate sourcing, vendor management and procurement analytics for improved efficiency and transparency.
Establish structured supplier performance reviews (KPIs, SLAs) to drive continuous improvement, strengthen long-tern partnerships and ensure alignment with organizational quality and cost objectives.
Risk Mitigation (planning)- Ability to identify and mitigate supply chain risks by developing contingency sourcing strategies.
⁠Be able to drive value in cost benchmarking through structured negotiations, should-cost analysis and continuous monitoring of cost drivers to ensure optimal procurement decisions.

Olam Agri 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.