Human Resource Executive

Location: Ilorin (Soya) , Nigeria

Date: 30 Jul 2026

Business: Integrated Feed & Protein

Department: Human Resources

Business Information - Animal Feed & Protein
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.
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 HR Business Partner will serve as a strategic advisor to Manufacturing, Technical and Supply Chain leadership teams, driving HR initiatives that strengthen organizational capability, enhance talent quality, and support high‑performance culture across plant and field operations. The role ensures seamless execution of people processes, workforce planning, capability development, and HR compliance within the manufacturing ecosystem, by effectively partnering with the various COE’s.

Responsibilities

Strategic HR Business Partnering

Act as a trusted advisor to MATS leadership, providing data-driven insights to influence people decisions and organizational effectiveness.
Partner with business units to understand operational priorities and translate them into HR interventions that improve productivity and workforce engagement.
Drive workforce planning, succession planning, and capability-building strategies aligned with business growth.

Talent Acquisition & Workforce Deployment

Partner with the TA team to attract, assess, and onboard high-quality technical, engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain talent.
Ensure staffing for plants, mills, factories, warehouses, and field operations is aligned with business timelines and manpower budgets.
Support graduate trainee intake and deployment across technical and manufacturing functions.

Experience

Performance & Capability Development

Drive the annual performance management cycle, ensuring fairness, quality of evaluations, and leadership accountability.
Identify skill gaps and coordinate functional capability development programs for plant managers, shift supervisors, engineers, quality teams, and supply chain staff.
Support leadership development pipelines for critical MATS roles.

HR Operations & Process Excellence

Partner with Plant HR/IR Managers to deliver end‑to‑end people processes including onboarding, confirmations, transfers, exits, HR documentation, and payroll inputs.
Partner with C&B team to ensure data accuracy and timely updates on HR systems (e.g., SuccessFactors, HRIS).
Lead continuous improvement initiatives to simplify HR processes across manufacturing locations.

Culture, Engagement & Change Management

Partner with L&D to champion company values and drive culture-building initiatives across plants, warehouses, and field operations.
Lead engagement activities, pulse surveys, and action planning to improve employee morale and retention.
Support change management for organizational transformation, restructuring, or process redesign initiatives.

Qualification

Bachelor’s degree from reputed university/ specialization in Human Resources, Industrial Relations, Business Administration or related field is an advantage, through not mandatory. Certification from institutes such as CIPM, SHRM, HRCI is an advantage
6–8 years progressive HR experience, with at least 4 years partnering with manufacturing/technical/supply chain operations.
Proven experience in talent planning, capability development, and improving employee experience in a high‑performance, fast-paced environment.

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.