Olam Agri is a market-leading, differentiated food, feed, and fiber agri-business with a global origination footprint, processing capabilities, and deep understanding of market needs built over 33 years. With a strong presence in high-growth emerging markets and products across grains & oilseeds, animal feed & protein, rice, edible oils, specialty grains & seeds, cotton, wood products, rubber and commodity financial services.
Key Deliverables
Strategic leadership and planning:
- Develop and execute the country's IT strategy and roadmap in alignment with global IT and business objectives with a focus on efficiency innovation and competitive advantage
- Manage the IT budget ensuring optimal allocation of resources for projects operations and strategic initiatives
- Establish and track key IT performance indicators to measure the effectiveness and value of IT services.
Digital transformation and technology management:
- Lead digitization initiatives across the value chain such as smart factory supply chain optimization and advanced analytics
- Oversee implementation maintenance and optimization of the SAP landscape ensuring strong system performance and integration with MES
- Direct the use of the Microsoft enterprise ecosystem such as Azure Microsoft 365 and Dynamics to improve collaboration productivity and cloud adoption.
Information security and compliance:
- Develop implement and enforce an information security strategy to safeguard company assets intellectual property and data across all sites
- Lead major cybersecurity initiatives including implementation of tools such as endpoint detection and response and SIEM
- Ensure all IT operations comply with relevant regulations industry standards and internal policies including data privacy and IT general controls.
People and vendor management:
- Lead mentor and develop the IT team to build a high performing customer focused and innovative culture
- Manage relationships with key vendors service providers and technology partners to ensure quality service and favorable commercial terms.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology Business Administration or a related field
- Minimum of 10 years progressive IT experience with at least 3 to 5 years in a senior leadership or head of IT role preferably in manufacturing or industrial operations
- Proven experience leading large scale digital transformation and enterprise wide IT projects
- Strong expertise in SAP including ECC or S4HANA implementation functional support and integration with manufacturing systems
- Strong understanding of modern Microsoft technologies including cloud platforms such as Azure the M365 suite and data or AI services
- Extensive experience in developing and managing an enterprise information security program and deploying related security tools
- Familiarity with IT governance frameworks such as ITIL and COBIT and with manufacturing IT standards
Competencies:
- Exceptional strategic thinking and business acumen, with the ability to translate business needs into technical solutions.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, capable of influencing and engaging stakeholders at all levels, from the shop floor to executive leadership.
- Demonstrated leadership and people management skills, with a focus on team development and change management.
- Strong project and program management capabilities, ensuring initiatives are delivered on time and within budget.
Method of Application
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