About the role

We are seeking a detail-oriented, proactive, and commercially minded Procurement Officer to join our raw materials procurement team. In this entry-level direct procurement role, you will play a crucial part in securing quality agricultural commodities and ingredients required for our poultry, livestock, and aquafeed production lines.

You will be responsible for day-to-day sourcing, supplier coordination, tracking commodity market prices, and ensuring timely deliveries to maintain continuous feedmill operations while keeping production costs optimized.

What you will do

Assist in sourcing key feed raw materials, including grains (Maize/Corn), oilseed meals and cakes (Soybean meal, Palm Kernel Cake/Cake, Cottonseed meal), marine/animal proteins (Fish meal), and other specialized micro/macro feed additives.
Support the execution of daily, weekly, and seasonal purchasing strategies based on production schedules and inventory levels.
Monitor local commodity market trends, seasonal harvests, and price fluctuations for key feed ingredients.
Maintain an updated database of local aggregators, farmers, grain merchants, and ingredient importers.
Participate in negotiating competitive prices, payment terms, and delivery schedules with raw material vendors.
Work closely with the Quality Assurance (QA) and Laboratory teams to ensure delivered raw materials meet strict quality specifications (e.g., moisture content, protein level, absence of adulteration/aflatoxins).
Coordinate truck arrivals, weighbridge operations, and offloading logistics to minimize demurrage and prevent factory downtime.
Assist in preparing regular purchasing reports, cost tracking sheets, and supplier evaluation summaries.

What you will bring

Education: Bachelor’s degree or Higher National Diploma (HND) in Agriculture, Agricultural Economics, Agribusiness, Supply Chain Management, Animal Nutrition, or a business-related discipline.
Experience: 0–2 years of experience in agricultural purchasing, supply chain, feedmill operations, or commodity trading (NYSC / internships in agriculture or feed mills highly regarded).
Language: Hausa (Fluent / Native Spoken): Essential to negotiate pricing, build relationships, and communicate fluently with local grain aggregators, farmers, market traders, and logistics operators a
Strong negotiation and interpersonal skills.
Practical problem-solving ability and attention to detail.
Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, operational, and field/factory environment.

Helpful, not essential

Proficiency in Microsoft Excel (data tracking, simple formulas) and Word.
Basic knowledge of key animal feed ingredients (e.g., maize, soy meal, PKC) and their basic quality parameters.

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