Careers at AIP BOESS

Offer Reference: GMAF/010421/SDAUG21
Location: Ibeju-Lekki & Lagos Island - International Trade
Nature: Full Time
Industry: Manufacturing

 

ABOUT SAHARA SESAME:

Sahara Sesame Processing & Trading Company Limited (SSPTC) is an AIP BOESS Limited joint venture company.

SSPTC is shortly to begin the construction of the largest and most advanced Sesame processing plant in West Africa with intended installed capacity of 50,000 tons of processed Sesame to be marketed and distributed into the global food chain.

A multi-billion Naira investment, SSPTC will aggregate raw Sesame Seeds from hundreds of farmers in the Middle Belt and North of Nigeria. With owned storage assets in the Middle Belt, we will deploy logistic resources along the value chain to receive the Sesame at our purpose built facility in the Ibeju-Lekki area of Lagos from where it will be processed and shipped to our customers in Europe and the Middle & Far East.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

The incumbent will be responsible for the following;

1. Work with the Executive team to assess business performance against both the current and long-term strategic goals, making recommendations on both strategy and operations.
   
   
2. Work with the Executive team to create financial and administrative operating structures to optimize efficiency in cost management, commercial investments, procurement, vendor and corporate relationships and growth of the business.
   
   
3. Understanding key risks facing the business and helping the Executive team assess and undertake smart risks to drive growth. Develop insightful analyses as well as high intuitive and actionable reporting/dash boarding to illuminate risks and opportunities.
   
   
4. Oversee budgeting and the implementation to monitor progress and present financial metrics both internally and externally. Oversee all accounts, ledger and reporting systems, ensuring compliance with accounting and regulatory and internal audit requirements.
   
   
5. Drive efficiency and control through administrative operations, accounting, tax, treasury and shared services. Enhance business profitability and working capital levels.
   
   
6. Working with the Executive team, oversee all HR functions. Including involvement in the recruitment processes, payroll, training and other employee functions including sanctions, disciplinary and benefits.
   
   Act as a steward of our Human Resource, building strong teams exposed to constant training, career move velocity, being a champion for promoting diversity and inclusion in the organisation and being an advocate of our world class human resource function..
   
   
7. The GM Admin & Finance will be the main and primary Data Manager of the Company. He/She will oversee our Data resources, manage the Enterprise Software and any other software that we use. He/She will also work with the MD to evaluate and maintain a Management Information Systems (MIS).

 

THE SUCCESSFUL APPLICANT

1. Reporting to the Managing Director, you will be a proven Business leader with an entrepreneurial spirit that positively contributes to long term strategy development and financial and administrative excellence
   
   
2. You must be a qualified Chartered Accountant, ACCA/CIMA with a minimum of 5 years broad financial experience – strategic and operational before which you should possess a strong degree from a first class Nigerian or recognised overseas University.
   
   
3. Your minimum five years experience would have been gained from a Nigerian or MEA region Company preferably involved in international trading or consumer FMCG business.
   
   
4. Your minimum five years experience would have been gained from a Nigerian or MEA region Company preferably involved in international trading or consumer FMCG business.
   
   
5. Experience with evaluation and analysis of financial information and making actionable recommendations that deliver results.
   
   
6. Experience managing the finance function (accounting, budgeting, control, and reporting), preferably within a global organisation.
   
   
7. Previous exposure and experience in audit, accounting, control, tax and treasury, ideally gained in top 4 accounting practice.
   
   
8. Experience and strong track record in managing Working Capital and Cash Flows.
   
   
9. Previous exposure and experience in audit, accounting, control, tax and treasury, ideally gained in top 4 accounting practice.
   
   
10. You will be a leader in control & compliance and expected to be a pillar of ethics within the business
    
    
11. Strong strategic agility, critical thinking, problem-solving and analytical skills
    
    
12. • Evidence of strong teamwork and leadership skills. Strong communication and presentation skills. Strong interpersonal skills along with exceptional influence and change management skills.

 

WHAT’S ON OFFER

Competitive Market related salary package including Housing Allowance, Company Car, Annual holiday amongst others. You will be based in both the Ibeju-Lekki and Victoria Island area of Lagos State, Nigeria.

Please send your CV including copy of your passport photograph via email to; hr@aipboess.com

ONLY SHORTLISTED CANDIDATES WILL BE CONTACTED FOR INTERVIEW

Closing Date for Applications: End of August 2021
Start Date: Sept/October 2021

Offer Reference: SCM/010421/SDMAY21
Location: Victoria Island
Nature: Full Time

The AIMAT Co. is a wholly owned AIP BOESS Group business. AIMAT sources Infrastructure, Mechanical and Technology products and solutions from the leading manufacturers in the world. We work with our partners to market and distribute the solutions to farmers and food producers in Nigeria.

We are now receiving applications for a Sales & Commercial Manager Lagos and the South West.

Working in a fast paced and dynamic environment, your role will be to sell our Water Irrigation and Management products primarily aimed at farms and food processors as well as urban and rural communities in your territory. Our Water solutions will also be sold to municipal governments for their parks and large-scale residential and hospitality industry gardens.

The right candidate will be expected to strategically target and achieve new business, acquire, lead and train agents and distributors in your territory. You will mentor, stimulate, train and work with them to achieve stretching targets, which will in turn affect your own success.

The sales targets for our products are ambitious and this is an interesting and compelling opportunity that will bring a lot of professional fulfilment for the right individual.

We are looking for someone with direct sales/field experience, who is as comfortable presenting to corporate executives as he/she is to farmers and traders. Impeccable written and verbal presentation skills are important. As you will be working out of office for majority of the time, you must be a self-achiever and someone who is self-motivated and hugely ambitious.

There will be extended periods of travel as the role is largely out-of-office and field based.
You must be a born leader, a skilled sales person, a self-motivator and a coach.

Ideally, we are looking for someone who will have;

• Field sales/direct sales experience
• Your own car
• Degree holder preferred
• Proven track record of sales growth
• High degree of business and financial acumen
• Strong negotiating skills
• Evidence of developing senior-level customer relationships.

AIP BOESS is an equal opportunities employer (including individuals with disabilities) and committed to diversity in the work place.

We offer a competitive basic salary with a commission/bonus structure. Your probation period will be six months, after which we will review your salary and offer additional impressive perks, which may include;

• Improved bonus package
• 23 days paid holiday
• Company Pension
• Company Car/Car Allowance

Start Date: End of September 2021 with induction and one week training.

Employment is subject to pre-screening tests, background and credit checks.
In the first instance, please send your CV with photo to: office@theaimatco.com or hr@aipboess.com

*Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.

Offer Reference: TTM/010421/SDMAY21
Locatio: Victoria Island
Nature: Full Time

The AIMAT Co. is a wholly owned subsidiary of AIP BOESS Limited. We work with best-in-class manufacturers from around the world to distribute Inputs that deliver successful farms in the rural and urban areas of Nigeria. Our solutions also help food and drink manufacturers and industry deliver better quality products more efficiently. Our products have applications that improve urban living and quality of life.

WATER IRRIGATION and WATER TREATMENT

In West Africa only 5% of cultivated land is irrigated. The AIMAT Co and our global partners are determined to change this condition for the purpose of increasing food production, improving food quality and safety and helping Farmers and Food producers achieve more profitability.

THE ROLE AND OPPORTUNITY:

1. Employing your knowledge and expertise, you will provide technical support and guidance surrounding large scale new projects (at design and planning stage – working with our manufacturer partners’ technical teams). You will be supporting design engineers and customers with solutions to large contracts install projects.
2. You will be sorely responsible for designing and delivery of ongoing technical training to a broad range of internal colleagues, appointed distributors and agents, service delivery partners, across a wide spectrum of product groups and sectors.
3. You will design and lead training for existing and new customers. Working with a broad mix of stakeholders to give informative and accessible technical product support.

WHAT YOU WILL NEED:

1. An adaptable and modern training style. You will be providing training workshops to senior corporate sales, engineering managers, business owners/directors, and installers. You will design relevant and credible material to support the business in delivering ‘best-in-class’ product insights and product education.
2. You will have a natural passion for our suite of products. You will eagerly immerse yourself in the current and new products. You should be a self-confessed ‘techie’ who will throw themselves at understanding the nuances, features and specifications of all aspects of our product range.
3. A pride at being a true product expert with an ability to deliver thoughtful and commercially astute solutions to the ever growing client base.
4. Able to spin various plates – playing a pivotal role in designing large scale complex projects for high profile clients whilst also delivering structured, professional and high standard training for a really diverse audience in on-site and off-site formats.

OUR IDEAL CANDIDATE

1. Preferably, an engineering degree from a first class or foreign University.
2. An MBA from a first class or foreign University or similar will be an advantage.
3. Professional Engineering certificate. COREN and/or NSE (Nigerian Society of Engineers).
4. At least five years experience working with a first class company in an Engineering role. A training/service role will be beneficial.
5. Experience in Water solution products will be an advantage.
6. The job is based in Lagos Island and so proximity to aid easy access to the office is essential. There will be considerable nationwide travel.

Knowledge of Water solutions in the Agriculture, Food Production and Urban Community sector is vital, along with excellent communication skills and a real ability to drive the brand presence through your product expertise and confidence in front of external and internal stakeholders.

If you are an ambitious and solution focused individual with expert knowledge and experience of this sector we would welcome the chance to speak immediately.

Salary and package will be competitive and commensurate with experience.

The AIMAT Co., is an equal opportunities employer. Employment is subject to pre-screening tests, background and credit checks.

In the first instance send your CV with photo to: hr@aipboess.com

Start Date: End of September 2021

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.

Offer Reference: MRA/220421/SDMAY/JUN21
Locatio: Victoria Island
Nature: Full Time

AIP BOESS is a fully integrated and diversified Agriculture and Food production holding company. We create commercial enterprises at various junctions within the value chain of human sustenance. Within our group of companies, we bulk trade Agricultural commodities into the global food chain and bring Food and Agri. Industrial solutions to help advance Nigeria’s economy.

DATA - THE NEW CURRENCY IN AGRI BUSINESS.

Collecting and assimilating data and interpreting it in order to identify changes and forecast trends is vital to our own businesses and those of our clients.

THE ROLE AND OPPORTUNITY:

As an AIP BOESS Marketing Research Analyst, you will undertake projects for all our divisions and subsidiary companies gathering together and analysing data from diverse sources to produce results, which are then presented back to the company or one of our clients at AIP BOESS Consulting. You will sometimes be asked to make recommendations based on the findings.
The details of the research carried out will vary.

From Quantitative tasks involving working with large amounts of data from statistics and structured questionnaires to Qualitative research designed around one-to-one interviews or focus groups. These are more unstructured and have to be interpreted by you. You will show underlying reasons, opinions, and motivations – useful for our business in planning its projects.

Typical responsibilities include:

1. Through desk and online research, collating customer and prospects information for the benefit of our in-house sales and marketing teams
2. Collecting data and assimilating statistics
3. Monitoring the progress of data collection
4. Collating information and interpreting data for our clients
5. Making recommendations based on the data collected
6. Presenting findings to management and clients in an easy-to-understand way
7. Data collecting and data inputting using our enterprise software
8. Managing focus groups, carrying out interviews and conducting surveys
9. Managing budgets

The work is deadline driven and so, depending on the project you are currently working on, may be stressful. The majority of your time will be office based, but you will also be expected to travel.
Promotion is to senior analyst, accounts director, research executive or into management.

WHAT YOU WILL NEED:

1. Ability to cope with fast-paced and pressured work
2. Accuracy
3. Strong attention to detail and a strong analytical mind
4. Ability to notice patterns within statistics
5. An interest in psychology and behaviour
6. Good organisational skills
7. Excellent (spoken and written) communication skills
8. Confident presentation skills
9. Commercial awareness
10. A methodical approach to work
11. Familiarity or training in statistics or a willingness to learn
12. Have strong IT skills and have knowledge of or be keen to learn statistical software packages
13. Be able to be flexible and work as part of a team.

OUR IDEAL CANDIDATE

1. A science, economics or humanities degree from a local first class or acceptable foreign University
2. An MBA from a local first class or acceptable foreign University or similar will be an advantage
3. An Agriculture degree or post graduate qualification from a local first class or acceptable foreign University would be an advantage
4. Experience working with a first class company would improve your suitability for the role
5. The job is based in Lagos Island and so proximity to aid easy access to the office is essential. There will be considerable nationwide travel.

If you are an ambitious and solution focused individual we would welcome the chance to speak immediately.

Salary and package will be competitive and commensurate with experience.

AIP BOESS is an equal opportunities employer. Employment is subject to pre-screening tests, background and credit checks.

In the first instance send your CV with photo to: hr@aipboess.com

Start Date: End of September 2021

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.

Offer Reference: SBDE/230322/AVAS
Locatio: Lagos
Nature: Full Time

AVAS Consulting is a wholly owned AIP BOESS subsidiary.

We were born out of the recognition that African Agriculture and Food Production lacks and will flourish when human capacity, knowledge and funding is adequately channelled towards projects in the sector that will elevate outcomes.

We employ global best-in-class solutions to create platforms that benefit Farmers, Entrepreneurs, Institutions, Government, Women’s cooperatives and Young people.

The aim is to elevate Africas latent advantages of land and abundance so that we not only feed ourselves, we can also develop stronger value chains to create commercial successes and export opportunities.

AVAS has designed proprietary tools of support for Agriculture and Food production in Africa expressed through three platforms;

1. Training & Workshops
2. Seminars, Conferences & Events and,
3. Funding Support for Agriculture & Food Production projects.

KNOWLEDGE- TRAINNING AND WORKSHOPS:

Under our brand ATT we organise Training and Workshop tours to the best facilities and training faculties in the world. We have a special relationship with the region of Murcia – one of Europes important food baskets and a knowledge hub of Agricultural/Food Production technology and innovation. Here we organise unique Trade Missions and Certified Workshops. We are expanding this offering to other parts of Europe and beyond and in fact have a Trade Mission to Bilbao in May, which you will be expected to work on.

A SALES AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT EXECUTIVE:

We are offering an incredible career opportunity to the right candidate starting immediately for a Lagos based Sales and Business Development Executive.

This role is specifically dedicated to working with the Directors to deliver delegates to our various Trade Tours and Workshops at home and abroad.

This role suits an experienced commercial operator who is a results orientated professional able to;

1. Initiate contact and presentations to individuals and companies/ institutions - convincing them to attend or sponsor a delegation
2. Working with your colleagues in Abuja where the confirming a delegation requires a national approach.
3. Identifying and working with Brokers who can support your sales objectives.

Ideally, we are looking for someone who will have;

1. Field sales/direct sales experience
2. You MUST have your own car
3. Degree holder preferred
4. Proven track record of Sales and Business growth.
5. High degree of business and financial acumen
6. Strong negotiating skills
7. Evidence of developing senior-level customer relationships

We offer a competitive basic package and expense account plus bonuses. You can expect to be highly remunerated for this role apart from the fulfillment of working for a dynamic and forward thinking practice.

This is a challenging but interesting and highly fulfilling role for the right candidate.

To express interest in this role, please contact:
Ms. Titilola Ijimakinwa
Tel: 08033214924
Email: hr@aipboess.com

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