Agricultural Business Head – West Africa

Redstone Search; India; Sur place; INR 11 396 000 - 17 094 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Redstone Commodity Search is seeking an Agricultural Business Head to lead regional strategies and drive growth in agri trading across global markets from Lagos, Nigeria. The role requires extensive international trading experience and leadership acumen.

The successful candidate will oversee end-to-end trade operations, shipping logistics, and risk management, while engaging with a diverse set of stakeholders across Asia, Africa, and beyond.

Qualifications

• Postgraduate qualification from a Tier 1 institute in International Trade, Business or Agriculture.
• 12–15 years of international trading experience in agricultural products.
• Fluency in English, French and Hindi.
• Knowledge of full supply chain and international trade across WAF regions.
• Based in Lagos, Nigeria.

Responsabilités

• Strategic Leadership: Develop and implement growth strategies, creating comprehensive short, medium, and long-term business plans.
• Global Trade Operations Management: Execute global trade operations strategy with a focus on TAT and process orientation.
• Manage shipping operations (Bulk) and logistics, ensuring end-to-end workflow planning / Business Development for Agri products.
• Financial Expertise and Risk Management: Demonstrate financial expertise, including exposure to fund raising and understanding of treasury and capital structure.
• Trade and Contract Expertise: Handle multi-currency contracts, bulk, and container trades, with detailed knowledge of Agri products and stay conversant with Asia & Africa trade flows.
• Reports into Global CEO.

Formation

Postgraduate from a Tier 1 institute in International Trade / Business / Agriculture

Description du poste

Redstone Commodity Search focus on offering 360° search solutions to the global commodities markets. With a competitive coverage of Trading Houses, Producers, Majors, Utilities, Merchants, Hedge Funds, Investment Banks and Brokerages; Redstone Commodity Search can confidently offer you an edge in today’s volatile market.Redstone Commodity Search are working with an international Soft & Agricultural Trading House looking to hire an Agricultural Business Head to be based in Lagos, Nigeria.

Key Responsibilities / Tasks

• Strategic Leadership: Develop and implement growth strategies, creating comprehensive short, medium, and long-term business plans.
• Global Trade Operations Management: Execute global trade operations strategy with a focus on TAT and process orientation.
• Manage shipping operations (Bulk) and logistics, ensuring end-to-end workflow planning / Business Development for Agri products.
• Financial Expertise and Risk Management: Demonstrate financial expertise, including exposure to fund raising and understanding of treasury and capital structure.
• Trade and Contract Expertise: Handle multi-currency contracts, bulk, and container trades, with detailed knowledge of Agri products and stay conversant with Asia & Africa trade flows.
• Reports into Global CEO.

Key Qualifications / Experience

• Postgraduate from a Tier 1 institute in International Trade / Business / Agriculture.
• 12-15 years of international trading experience of agricultural products (grains, oilseeds, pulses, RCN, Nuts, spices etc).
• Fluency in English / French / Hindi.
• Knowledge of full cycle of supply chain, international trade / jurisdictions, covering WAF regions.
• Located in Lagos, Nigeria.