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Joint Venture Director
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Experience Required:
5years
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Posted:
24 May 2026 (30+ days ago)
Posted:
Application Deadline:
21 August 2026
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Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
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Job Summary
Job Summary
Lead the joint venture end to end to deliver the approved Business Planowning P&L performance governance and compliancewhile reporting to the Board stewarding budget and CAPEX decisions per reserved matters/approval rules and coordinating all functions (operations agribusiness supply chain finance quality and commercial) so production imports/exports and cash objectives are met safely ethically and cost effectively.
Key Responsibilities
- In collaboration with JV Partner maintains a focus on endtoend accountability for crop yield quality and seasonality risk including mitigation plans (varietal choice inputs irrigation harvest timing).
- Works with JV Partner to oversee annual crop plans and yield forecasts; validation of downside/upside scenarios and contingency sourcing strategies.
- Advocate and steward of longterm trustbased relationships with farmers and growers ensuring fair commercial practices timely payments and transparent quality standards.
- Supports JV Partner in farmer engagement models extension services and incentive structures to secure sustainable supply.
- Proactively look for new Agri partners together with Agri Manager Quality Manager and internal stakeholders
- Build and develop a highperforming local leadership team with clear succession plans for critical roles.
- Ensure compliance with labor laws and fair employment practices across operations.
- Act as crisis leader for operational disruptions (crop failure quality incidents regulatory actions logistics shutdowns) ensuring timely Board communication and resolution.
Requirements
- 15 years in FMCG/food with P&L ownership and cross functional leadership; proven delivery against budgets/EBITDA.
- Hands-on JV governance and Board reporting; familiarity with reserved matters frameworks and decision rights.
- Strong financial management/controlling (monthly closing product costing markups budgeting) and CAPEX evaluation.
- Supply chain/S&OP oversight across production imports/exports and logistics; experience in emerging markets (Nigeria context a plus).
- Exposure to Quality & Food Safety systems to provide governance oversight (e.g. HACCP/FSSC 22000 interface with Quality).
- Proficiency with ERP/BI for product cost breakdowns and KPI dashboards; understanding of treasury/banking interfaces.
