Saro Agro-Allied is a leading agricultural commodity exporting company that started in 1996 as a cocoa trading company and today trades both locally and internationally. Our operations over time have covered sesame seeds, cashew, and cocoa-producing communities in Nigeria. The business has been repositioned to become a Consumer driven sustainable Agric. & Food business Company that will play in the multi-seed oil crushing, value-added export, and marketing of branded food products in Nigeria.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Quality Officer 

Locations: Naka, Akparyi, Daudu, Gboko – Benue, Olowu – Kwara, Sagamu, Ogun & Jabiri – Katsina
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Summary

• The Quality Officer must always align the company’s quality control function with best standards at all times that will make the company adhere to contract specifications.

Responsibilities

• Representative sampling and quality measurement of goods on arrival from the supplier’s store i.e moisture, sand and stones, admixtures, damaged and broken, immature, green seeds (for Soya bean).
• Representative sampling and quality measurement of goods on arrival from the supplier’s store i.e moisture, green grain, red grain, average length, crackness and discoloured grain (for Paddy).
• Proper and timely reporting of all inspection results based on acceptance and rejection criteria.
• Visual inspection to detect adulterations like Clusters, Foreign Matters & foreign odour.
• Quality analysis testing and documentation for stock evacuation.
• Producing statistical feedbacks on quality deviations and reporting to the Head of Unit arising quality standard issues.
• Adherence to quality parameters for accepting vendors’ supplies.
• Collaboration with warehouse officer for good warehouse practice and inventory control.
• Maintain professional relationship with collaborators that will aid in delivering planned strategy.
• To Manage the quality loss for SAA key crops within the budgeted parameters.
• Ensure data integrity of all analytics and report.

Requirements

• Minimum of a university degree, with second class (upper division).
• Minimum of 4 years’ experience, preferably in commodity business and has held Quality roles to variously commodities such as Soya bean, Paddy etc.
• Age: 28 – 38

Competencies:

• Proactive self-starter
• Integrity, independent mind, and ability to work under pressure.
• Highly organized and significant ability to multi-task effectively.
• Ability to work with all levels of the team with minimal and reasonable conflicts.
• Good attitude.

Job Locations:

• Naka, Akparyi, Daudu, Gboko (Benue)
• Olowu (Kwara)
• Sagamu (Ogun State)
• Jabiri (Katsina)

Application Closing Date
26th August, 2024.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online