Corporate head, Agriculture at a Multidisciplinary African Conglomerate - PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Nigeria in Abuja

Organization:: a Multidisciplinary African Conglomerate - PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Nigeria
Job Location:: Abuja
Employment Type:: Full time

Job Description

The Corporate head, Agriculture will head and oversee the strategic, business-related, and business initiatives of the agriculture division.
This comprises monitoring the comprehensive agricultural full operational cycle—from land purchase and development to processing, wrapping, allocation, and agri-export processes.
The position encompasses both core agribusiness development and agriculture-as-a-service offerings, with a concentration on creative invention, mechanization, and maintainable procedures.
The position holder will lead productivity, ensure legal adherence, and supply ability to scale, market-in sync initiatives tailored to business-related, industrial, and government customers.
They will supervise cross-operational teams, strengthen strategic collaborations with full operational cycle actors, and ensure the division achieves its financial and effect targets.

Formulate and implement a business roadmap for the agriculture division in sync with corporate targets.
Recognize development potentials in crop and livestock generation, agro-processing, and agriculture professional guidance.
Head organizing and execution of large-scale development, irrigation, and mechanized farming operational structures.
Supervise post-harvest processing, wrapping, warehousing, and logistics to improve value retention and stock chain effectiveness.
Lead export market preparedness, qualifications, and adherence with worldwide agri-trade guidelines.
Establish long-term alliances with cooperatives, regulatory bodies, analysis institutions, and agri-technology firms.
Execute climate-smart, maintainable agriculture procedures to enhance returns and ecological stewardship.
Oversee financial plans, input procurement, agreement farming schemes, and business risks across various sites.
Ensure health, safety, and ecological guidelines are upheld in line with compliance-related and standardized best practices.
Build and preserve solid connections with clients, suppliers, authorities, and development finance institutions.
Track and evaluate industry trends, pricing, and regulatory framework changes to guide plan and business development.
Head, mentor, and formulate agronomists, farm managers, processing specialists, and assistants.
Supply robust financial effectiveness across performance indicators—return, cost-per-hectare, EBITDA, and project sample growth.

Bsc in Agriculture, Agribusiness, Agricultural Engineering, or a associated discipline; a MSC is a plus.
At least 15 years of progressive expertise in business-related agriculture, agri-processing, or agri-business, with a minimum of 5 years in a executive team capacity.
Exhibited track document of coordinating large-scale agricultural processes and supplying agribusiness growth in emerging markets.
Deep knowledge of comprehensive agriculture full operational cycles, which includes input procurement, generation, processing, and allocation.
Competence in farm and stock chain management operational structures, business intelligence, and agri-technology channels.
In-depth understanding with national agricultural rules, ecological adherence, and food safety rules.