Career Choices

    Shape your future with us.

    We offer empowered and challenging roles in supply chain, trading, manufacturing, consumer sales and distribution, plantations and farming, digital and sustainability to name but a few, and we're always looking for talent with ambitions for a global, winning career.

    Career Streams

    Supply Chain Management
    Trading
    Finance
    Consumer Sales and Distribution
    Plantations and Farming
    Manufacturing, Innovation, and Procurement
    IT and Digital

    Supply Chain Management

    Strong supply chain management is fundamental to what we do. We have built an unparalleled network of farmers and cooperatives, and our skills in logistics and risk management enable us to secure supplies and deliver them to our customers. Our technologies enhance product traceability and sustainability, offering additional value.

    Supply Chain Management

    Trading

    The world of international commodity trading is fast-paced and exciting. Our traders analyse the proprietary information on supply and demand that gives us the edge to make superior trading calls. Our expertise is supported with rigorous research and analysis honed by quantitative tools and techniques to offer unique industry insight.

    Trading

    Finance

    Our Finance team has an ambitious vision and transformation agenda. Ensuring predictable outcomes and standardised, efficient and scalable processes is of course critical, but the team also plays a vital role working with our business leaders to strategise and maximise value through innovative financing structures and other special projects.

    Finance

    Consumer Sales and Distribution

    Large-scale food retail is growing in emerging markets. The race is on to organise the most efficient distribution and win consumers. We are focused on West Africa, delivering packaged foods and beverages like biscuits, candies, noodles, pastes, and dairy drinks to wholesaler and retailers, using smart marketing campaigns and distribution apps.

    Consumer Sales and Distribution

    Plantations and Farming

    We grow a range of crops, and share learnings from one to another, driving efficiencies for us and our customers. We understand the pressures of farming and work on the ground with small-scale producers to increase volumes. We stimulate opportunity with communities local to our operations through smallholder ‘outgrower’ programmes.

    Plantations and Farming

    Manufacturing, Innovation, and Procurement

    Our network of over 200 manufacturing plants spreads across Asia-Pacific, Africa, Europe, Middle East, and the Americas. The team is responsible for health, safety, quality, and food safety, ensuring we comply with all local laws and meet our environmental, social, and ethical standards, as well as identifying efficiencies and opportunities.

    Manufacturing, Innovation, and Procurement

    IT and Digital

    We deliver transformation through cutting edge technologies. We develop systems and platforms which improve our business making us desirable to work with as a customer or partner, & for as ambitious talent. These include drone image analytics, digital procurement, paperless trading, traceability mapping, and day-to-day connectivity.

    Explore Roles at Olam

    Whether it’s a seasonal or a permanent position you’re interested in, we seek talented individuals to join our team and offer a range of opportunities to grow – no pun intended!

    Visit our vacancies section for more information on the types of roles and vacancies available.

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