Strong supply chain management is fundamental to what we do. We’ve built an unparalleled network of farmers and cooperatives, and our skills in logistics and risk management help us secure supplies and deliver them to our customers with incredible reliability. We add even more value with tech that improves product traceability and sustainability.
The world of international trading is fast-paced and exciting. Our expertise is supported with rigorous research and analysis honed by quantitative tools and techniques to offer unique industry insight. Our traders analyze this proprietary information on supply and demand to give us the edge and make superior trading calls.
Our Finance team has an ambitious vision and transformation agenda. Ensuring predictable outcomes and standardized, efficient and scalable processes if of course critical. But the team also plays a vital role working with our business leaders to strategize and maximize value through innovative financing structures and other special projects.
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” programs.
Our network of over 100 processing and 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.
We deliver transformation through cutting edge technologies. We develop systems and platforms which improve our business and make us desirable to work with as a customer, partner, or employer. These include drone image analytics, digital procurements, paperless trading, traceability mapping, as well as day to day connectivity.
ofi, a global leader in naturally good food and beverage ingredients, has increased its ingredient manufacturing footprint by adding significant capacity to its dairy production facility in Johor, Malaysia with the commissioning of a new milk powder dryer, whilst also expanding its integrated dairy Ingredient Excellence Center (“IEC”), servicing customers across the Middle East, Africa and Asia.
Ahead of International Coffee Day on 1st October, olam food ingredients (“ofi”), a global leader in naturally good food & beverage ingredients, announces that it has achieved more than half of its target to improve the livelihoods of 200,000 coffee farmers by 2025. The results are reported in its second Coffee LENS (Livelihoods, Education and Nature at Scale) sustainability impact report.
The report details the achievements made by ofi’s coffee platform in collaboration with customers and partners across 44 projects with a total funding commitment of over $50 million. Launched in 2020, ofi's Coffee LENS sustainability strategy lays out their comprehensive 2025 goals within a four-pillar framework: economic opportunity, education and skills training, climate action and healthy ecosystems. Through this strategy, ofi aims to create a more resilient supply chain and safeguard the future of coffee.
Despite challenges throughout 2022, including various supply chain disruptions, the ongoing war in Ukraine, and adverse weather effecting crops, ofi is progressing well towards creating a more resilient supply chain by making impact at the intersection of farmer livelihoods and the environment.
Pam Elliot has made it her mission to maintain and/or improve the quality of the products she has been entrusted with, since she first graduated college. When the opportunity arose for her to try her hand at food safety, she was up for the challenge. Learn more about her journey.
Your full name: Pam Elliott
Your city and country (i.e. London, United Kingdom): Bolingbrook, Ill. United States
Your job title: Quality & Food Safety (QFS) Manager
Your functional area (i.e. Finance): Quality
Q: How long have you been at ofi? (years): 4 years on October 7th