Tayo is a seasoned business management executive with over 20 years’ experience in FMCG (Operations, manufacturing, supply chain & distribution), Commercial sales, Route to market projects, Agri-business and Business management in the FMCG sector across Africa.

Tayo’s core competencies include: Project mngt, manufacturing network & capacity planning, Supplier development & Relationship Management, Contract negotiation & mngt, Cost Optimisation Initiatives, Sustainable Strategic Sourcing, Cross-functional Team Management, E-Sourcing, Cost Modelling & Benchmarking,  Ethics, Governance and Risk Management, Stakeholder & community relationship management, Govt, relations, Planning (S &OP, demand & supply planning), Inventory & warehouse management, Logistics and distribution Management, Leadership, talent & Change Management, Entrepreneurship. 

He has worked in various multinational/Multicultural organisations in the course of his career: Flour Mills of Nig. Plc (Business unit General manager), Honeywell Flour Mills Plc (Director, Supply chain operations), L.A.T.C Agro (Managing Director), pladis (Supply chain & Operations director), Diageo (various Heads of procurement roles – global, regional and country level roles), UACN (Various Engineering and manufacturing roles).  He was also a Regional Strategic Buyer for Diageo Africa where he looked after Media (Bought, owned & earned) for Diageo operating companies in Angola, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania & Uganda. 

He has worked on assignments across various countries in Africa, UK and Turkey which gives him the multinational, multicultural work experience beyond Africa.

As a business coach, with a focus on leadership and high performance, he supports talents to discover their passion and unleash strong results.