Founded in 2006, One Acre Fund supplies 1 million smallholder farmers with the agricultural services they need to make their farms vastly more productive. Our 8,000+ team is drawn from diverse backgrounds and professions. With operations across six core countries in Africa, we make farmers more prosperous by providing quality farm supplies on credit, delivered within walking distance of farmers’ homes, and agricultural training to improve harvests. On average, the farmers we serve harvest 50 percent more food after working with One Acre Fund.
About the Role
You ensure high-quality solar & non-agriculture farmer inputs are purchased in a cost-efficient, market competitive and compliant manner and are delivered to your farmers. You will report to the Global Solar & Non-Agriculture Supply Chain Associate and manage 1-2 supply chain coordinators.
- Support in setting the Solar & Non-Agriculture procurement strategy to deliver farmer inputs on time for each of the OAF countries of operation.
- You will ensure execution excellence by working with our teams and suppliers to provide our farmers access to inputs on time and at the right quality across all of our countries of operations.
- You will build external relationships with mid-level suppliers and support high-level supplier relationships fueling supplier performance improvement.
- You will ensure we deliver world-class customer service to country clients by providing updates on the status of their orders.
- You will ensure deliveries at no additional cost by ensuring correct and compliant documentation to process the order and these documents are saved for future reference.
- You will support targeted process/product improvements such as driving down the cost of farmer inputs through smart purchasing plans and world-class contracts that guarantee favorable payment terms
- Minimum bachelor's degree
- At least 3 years of experience in procurement, operations or supply chain management
- People management skills
- Knowledge of importation practices
- Project management experience required - you know how to map out a clear and easy to digest project plan
- Data analysis skills
- Fluent in English and Swahili
