With your colleagues on the Global Procurement team, you will coordinate across all teams at One Acre Fund to maintain the consistent flow of purchasing information. You will work closely with the Strategic Purchasing Manager to build, develop and lead country purchasing teams to eliminate waste, develop standardized quality control metrics, and ultimately deliver a world class purchasing department at the feet of our 500,000+ farmers across rural Africa.

Responsibilities
Responsibilities of the Purchasing Lead will include:Team Management & Leadership Development

• Mentoring strong procurement directors in each country to build leadership and team management skills
• Coaching local purchasing teams to identify high quality, high-level suppliers and how to negotiate for best pricing and terms
• Working with multi-national staff and suppliers
• Identifying strong local talent pools for recruiting high-quality procurement staff

Defined Business Processes

• Setting up procurement mechanisms and systems by incorporating best practices from other organizations and identifying strong, long-term supplier relationships.
• Mapping out current procurement practices to identify and implement cost- and time-saving improvements
• Implementing standardized practices across all country procurement teams to improve efficiency, effectiveness, and customer service

 Define Measurable Quality Metrics

•  Ensuring consistent, predictable quality by building strong Quality Assurance processes
•  Preventing fraud and corruption challenges along the procurement value chain
•  Coordinating across teams to evaluate Quality Assurance measures and implement best practices

Building Outstanding Communication Channels

• Becoming familiar with One Acre Fund teams and structures to ensure the local procurement team is best supporting their internal clients
• Working closely with logistics teams to minimize delivered costs
• Working closely with other internal teams to reduce overall spend
• Improving overall procurement process transparency

Career Growth and Development
One Acre Fund invests in building management and leadership skills. Your manager will invest significant time in your career development. We provide constant, actionable feedback delivered through mentorship and regular management consulting-style career reviews. We also have regular one-on-one meetings, where we listen to and discuss career goals, and work collaboratively to craft roles that each person can be passionate about. Because of our rapid growth, we constantly have new high-level roles opening up and opportunities in many functions. This results in fast career growth for our staff.
Qualifications
We are seeking exceptional professionals with experience in and a passion for procurement and supply chain. Experience in an entrepreneurial environment is a plus.
Candidates that meet the following criteria are strongly encouraged to apply:

• Work experience in a demanding professional environment, preferably in positions where frequent cross-department communication was required
• Some experience in a field requiring regular quantitative reasoning skills & data analytics skills (such as engineering, consulting, finance, or supply chain management) preferred but not required
• Creativity and strong problem-solving skills. You don’t take no for an answer and constantly look for alternative solutions to problems.
• A passion for world-class customer service
• Outstanding communication skills with suppliers, reports, peers, and managementExperience working internationally preferred
• Leadership experience at work or outside of work
• Ability to work and make decisions independently
• Good oral and written communication skills
• Language: English required, French and Swahili preferred

Preferred Start Date: ASAP
Job Location: Kakamega, Kenya
Duration: Minimum 2 years commitment, full-time job
Compensation: We offer a modest starting salary that affords a high quality of life in our areas of operation. This is a career-track role with performance-based raises and the ability to expand responsibilities over time.
Benefits: Health insurance, immunizations, flight, housing
Sponsor International Candidates: No
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