Strategic Purchasing and Quality Team Lead at One Acre Fund

Job Description

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 management
• Experience 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