Fertilizer Procurement Strategy Associate

About

One Acre Fund seeks a procurement professional to lead fertilizer procurement, ensuring cost-efficient sourcing and reliable on-time delivery. The role focuses on data analysis to determine purchasing windows and independently manage and execute the full procurement process. It includes managing a small team and is open only to citizens or permanent residents of Kenya. Duty station: Nairobi, Kenya. Benefits: Health insurance, housing, and comprehensive benefits. Preferred start date: As soon as possible.

How to apply

Apply online through the official advert page on One Acre Fund Careers.

Responsibilities

• Support the creation and execution of seasonal procurement strategies to deliver +90% OTIF (On-Time, In-Full) delivery, market-competitive costs, and 5% year-on-year cost savings.
• Ensure absolute quality control, achieving 0 quality issues reaching the farmer, and maintain an +80% on-time payment rate for suppliers.
• Proactively address future supply gaps by evaluating farmer needs against global market trends, supplier capacity, and current inventory levels.
• Drive lead-time improvements through streamlined delivery and process automation.
• Regularly improve key operations like the goods receipt process and loading quality control.
• Spend time developing, maintaining, and continuously improving complex Google Sheets data models to track global market trends and landed costs.
• Use this data to provide crucial decision support on when to purchase (or not purchase) fertilizers to maximize cost savings.
• Help build and maintain deep partnerships with fertilizer suppliers and industry organizations beyond seasonal procurement needs.
• Act as a critical business partner for our country operations teams, actively identifying and sharing opportunities to improve our offering to farmers.
• Serve as a representative for One Acre Fund externally with suppliers and market actors to drive long-term, systematic supply chain improvements.
• Manage and mentor a small team, setting clear goals, providing timely feedback, and conducting high-quality career coaching and performance reviews.
• Contribute to staffing, recruitment, and succession planning to build a high-performing procurement unit.

Qualifications

• Solid foundational knowledge of global procurement processes, international shipping, and supply chain operations.
• An advanced analytical mindset with high proficiency in Google Sheets to build pricing, forecasting, and decision-support models.
• Comfortable spending half of your time analyzing data to help make decisions.
• Fluency in written and spoken English is required.
• Exceptional collaboration and negotiation skills, with the ability to influence both internal stakeholders and external global suppliers.
• Strong organizational skills with a proven track record of managing multiple projects simultaneously in a fast-paced environment.
• An innovative thinker who approaches obstacles with a results-driven mindset and is comfortable making data-driven decisions under medium-risk conditions.