About One Acre Fund: Founded in 2006, One Acre Fund equips 5.5 million smallholder farmers to make their farms more productive. Across nine countries that together are home to two-thirds of Africa's farmers, we provide high-quality farm supplies, tree seedlings, accessible credit, modern agronomic training, and a wide range of other agricultural services. On average, this model enables any farmer to increase their income and assets on supported land by more than 35 percent, while permanently improving their resilience. This is made possible by our team of 9,000+ full-time staff. Our Rwanda program, founded in 2007, is our largest and operates under the local brand Tubura, with more than 3,000 staff across all four provinces of Rwanda as well as Kigali, serving more than 2.8 million farmers in 2024.
About the Role: The Global Procurement Senior Associate ensures 3+ country procurement teams have the capabilities, tools, mastery, and professionalism to deliver high-quality materials and services on time, in full, at the best price, every time, anywhere, without any opportunity for fraud or losses. This role also owns several key procurement processes across all countries, beyond the ones s/he manages directly.
Responsibilities:
- Drive procurement execution excellence across markets: deliver cost-competitive, high-quality goods and services through strategic sourcing and innovative procurement approaches; ensure strong operational performance across country procurement teams including on-time delivery, supplier performance, and payment efficiency; lead initiatives that strengthen negotiation capability and value-driven sourcing.
- Build and develop high-performing procurement teams: manage and coach country procurement leads, fostering strong execution, compliance, and customer service; build team capability through training, coaching, and professional development; support recruitment, succession planning, and continuity.
- Strengthen risk management and procurement governance: promote a strong culture of compliance, internal controls, and ethical procurement practices; mitigate supply and contract risks through effective supplier management and proactive monitoring; identify and address operational risks and improvement opportunities.
- Lead strategic procurement and process improvement initiatives: contribute to procurement strategy development and drive execution of departmental priorities and OKRs; lead cross-market strategic sourcing initiatives; identify and implement process improvements that increase efficiency, transparency, and value for money.
- Own cross-market procurement performance and stakeholder engagement: oversee performance reporting, demand forecasting, and inventory coordination; build strong partnerships with internal stakeholders and senior leadership; ensure procurement insights inform operational planning and decision-making.
Qualifications:
- 3+ years of experience in procurement, supply chain, operations, or a related field.
- Strong foundation in supply chain management, procurement, or operations.
- Experience managing and coaching teams, including remote or distributed teams.
- Strong project management and organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Excellent relationship-building skills with the ability to influence diverse stakeholders.
- Proactive problem solver who anticipates risks and identifies opportunities for improvement.
- Bachelor's degree in a relevant field; Master's degree an advantage.
Preferred Start Date: As soon as possible. Benefits: Health insurance, housing, and comprehensive benefits.
Closing date: 31 October 2026
HOW TO APPLY:
Apply online via the One Acre Fund vacancy page. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis until a hire is made. Application deadline: 31 October 2026. This role is only open to citizens or permanent residents of Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Ethiopia, Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi, Nigeria, Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo. One Acre Fund never asks candidates to pay any money or pay for tests at any stage of the interview process; official emails always arrive from an @oneacrefund.org address.