Global Supply Chain Strategies Lead

About One Acre Fund

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. 

To learn more about our work, take a look at our Why Work Here blog for more information.

About the Role

The Global Supply Chain team brings over $100M high-quality, life-changing inputs to our clients as cost efficiently as possible. The macro-economic context and farmer reality is more dynamic than ever before. This requires our OAF supply chain to be more agile and our processes, systems and controls to rapidly evolve, applying retail & industry best practices to the unique context of last mile farmer deliveries in rural areas.

You will report to the division director.

Responsibilities

• Coach our supply chain innovations, logistics capability and controls managers and their teams, injecting retail and industry best practices into our operations.
• Take a holistic approach to the design of our end-to-end supply chain processes fostering agility and cost efficiency.
• You will identify and pursue efficiency plays across our country programs, responding to the needs of today and building for the scale of tomorrow.
• You will work with country leadership and internal audit to address risks through improved processes and controls, applying industry best practices.

Career Growth and Development

We have a strong culture of constant learning and we invest in developing our people. You’ll have weekly check-ins with your manager, access to mentorship and training programs, and regular feedback on your performance. We hold career reviews every six months, and set aside time to discuss your aspirations and career goals. You’ll have the opportunity to shape a growing organization and build a rewarding long-term career.

Qualifications

Across all roles, these are the general qualifications we look for. For this role specifically, you will have:

• 7+ years of experience in retail supply chain operations. 
• Experience developing middle management and empowering large organizations
• Demonstrated experience inclusively navigating ambiguous challenges
• Experience leading high-performance teams and engaging team members to improve results
• Experience with change management, supporting cross-team work on complex topics with tailored communication and stakeholder management strategies.
• Experience mapping out the full universe of solutions, evaluating them against qualitative and quantitative metrics, and forming thoughtful recommendations, which you execute against.
• Experience in agriculture or the East African region preferred but not strictly required

Preferred Start Date

As soon as possible

Job Location

On-site in Kigali, Rwanda or Nairobi, Kenya with 10% travel

Benefits

Health insurance, housing, and comprehensive benefits

Eligibility

One Acre Fund can support a work permit for this role. However, nationals of (or those with an extensive professional background and work history in) our countries of operation are preferred.

Application Deadline

30 November 2024

One Acre Fund never asks candidates to pay any money or pay for tests at any stage of the interview process. Official One Acre Fund emails will always arrive from an @oneacrefund.org address. Please report any suspicious communication here ([email protected]), but do not send applications or application materials to this email address.

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI), and anti-racism are deeply connected to our organization’s mission and purpose. One Acre Fund aspires to build a culture where all staff feel consistently valued, represented, and connected – so that our team can thrive as professionals, and achieve exceptional impact for the farmers we serve.

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.