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 Rwanda Multigrain Seed Processing team (MSP) oversees and availing the highest quality domestically-produced grain seed possible for farmers, through our operations at the Seed Innovation Center at RICA. The Rwanda Procurement team (PRO) oversees over $1.5 million in spend each year across over 2,000 transactions and oversees all operational goods and service purchasing on behalf of over 300,000 smallholder farmers. This team purchases all items needed to keep our program running. We are looking for a Purchasing and Importation Coordinator to provide support to the Seed Innovation Center at RICA focused on purchasing for the Multigrain Seed Processing plant, reporting to both the MSP and Procurement teams.
Responsibilities
Purchase across multiple seed departments (60%)
- Market Research
- Conduct market research related to operational goods and services.
- Strengthen our supplier database through market research.
- Assess prevailing market prices to estimate financial savings made through the Procurement team.
- Maintain long-term business relationships with our suppliers and identify and build new supplier relationships for products.
- Purchasing
- With the support of the manager, carryout purchases of all goods and services not limited to parts of machinery for the multi-seed processing plant.
- Implement requests for quotations, supplier selection, and purchases from Kigali and regions.
- Negotiate for the best prices for all purchased goods and services.
- Follow-up with the Finance team to make sure suppliers are paid.
- Support Purchasing team on supplier and category management activities.
- Deliveries and client communication
- Negotiate best delivery/payment terms with suppliers.
- Ensure reception of goods at our designated offices.
- Collect all purchases’ supporting documents from suppliers and share with SAP Data Administrator.
- Improve customer satisfaction through the use of communications – always keep clients updated on their requests status.
- Processes
- Provide support on multiple procurement projects execution.
- Work with internal departments to elaborate procurement plans for their different projects.
- Identify opportunities for cost savings through upstream supplier relationships.
- Lead the forecast for all goods, services and Machinery requirements
- The Purchasing Coordinator will also perform any other tasks as assigned by the manager.
Importation and contract drafting (40%)
- Assist the OAF Global Sourcing and Legal teams in contract drafting ensuring contracts are in place on time without affecting operations.
- Daily tracking and communication of project timelines.
- Manage freight shipments coming to the country and prepare legal import documents for customs including: Coordinate with OAF Government Relations team and the Rwandan Government to obtain exemption for high value agricultural items and importation permits (FDA, RICA and RAB) and make sure export documents like bill of lading, and other documents necessary for OAF to import risk free.
- Prepare all documentation & procedures required for border clearance (air & ocean imports)
- Detect and help prevent violation of the country’s customs laws.
- Process remote location filing (RLF) and RLF entries (file and customs releases of out port entries).
- Examine and ensure compliance of documents including invoices, bill of ladings and shipping documents.
- Communicate with suppliers on container availability status; including customs status, demurrage and ETA to final destinations for all imports.
- Assess and evaluate suppliers and undertake performance reviews to ensure contract compliance and manage performance improvement activities.
- Ensure compliance to company guidelines, purchasing procedures and the Official guidance during supplier negotiations and contracts award process.
- Contact suppliers to resolve price, quality, delivery or invoice issues
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:
- Bachelor’s degree required.
- Minimum 2+year work experience .
- Experience or education in procurement/supply chain/logistics.
- Importation experience with proof.
- Technical competency related to machinery or electrical systems is an added advantage
- Language: Fluent in English and Kinyarwanda (required).
Preferred Start Date
As soon as possible
Job Location
Bugesera, Rwanda (With frequent travel to Kigali)
Benefits
Health insurance, paid time off
Eligibility
This role is only open to citizens or permanent residents of Rwanda
Application Deadline
6 June 2022
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 (globalhotline@oneacrefund.org), 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.
