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 per cent more food after working with One Acre Fund.
To learn more about our work, look at our Why Work Here blog for more information.
About the Role
The Global Procurement teams oversee over $10M in spending each year across over 15,000 transactions and manage all operational goods and service purchasing on behalf of over 1M smallholder farmers. You will support standardized processes and create over 5% of purchasing costs out of the system through contracting and upstream supplier sourcing. You will report to the Contract Coordinator, and implement important projects to improve quality and improve cycle time, resulting in internal client satisfaction.
Responsibilities
Forecast and Tender Management
- Run tenders and establish contracts for all frequently needed goods/services, high-value purchases, and identified strategic purchases that require long-term agreements.
- Identify opportunities for cost savings through upstream supplier relationships and advise the relevant teams. Set a 0-6 month target for strategic procurement activities
- Improve existing contracting and tendering processes to improve efficiency and customer service.
- Set target prices for all items before contracting, align with the relevant stakeholders and negotiate prices to achieve the target or below.
Contract Planning & Management
- Prepare an annual tender calendar for different categories and review it every quarter. ∙
- Monitor contract expiry and renewal dates.
- Review market trends and advise management of potential contracting risks or anticipated price changes. Review price changes over the allowable tolerance and advise management on proposed next steps e.g. re-tendering
- Measure cost-savings achieved through contracts
- Manage the contracting process from drafting to a signature when requested by team members or internal client departments
Supplier Management and Performance Evaluation
- Manage supplier meeting calendars to minimize supply challenges by meeting with at least 2 top suppliers on Long-term Agreements per month.
- Manage the bi-annual supplier evaluation and categorize suppliers based on performance and bargaining power.
- Create supplier performance reports, rank by performance and create performance improvement plans for poor-performing suppliers.
- Ensure supplier contractual commitments are respected, in particular, coordinating payments.
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 the following:
- Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business Administration or any other related field
- Well-presented and professional
- 2+ years of work experience in Supply Chain, Business administration or any other related field.
- Project management experience is desirable.
- Experience in contract management is desirable.
- Strong language and communication skills.
- Language: English and Kinyarwanda are required, French, Kirundi, or Swahili is nice to have
Preferred Start Date
As soon as possible
Job Location
Kigali, Rwanda
Benefits
Health insurance paid time off
Eligibility
This role is only open to citizens or permanent residents of Rwanda
Application Deadline
05 March 2023
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, colour, 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.
