{"id":1862416,"url":"https://alion.io/job/one-acre-fund-fertilizer-procurement-associate","title":"Fertilizer Procurement Strategy Associate","company":{"id":678319,"name":"One Acre Fund","domain":"oneacrefund.org","url":"https://alion.io/company/oneacrefund","size_band":"201-500","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Greenhouse","truth_index":{"grade":"B","score":83,"open_postings":10,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":0.5,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":66,"computed_at":"2026-10-29T05:49:05Z"}},"role":"Operations","role_family":"Operations","seniority":null,"employment_type":null,"work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"explicit","locations":["Nairobi, Kenya"],"countries":["KE"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":null,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"Google Sheets","optional":false}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-06-18T11:16:16Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-10-05","last_verified_at":"2026-10-29T22:29:49Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":133,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":133},"description":"About One Acre Fund\nFounded 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 all made possible by our team of 9,000+ full-time staff, drawn from diverse backgrounds and professions. To learn more, please see our Why Work Here blog post.\nAbout the Role\nSeeking a procurement professional to lead fertilizer procurement, ensuring cost-efficient sourcing and reliable on-time delivery. Drive strong individual execution and contribute to team success. In this role, your focus will be dedicated to deep-dive data analysis to determine optimal purchasing windows, and managing and executing the entire procurement process independently.\nResponsibilities\nExecute Procurement with Excellence\nStrategy & Delivery: 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.\nQuality Assurance: Ensure absolute quality control, achieving 0 quality issues reaching the farmer, and maintain an +80% on-time payment rate for suppliers.\nSupply Chain Reliability: Proactively address future supply gaps by evaluating farmer needs against global market trends, supplier capacity, and current inventory levels.\nProcess Optimization: Drive lead-time improvements through streamlined delivery and process automation. Regularly improve key operations like the goods receipt process and loading quality control.\nData & Analytics: 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.\nBuild Partnerships & Market Liaisons\nStrategic Relationships: Help build and maintain deep partnerships with fertilizer suppliers and industry organizations beyond seasonal procurement needs.\nCountry Team Collaboration: Act as a critical business partner for our country operations teams, actively identifying and sharing opportunities to improve our offering to farmers.\nIndustry Representation: Serve as a representative for One Acre Fund externally with suppliers and market actors to drive long-term, systematic supply chain improvements.\nPeople Management\nPeople Management: Manage and mentor a small team, setting clear goals, providing timely feedback, and conducting high-quality career coaching and performance reviews.\nTeam Growth:Contribute to staffing, recruitment, and succession planning to build a high-performing procurement unit.\nCareer Growth and Development\nWe 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.\nQualifications\nAcross all roles, these are the general qualifications we look for.For this role specifically, you will have:\nProfessional & Technical Competencies:\nSupply Chain Expertise: Solid foundational knowledge of global procurement processes, international shipping, and supply chain operations.\nData Fluency: 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.\nLanguage: Fluency in written and spoken English is required.\nManagement & Execution Skills:\nRelationship Builder: Exceptional collaboration and negotiation skills, with the ability to influence both internal stakeholders and external global suppliers.\nProject Management: Strong organizational skills with a proven track record of managing multiple projects simultaneously in a fast-paced environment.\nSolution-Oriented: An innovative thinker who approaches obstacles with a results-driven mindset and is comfortable making data-driven decisions under medium-risk conditions.\nPreferred Start Date\nAs soon as possible\nJob Location\nNairobi, Kenya\nBenefits\nHealth insurance, housing, and comprehensive benefits\nEligibility\nThis role is only open to citizens or permanent residents of Kenya.\nApplication Deadline\n16 November 2026. Please note that we hire on a rolling basis which means that applications are reviewed and processed on a continuous basis until a hire is made.\nOne 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 (), but do not send applications or application materials to this email address.\nDiversity, 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.\nWe 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. 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