Global Supply Chain Capability Manager

About One Acre Fund

Founded in 2006, One Acre Fund equips 6.5 million smallholder farmers to make their farms more productive. Across ten 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 11,000+ full-time staff, drawn from diverse backgrounds and professions. To learn more, please see our Why Work Here blog post.

About the Role

As the Global Supply Chain Capability Manager, you sit at the intersection of supply chain operational excellence, capability building, internal controls, and strategy across our country programs. You will rally together with global & country supply chain teams to elevate functional mastery across procurement, logistics, and retail operations, maximizing efficiency, governance, and impact.

Responsibilities

Strategy & roadmap: 

• Define and execute the long-term Supply Chain Capability strategy, OKRs, and roadmap in close alignment and collaboration with country supply chain leadership teams to address organizational objectives, country reality & needs, 2030 SC vision, and the evolving operating context and technology.

Eliminate losses or “waste” along the end-to-end supply chain:

• Rally together with country supply chain teams and serving as a subject matter expert to global and country (supply chain) leadership.

Operational excellence & best practices: 

• Lead Communities of Practice (COPs) to foster practical cross-country learning, drive rapid adoption of best practices, and innovation tailored to each country’s execution. Together with the capability team, provide functional structural capability programs and spot coaching tailored to the country and individual needs of all supply chain professionals.

Capability assessments & continuous improvement: 

• Conduct benchmarking, capability assessments, and knowledge checks across people, processes, and systems, tracking KPI/IPMs to drive collaborative, data-driven improvements in training approach, processes, and systems.

Supply chain systems  training:

• Oversee supply chain system enhancements in close coordination with country leadership to ensure alignment with (industry) best process practices, country program needs, and realities; lead change management and training initiatives, pivoting where needed to drive meaningful adoption.

Governance, controls & risk mitigation: 

• Continuously improve and tighten internal controls and performance dashboards to mitigate operational risks, prevent losses, inventory fraud, and maintain compliance. Work closely with internal audit, investigations, and country supply chain teams to ensure gaps are captured, prioritized, and addressed with sustainable interventions.

Process & policy documentation: 

• Own and continuously refine SOPs, policy guidance, and knowledge management resources to preserve institutional knowledge and drive golden standards across teams.

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 and 3+ years of relevant experience in management capacity in Supply Chain fields such as Procurement, Logistics, etc
• Technical supply chain depth: deep knowledge of procurement, logistics, warehousing and retail, plus SAP/ERP/WMS experience.
• Strong leadership & coaching: Managing individual and team performance,  mentoring teams, building functional talent pipelines
• Strong analytics skills: Proven experience to quickly structure, review, synthesize and analyze high-context data to drive decision-making and continuous improvement.
• Agile and distributed decision-making - using evidence and applying judgment to balance pace, rigor and risk.
• Experience effectively managing projects and communicating, both orally and in writing, technical and non-technical information to all organizational levels. 
• Experience with implementing change initiatives and leading change.

Preferred Start Date

As soon as possible

Job Location

Nairobi, Kenya or Kigali, Rwanda

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

25 October 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.

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.