Burundi Procurement Associate
One Acre Fund - TUBURA (OAF TUBURA)
Deadline: Dec. 7, 2024
One Acre Fund - TUBURA is an agricultural NGO working in East Africa to support farmers with small land areas. We offer each of our members a package of services such as local delivery of agricultural inputs on credit and training with the aim of increasing harvests and incomes. Established in Burundi in 2012, we are a fast growing organization, which now has over 684 employees nationwide. As of 2020, we serve over 290,000 households in 7(?) provinces: Muramvya, Gitega, Kayanza, Mwaro and Ngozi. For more information visit our website: http://www.oneacrefund.org .
Procurement teams manage more than $1 million in spend annually across more than 1,300 transactions and purchase all operational goods and services on behalf of more than 290,000 smallholder farmers.
We are looking for someone to help us improve process efficiency, save more than 5% of purchasing cost, implement process/system improvement projects and build capacity of our Program teams.
The candidate will be under the management of the Global Procurement Manager, will directly supervise the purchasing operations for different departments of the program. He/she will contribute to providing an exceptional purchasing service for the benefit of our farmers of over one million people in East and Southern Africa.
Manage the purchasing process for the Burundi team:
Reduce costs:
Tighten the control environment:
Excellence in execution
Process improvement
Strategic support for transportation and warehousing
Supervision of import processes
Stakeholder management
Management
Team and culture
One Acre Fund invests in the development of management and leadership skills. Your manager and a global support team dedicate a lot of time to your professional development. We provide ongoing, concrete feedback through mentoring and regular career reviews in the form of management advice. We also hold regular one-on-one meetings, where we listen and discuss career goals, and work collaboratively to create truly exciting roles. Due to our rapid growth, we constantly have new senior roles opening up and plenty of opportunities in different functions.
We are looking for professionals with 3+ years of experience in a demanding professional environment, preferably in positions where frequent communication is required. Candidates who meet the following criteria are encouraged to apply:
As soon as possible
Bujumbura, Burundi
Medical coverage, paid annual leave, comprehensive benefits
One Acre Fund can sponsor the visa for this position. However, nationals of (or those with extensive professional experience or work experience in) our countries of operations are preferred.
December 7, 2024. We recruit on a rolling basis, which means applications are reviewed and processed continuously until a hire is made.
One Acre Fund never asks candidates to pay for tests at any stage of the interview process. Official emails from One Acre Fund will always come from an address containing @ oneacrefund.org . Please report any suspicious communications here (globalhotline@oneacrefund.org), but do not send your application materials to this email address .
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) and anti-racism are deeply connected to our organization’s mission and purpose. One Acre Fund strives to build a culture where all employees feel valued, represented, and connected—so our team can thrive as professionals, and achieve exceptional impact for the farmers we serve.
We are committed to promoting equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, disability, gender, gender identity or expression. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.
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