6 Procurement Specialist jobs in Kenya
Tupande Procurement Specialist – Strategy & Capability
Kakamega, Western
One Acre Fund
Posted 9 days ago
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About One Acre Fund
Founded 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. br>Our Kenya program, founded in 2006, is our second largest. We operate under the farmer brand Tupande, serving over one million farmers and employing 2200 staff. We aim to transform every farming community in Kenya by delivering sustained food security and pathways to prosperity.tupande.co.ke.
About the Role
The Procurement Specialist – Strategy & Capability will lead strategic sourcing initiatives and continuous improvement projects that strengthen Tupande's procurement operations and financial sustainability. This is a mid-to-senior level role with managerial responsibility for BU-facing procurement leads and high visibility across departments. You will be a part of the Procurement team and will report directly to the Procurement Associate. This role is based in Kakamega and is onsite with occasional field engagement. < r>Responsibilities
Design, build, and track procurement-led projects aligned to Tupande's organizational priorities (e.g., BU Support , Market Access, Cash Crops, factory sourcing). Serve as the procurement project lead, coordinating teams, managing risks, and delivering on timelines.
ct as the strategic liaison between Procurement and departments. Align procurement inputs with annual BU planning, ensure sourcing calendars match program timelines, and resolve competing sourcing demands.
Lead process improvement initiatives across sourcing, contracting, and PO workflows. Help implement global SOPs, champion efficiency tools, and streamline the end-to-end procurement cycle.
Collaborate with the Planning & Performance Specialist to monitor procurement health track PR ageing, Service level agreement adherence, vendor OTIF, and escalate critical risks or delays through executive reporting.
Lead and support a team of BU-facing procurement leads. Provide performance coaching, set goals, and coordinate delivery across categories and departments.
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.
Across all roles, these are the general qualifications we look for. For this role specifically, you will have:
3 o more years of relevant workexperience in procurement, strategic sourcing, or supply chain project management.
Proven track record of leading procurement projects and delivering measurable cost savings or operational improvements.
Strong working knowledge of ERP systems (e.g., SAP, Odoo) and data tools such as Excel, Power BI, or Google Sheets.
Demonstrated experience managing complex sourcing processes, including RFQs, vendor evaluations, and contract execution.
Strong understanding of procurement planning, PR/PO systems, and category management.
Language: English required. Swahili preferred.
Preferred Start Date
As soon as possible
Job Location
Kakamega, Kenya
Benefits
Health insurance, paid time off
Eligibility
This role is only open to citizens or permanent residents of Kenya.
Application Deadline
13 October 2025. 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 ( ), 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.
Founded 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. br>Our Kenya program, founded in 2006, is our second largest. We operate under the farmer brand Tupande, serving over one million farmers and employing 2200 staff. We aim to transform every farming community in Kenya by delivering sustained food security and pathways to prosperity.tupande.co.ke.
About the Role
The Procurement Specialist – Strategy & Capability will lead strategic sourcing initiatives and continuous improvement projects that strengthen Tupande's procurement operations and financial sustainability. This is a mid-to-senior level role with managerial responsibility for BU-facing procurement leads and high visibility across departments. You will be a part of the Procurement team and will report directly to the Procurement Associate. This role is based in Kakamega and is onsite with occasional field engagement. < r>Responsibilities
Design, build, and track procurement-led projects aligned to Tupande's organizational priorities (e.g., BU Support , Market Access, Cash Crops, factory sourcing). Serve as the procurement project lead, coordinating teams, managing risks, and delivering on timelines.
ct as the strategic liaison between Procurement and departments. Align procurement inputs with annual BU planning, ensure sourcing calendars match program timelines, and resolve competing sourcing demands.
Lead process improvement initiatives across sourcing, contracting, and PO workflows. Help implement global SOPs, champion efficiency tools, and streamline the end-to-end procurement cycle.
Collaborate with the Planning & Performance Specialist to monitor procurement health track PR ageing, Service level agreement adherence, vendor OTIF, and escalate critical risks or delays through executive reporting.
Lead and support a team of BU-facing procurement leads. Provide performance coaching, set goals, and coordinate delivery across categories and departments.
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.
Across all roles, these are the general qualifications we look for. For this role specifically, you will have:
3 o more years of relevant workexperience in procurement, strategic sourcing, or supply chain project management.
Proven track record of leading procurement projects and delivering measurable cost savings or operational improvements.
Strong working knowledge of ERP systems (e.g., SAP, Odoo) and data tools such as Excel, Power BI, or Google Sheets.
Demonstrated experience managing complex sourcing processes, including RFQs, vendor evaluations, and contract execution.
Strong understanding of procurement planning, PR/PO systems, and category management.
Language: English required. Swahili preferred.
Preferred Start Date
As soon as possible
Job Location
Kakamega, Kenya
Benefits
Health insurance, paid time off
Eligibility
This role is only open to citizens or permanent residents of Kenya.
Application Deadline
13 October 2025. 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 ( ), 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.
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Supply Chain Manager
Nairobi
Career Directions Limited (CDL)
Posted 544 days ago
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FUNCTION/DEPARTMENT : SUPPLY CHAIN POSITION TITLE: Supply Chain Manager REPORTS TO: COO-Kenya DIRECT REPORTS/SUPERVISES: Site & Development Manager, Operations & Excellence Controller and Operations Manager JOB PURPOSE: Oversee warehouse team operations to ensure optimal return on investment Working relationships: INTERNAL CONTACTS 1.Warehouse Manager2.IT3.Commercial team4.QHSE team5.HR EXTERNAL CONTACTS 1.Clients2.Transporters3.Suppliers Extent of Authority : Analyze propose solutions and implementation Key Responsibilities 1.Ensure all Warehouse Projects are implemented and executed as per the Clients requirements2.Manage Warehouse security3.Responsible for weekly invoicing of all warehousing and handling activities for value added and general cargo Clients4.Ensure no variances between physical and WMS stock5.Perform spot checks on warehouse documentation and archiving to ensure compliance6.Structure tariff building & manage the P & L7.Plan & design container yard, warehouse layouts and flows8.Manage stock holding & planning to optimize space9.Manage MHE requirements10.Provide Clients and top management with accurate stock management reports11.Develop and share KPI’s to measure performance12.Manage & Lead warehouse teams13.Consistently analyze productivity & efficiency of warehouse resources14.Support sales force ,legal & contractual negotiations15.Ensure strong Client relationships16.Responsible for the Company P & L17.Responsible for the strategic decision making & implementation of such decisions in the company site18.Ensure overall governance on discipline in the company site19.Take full ownership of the company site operations20.Provide guidance where required to the operations team21.Provide feedback to Management in terms of key account issues for further support22.Ensure compliance /SOP;s are adhered o with a re-developed centre of excellence teamRequirements Qualifications 1.Masters Degree in supply chain Management2.Accounting Knowledge. Experience 1. 10 years experience in a Logistics/Supply Chain Company, 5 years in a senior managerial role Key Skills 1.Communication2.Customer care3.Negotiation4.Analytical5.Managerial6.Computer literacy Personal Attributes 1.Problem solver2.Result oriented3.Decision making4.Anticipation5.Open mind6.Computer literacy
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Solution Engineer - (AI Finance & Supply Chain)
Nairobi, Nairobi
Microsoft Corporation
Posted 16 days ago
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The mission of Microsoft Business Applications is to help our customers digitally transform their businesses to drive new sources of revenue, create new and engaging ways to serve their customers, and to transform the way in which their business runs to drive new levels of profitability for their organization.
In this role you will be the Technology Specialist (pre-sales consultant) for your assigned workload and a member of the sales team that consists of Solution Specialist, Customer Success Unit, partners, and engineering. In this role you will advance pipeline by assisting the Solution Specialist in qualifying the deal, developing the strategy and inspiring the CxO/Business Decision Maker/Technical Decision Maker. You are responsible for designing the solution and delivering an industry-aligned demonstration to the customer. You will engage partners for co-sell and implementation considerations, engineering to assist with emerging technologies and Customer Success Unit for deal support. The demo will focus on solving the technical proof requirements while highlighting our business value and competitive differentiators and should result in securing the customer's solution design endorsement. Once the solution design is secured, you will support the Solution Specialist in finalizing the customer proposal and assisting with licensing.
You will develop relationships with the decision makers with our customers and position yourself as a trusted advisor in your domain. As a recognized product expert, you are responsible for sharing your technical, industry knowledge and best practices with your peers.
Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.
**Responsibilities**
+ Advance qualified pipeline revenue by demonstrating solution capabilities, addressing technical proof requirements, and securing the customer's solution design endorsement.
+ Engage with the account team to land solution envisioning sessions and business value assessments.
+ Proactively deliver compelling customer centric solution demonstrations based on technical workload expertise while building Business Decision Maker/CxO/Technical Decision Maker connections.
+ Address solution architecture considerations and competitive objection handling.
+ Assist in formalizing the customer proposal.
+ Collaborate with Partners and Customer Success to align on agreed upon deployment plan and Key Performance Indicators.
+ Lead discovery sessions in each opportunity, yielding output of customer-agreed business challenges and win themes prioritized with business value.
**Qualifications**
**Required/minimum qualifications**
+ 6+ years of technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience
+ OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 4+ years of technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience
+ OR Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 3+ years of technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience
+ OR equivalent experience.
**Additional or preferred qualifications**
+ 7+ years of technical pre-sales or technical consulting, or related experience OR equivalent experience.
+ 4+ years' experience with cloud and hybrid, or on premises infrastructures, architecture designs, migrations, industry standards, and/or technology management.
+ 7+ years of related experience:
+ Solution pre-sales for business applications and/or SaaS-based company or similar technology.
+ Solution pre-sales of complex business application deals requiring orchestration of large, dispersed, virtual teams composed of industry and solution team members.
+ Solutions pre-sales best practices including but not limited to; discovery, building and crafting solution strategies that differentiate from the competition, value-based selling, identifying, and expanding product opportunities.
+ Successful track record of competitive displacement.
+ Ability to drive and influence stakeholders across organizational boundaries through organizational, presentation, envisioning, writing, and verbal communication skills.
+ Proven track record in prioritization and orchestration of resources for complex customer digital transformation engagements.
+ Deep understanding of: Business application solutions
+ Commercial cloud offerings, ideally Microsoft's cloud platform as well as competitive knowledge of other business applications and related ecosystems.
+ Customer facing business processes in one or more industries such as Financial Services, Manufacturing, Automotive, Oil & Gas, Utilities, Retail & Consumer Goods, Healthcare, Public Sector and Media & Communications.
+ Business value selling methodologies and practices that successfully convey the value and business outcomes
+ How to uncover customer's stated and unstated needs and how technology can be leveraged to solve business problems.
+ Desired Skills:
+ High level of self-awareness, reflection, and empathy.
+ Ability to skillfully communicate, demonstrate, and prove the value of Dynamics 365 Business Applications.
+ Customer-centric mindset with demonstrated passion for delivering customer value.
+ Excel at coordinating team resources to build and deliver a compelling solution demonstration
+ Proven collaborator capable of influencing internal and external teams.
+ Excellent presentation and communications skills across various customer stakeholders, e.g., CIO, CFO, CMO, VP of Sales, etc.
+ Adept at challenging perspectives and differentiating from the competition by reframing value and exemplifying customer obsession.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations ( .
In this role you will be the Technology Specialist (pre-sales consultant) for your assigned workload and a member of the sales team that consists of Solution Specialist, Customer Success Unit, partners, and engineering. In this role you will advance pipeline by assisting the Solution Specialist in qualifying the deal, developing the strategy and inspiring the CxO/Business Decision Maker/Technical Decision Maker. You are responsible for designing the solution and delivering an industry-aligned demonstration to the customer. You will engage partners for co-sell and implementation considerations, engineering to assist with emerging technologies and Customer Success Unit for deal support. The demo will focus on solving the technical proof requirements while highlighting our business value and competitive differentiators and should result in securing the customer's solution design endorsement. Once the solution design is secured, you will support the Solution Specialist in finalizing the customer proposal and assisting with licensing.
You will develop relationships with the decision makers with our customers and position yourself as a trusted advisor in your domain. As a recognized product expert, you are responsible for sharing your technical, industry knowledge and best practices with your peers.
Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.
**Responsibilities**
+ Advance qualified pipeline revenue by demonstrating solution capabilities, addressing technical proof requirements, and securing the customer's solution design endorsement.
+ Engage with the account team to land solution envisioning sessions and business value assessments.
+ Proactively deliver compelling customer centric solution demonstrations based on technical workload expertise while building Business Decision Maker/CxO/Technical Decision Maker connections.
+ Address solution architecture considerations and competitive objection handling.
+ Assist in formalizing the customer proposal.
+ Collaborate with Partners and Customer Success to align on agreed upon deployment plan and Key Performance Indicators.
+ Lead discovery sessions in each opportunity, yielding output of customer-agreed business challenges and win themes prioritized with business value.
**Qualifications**
**Required/minimum qualifications**
+ 6+ years of technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience
+ OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 4+ years of technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience
+ OR Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 3+ years of technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience
+ OR equivalent experience.
**Additional or preferred qualifications**
+ 7+ years of technical pre-sales or technical consulting, or related experience OR equivalent experience.
+ 4+ years' experience with cloud and hybrid, or on premises infrastructures, architecture designs, migrations, industry standards, and/or technology management.
+ 7+ years of related experience:
+ Solution pre-sales for business applications and/or SaaS-based company or similar technology.
+ Solution pre-sales of complex business application deals requiring orchestration of large, dispersed, virtual teams composed of industry and solution team members.
+ Solutions pre-sales best practices including but not limited to; discovery, building and crafting solution strategies that differentiate from the competition, value-based selling, identifying, and expanding product opportunities.
+ Successful track record of competitive displacement.
+ Ability to drive and influence stakeholders across organizational boundaries through organizational, presentation, envisioning, writing, and verbal communication skills.
+ Proven track record in prioritization and orchestration of resources for complex customer digital transformation engagements.
+ Deep understanding of: Business application solutions
+ Commercial cloud offerings, ideally Microsoft's cloud platform as well as competitive knowledge of other business applications and related ecosystems.
+ Customer facing business processes in one or more industries such as Financial Services, Manufacturing, Automotive, Oil & Gas, Utilities, Retail & Consumer Goods, Healthcare, Public Sector and Media & Communications.
+ Business value selling methodologies and practices that successfully convey the value and business outcomes
+ How to uncover customer's stated and unstated needs and how technology can be leveraged to solve business problems.
+ Desired Skills:
+ High level of self-awareness, reflection, and empathy.
+ Ability to skillfully communicate, demonstrate, and prove the value of Dynamics 365 Business Applications.
+ Customer-centric mindset with demonstrated passion for delivering customer value.
+ Excel at coordinating team resources to build and deliver a compelling solution demonstration
+ Proven collaborator capable of influencing internal and external teams.
+ Excellent presentation and communications skills across various customer stakeholders, e.g., CIO, CFO, CMO, VP of Sales, etc.
+ Adept at challenging perspectives and differentiating from the competition by reframing value and exemplifying customer obsession.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations ( .
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