One Acre Fund Deliveries & Materials Execution Specialist Jobs in Kenya

One Acre Fund Deliveries & Materials Execution Specialist Jobs in Kenya

About One Acre Fund

Founded in 2006, One Acre Fund supplies smallholder farmers with the agricultural services they need to make their farms vastly more productive. We provide quality farm supplies on credit, delivered within walking distance of farmers’ homes, and agricultural trainings to improve harvests.

We measure our success by our ability to make farmers more prosperous: On average, farmers harvest 50 percent more food after working with One Acre Fund.

We are growing quickly. We currently serve more than 800,000 farm families in Eastern and Southern Africa, with more than 7,500 full-time staff, and we aim to serve 1 million farm families by 2020.

Job Description

The Deliveries & Materials Execution (DME) Specialist coordinates all deliveries made to the Field Team across our 50 districts and 15 regions.

You will manage both weekly and incentive deliveries with support during Follow-Up Deliveries (FUDs) for our annual inputs.

In addition, they support the annual planning of our seasonal agricultural deliveries to ensure that all clients receive their inputs on time and can realize a successful planting during the rains.

Specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Input Delivery Execution

Plan - Participate in input delivery planning through working groups as the Field Ops representative to contribute to seasonal deliveries, improvements and strategies.

Communication - design and work on communication strategies to the field and clients on updates and challenges with input from relevant partners such as FSM and System teams.

Train - plan and work on Input Delivery Boot Camps by setting up the calendar, writing trainings, coordinating printing and distribution and planning field training location logistics.

Troubleshoot - respond proactively to field challenges, design talking points for input delivery issues and provide these to Field and CE

Execution - work on strategies arising from planning discussions and seasonal coordination meetings and developing required tools and project plans

Materials Execution

Incentives Coordination

Design annual calendar of incentives deliveries and status updates on procurement and delivery status.

Place orders with procurement and global Inputs to sources different incentives materials.

Work with relevant partners to ensure that incentives are delivered to the field on time.

Track annual performance of vendors and give feedback to procurement and work with procurement to get best available prices for high-quality materials.

Track incentive inventory and maintain records of stock levels.

Boot-camp Materials

Coordinate with relevant partners to receive materials to print internally and procure with external vendors.

Procure needed items with procurement or global inputs.

Work with relevant partners to ensure materials are delivered on time to the appropriate districts.

Track receipt of correct version at the district level to ensure that trial placements are received at the right place.

Coordinate boot-camp materials for Enrollment, Crop, Client Service, Input Delivery and any other boot camps.

Oversee AA team to

book and expense venues for the appropriate days.

Coordinate with relevant partners on report creation for reports to staff, Group Leaders and Clients. Work with relevant teams to ensure they are printed and delivered to the field on time (delivered by transport or digitally). Reports include CRPRs, GRPRs, Client Notices, Client Invoices, etc.
Staff materials

Build tools to refine work

Take on projects to improve materials execution and issue resolution

Tool-kits - coordinate compilation of document content, coordinate print and delivery to ensure items are delivered to the field on time. For non-print tool-kits, publish digital documents to relevant partners.

Staff kits - Determine package for the year with relevant partners and coordinate execution of staff kits by procuring items and making sure they are delivered on time.

Track Field Staff IT needs and procure required items such as laptops, printers and other assets

Oversee IT Maintenance Process and Field

IT Inventory

Tool Development and Project Management

System Liaison

Be the Field Operations liaison for system teams and create improvements with procurement,

Logistics and Business Operations

Coordinate field issue resolution through responding to Zendesk and escalating field issues to relevant partners.

Management

Manage 2 staffers who organize core program deliveries each week together with partners in Logistics, Business Operations, Print and Procurement.

Team planning and Leadership

Recruit, hire and on-board new team members

Systematize and downshift work

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 shape a growing organization and build a rewarding long-term career.

Qualifications

Specific qualifications include but not limited to:

Exceptional Excel: Can analyze data and and give reports to multiple stakeholders
Organized

Critically analyze information: drive toward logical ideas through sound reasoning

Strong ability to liaise between multiple departments/teams and maintain good working relationships

Project management - plan, coordinate and execute multiple projects simultaneously

Good communication skills

Resilience and ability to stay focused on long-term goals

Positive attitude and a willingness to learn

Preferred Start Date
As soon as possible

Job Location
Kakamega, Kenya

Compensation
Commensurate with experience

Duration
Full-time job.

Benefits
Health insurance, paid time off

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