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Tupande Procurement Senior Coordinator - BU Support at One Acre Fund
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Nairobi 🇰🇪 Kenya
Posted 3 days ago (21 Sep 2026) Deadline: 2 Dec 2026 Updated 2 days ago
Job Description
The Senior Procurement Coordinator oversees the full procurement lifecycle for business‑unit projects, driving process improvements and ensuring compliance with contracts. They coordinate with suppliers and internal stakeholders, conduct spend and market analyses, and lead strategic sourcing initiatives to achieve cost savings and quality improvements.
Qualifications & Requirements
- • BA/BSc/HND or professional certificate
- • Minimum 3 years experience in procurement or supply‑chain functions
- • Strong analytical abilities
- • Ability to develop SOPs, templates and training materials
- • Excellent communication and stakeholder‑management skills
Required Skills
Responsibilities
- • Drive targeted process and performance improvements for procurement projects
- • Develop templates, SOPs, and training materials to support cross‑functional initiatives
- • Coordinate periodic reviews with business units to clear aged procurement requests and purchase orders
- • Perform root‑cause analysis to reduce PR‑to‑PO turnaround time
- • Identify capability gaps and propose incremental process enhancements
- • Facilitate collaboration between business units and procurement teams to align priorities and timelines
- • Lead strategic sourcing activities, including spend and market analysis, supplier pre‑qualification, and RFx negotiations
- • Negotiate pricing, SLAs, payment terms, and delivery schedules, and integrate selected suppliers into planning systems
- • Execute and manage contracts, ensuring favorable terms and compliance
- • Monitor supplier performance, drive continuous improvement, and conduct business review meetings
- • Prepare routine reports and dashboards on procurement project progress and risks
- • Support data collection, ad‑hoc market research, and analysis of cost drivers to inform spend management