Global Supply Chain Compliance & Controls Specialist

One Acre Fund

One Acre Fund

Operations, Compliance / Regulatory
Nairobi, Kenya
Posted on Nov 2, 2025

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.

About the Role

We are seeking a Procurement or Supply Chain professional. You will be responsible for executing day-to-day compliance activities, including routine checks, data validation, and monitoring system adherence, supporting the adoption of policies and KPIs by maintaining trackers, preparing documentation, and reporting gaps. Additionally, you will facilitate training rollouts and monitor their effectiveness. Collect and manage operational data to develop dashboards and insights. Conducting field visits for spot checks and on-site training to ensure compliance and strengthen process adoption. You will report to the Global Supply Chain Capability Associate.

Responsibilities

  • Compliance Monitoring & Audit Support (30%)
    • Conduct routine compliance checks across global and local procurement, logistics, warehouse, and retail activities.
    • Prepare documentation and evidence for both internal and external audits.
    • Liaise with Internal Audit and country teams/leadership to ensure timely closure of findings and follow-up on action items.
    • Act as a sparing partner for the GSC Capability Associate and the relevant country leadership to identify new control and compliance checks and lead their implementation
    • Drive the continuous improvement of existing control and compliance checks across the supply chain
    • Escalate persistent compliance gaps to the GSC Capability Associate & relevant country leadership.
  • Procurement, Inventory & Operational Controls (25%)
    • Monitor adherence to procurement, logistics, and retail SOPs through the existing controls, IPMs (In-process Measurement) and Controls dashboards
    • Conduct spot checks at warehouses, PRO stores, and retail outlets to ensure controls are followed.
    • Support Global Procurement on compliance-related initiatives, including independent price surveys, reconciliations, and policy adherence checks.
  • Loss Prevention Execution (25%)
    • Track and report on key loss buckets across procurement, logistics, and retail.
    • Champion implementation of loss prevention interventions designed with the GSC Capability Associate.
    • Maintain dashboards and provide timely insights to management on trends, risks, and control gaps.
  • Champion Procurement Capability work (10%)
    • Champion Procurement capability building by aligning with the Global Procurement team to adapt and embed best practices.
    • Leverage existing academies and training programs to drive procurement skill development and knowledge transfer across teams.
    • Promote continuous improvement in Procurement practices, ensuring staff are equipped to deliver efficient, compliant, and value-driven outcomes.
  • Policy & SOP Support (10%)
    • Ensure that SOPs, policies, and compliance guidance are accessible and followed across teams.
    • Manage compliance to all required policies for Procurement, Logistics and Supply Chain teams- both in adherence (signatures) and in execution through control and compliance checks
    • Provide operational support for SOP updates and communicate compliance requirements to field 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:

  • Must have work experience in Supply Chain or Logistics (understanding how the industry works)
  • Experience with compliance, controls and process improvement.
  • Proficiency in analyzing and visualizing data.
  • Agile and distributed decision-making - using evidence and applying judgment to balance pace, rigor, and risk.
  • Experience with implementing change initiatives and leading change.
  • Proficiency in execution and project management.
  • Building strong relationships and collaboration, managing trusted stakeholder relationships internally and externally.

Preferred Start Date

As soon as possible

Job Location

Nairobi, Kenya.

Benefits

Health insurance, paid time off

Eligibility

This role is only open to citizens or permanent residents of Kenya.

Application Deadline

31 January 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.