Tupande Strategy & Supply Associate - High Value Crops

About

One Acre Fund seeks a strategy and operations professional with 5+ years of experience to lead complex high-value-crop growth and supply initiatives. The role shapes variety and sourcing decisions and builds commercially scalable supply systems that improve farmer outcomes. The job is based in Nairobi, Kenya, with a preferred start date as soon as possible. Duty station: Nairobi, Kenya. Preferred start date: As soon as possible. Benefits: Health insurance, housing, and comprehensive benefits.

How to apply

Apply online through the official advert page on One Acre Fund Careers using the “Apply now” button.

Responsibilities

• Lead and execute strategic projects that support the HVC strategies and Tupande's impact vision.
• Translate strategic priorities into structured execution plans, milestones and clear ownership.
• Own key HVC workstreams and drive them through agreed Stage-Gate processes.
• Contribute to strategic direction by identifying opportunities, risks and required interventions.
• Drive planning, forecasting and performance analysis across priority HVC value chains.
• Analyse farmer, market, supply, pricing and operational data to generate actionable business insights.
• Develop business cases and recommendations to support variety diversification, commercial partnerships and margin expansion.
• Use data and sound business judgment to influence decisions on investment, scale-up and portfolio priorities.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams across Agronomy, Global Supply Chain, Government Relations, Operations and other relevant functions.
• Drive alignment on variety testing, regulatory approvals, seed multiplication and commercial implementation.
• Lead task forces and ensure agreed actions, milestones and dependencies are delivered.
• Influence stakeholders without direct authority to achieve strategic project objectives.
• Track strategic KPIs and performance across the HVC portfolio.
• Lead regular assessment of initiatives against agreed commercial, farmer-impact and operational criteria.
• Make recommendations to scale, pause, adapt or discontinue initiatives based on evidence and business viability.

Qualifications

• Exceptional project management and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to lead complex, cross-functional initiatives.
• Strong analytical capability, able to combine data with sound business judgment to influence business decisions.
• Ability to translate strategy into executable plans and identify opportunities, risks and structural bottlenecks.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to understand the motivations of different teams and stakeholders and support them to work together.
• Ability to assess commercial viability, develop business cases and understand the financial implications of strategic decisions.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel and Google Suite.
• 5+ years of experience.