{"id":102184,"date":"2026-07-17T12:45:03","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T12:45:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/uncategorized\/senior-procurement-associate\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T12:45:03","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T12:45:03","slug":"senior-procurement-associate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/jobs\/nairobi\/senior-procurement-associate\/","title":{"rendered":"Senior Procurement Associate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\/\", \"@type\": \"JobPosting\", \"title\": \"Senior Procurement Associate\", \"description\": \"About the Role\\nThe Senior Procurement Associate will lead and manage the procurement function of the Food for Education Foundation. This role ensures that procurement activities are aligned with organizational goals, cost-effective, compliant with policies and regulations, and contribute to continuous process improvement. The position will also oversee supplier management, procurement operations, and support cross-functional initiatives such as warehouse efficiency and menu re-engineering.\\nRoles & Responsibilities\\nStrategic Procurement Leadership\\nDevelop and Implement Procurement Strategies: Formulate and execute procurement strategies that align with F4E organizational goals, ensuring both cost-effectiveness and value addition.\\nMarket Analysis and Forecasting: Analyze market trends to anticipate procurement needs and adjust strategies accordingly.\\nDemand Planning: Contribute accurate termly consumption data, lead times, reorder levels, and supplier constraints to the Operations\/Production demand and stock planning process, to prevent stock-outs and overstocking, as per the Procurement Policy.\\nSeasonal & Strategic Sourcing: Time the procurement of key inventory items e.g. grains, legumes, seasonal produce to periods of peak market supply and lowest price \u2014 informed by the demand plan and within storage capacity, shelf-life, and food safety constraints \u2014 to capture cost savings ahead of price increases in off-season periods.\\nRisk Management: Identify potential risks in the F4E supply chain and develop mitigation plans to address them.\\nSupplier Relationship and Contract Management\\nSupplier Selection and Negotiation: Lead suppliers' prequalification process, engagement, negotiate contracts, and establish favorable terms and conditions for F4E.\\nPerformance Monitoring: Establish key performance indicators KPIs to assess supplier performance and implement corrective actions when necessary.\\nVendor Base Diversification: Maintain a minimum of 3 active, qualified vendors per procurement category e.g. per food ingredient line, service type to preserve competitive tension, ensure supply continuity, and avoid over-reliance on a single source; escalate any category that falls below this threshold with a plan to onboard additional vendors.\\nContract Administration: Oversee the administration of contracts, ensuring compliance with agreed terms and conditions.\\nVendor Impact Storytelling: Collaborate with internal teams to identify, document, and share stories from vendors that illustrate the impact of F4E's school feeding program \u2014 on their businesses, livelihoods, and communities \u2014 supporting the organization's broader storytelling and reporting needs as an NGO.\\nOutsourced Services & Consultancy Management\\nVetting of Outsourced Providers: Support the prequalification and due diligence of all outsourced service providers, as per the Procurement Policy.\\nEngagement & Contract Tracking: Maintain a live register of active outsourced engagements contracts, Statements of Work, and consultancy agreements, including agreed deliverables, terms, and expiry\/renewal dates, and flag upcoming renewals or expiries to the relevant Head of Department in good time.\\nPerformance Tracking: Support Heads of Department in monitoring and documenting the ongoing performance of outsourced service providers against agreed deliverables and the Supplier Performance Evaluation Matrix, escalating underperformance or non-compliance promptly for corrective action.\\nOperational Oversight and Compliance\\nProcurement Operations Management: Supervise day-to-day, end-to-end procurement activities, ensuring timely and cost-effective acquisition of goods and services.\\nCompliance Assurance: Ensure all procurement activities comply with internal policies, legal requirements, and industry standards.\\nAudit and Reporting: Coordinate internal audits of procurement processes and prepare reports for senior management.\\nTeam Leadership and Development\\nTeam Management: Lead and mentor the F4E procurement team, fostering a collaborative and high-performance culture.\\nTraining and Development: Identify training needs and provide opportunities for professional development to enhance team capabilities.\\nPerformance Evaluation: Conduct regular performance reviews against set KPIs and provide constructive feedback to team members.\\nContinuous Improvement and Innovation\\nProcess Optimization: Identify opportunities for process improvements and implement best practices to enhance F4E procurement efficiency.\\nTechnology Integration: Leverage technology and procurement software\/ERPs to streamline operations and improve data accuracy.\\nSustainability Initiatives: Promote sustainable procurement practices that align with F4E's environmental and social responsibility goals.\\nMenu Re-Engineering\\nTermly Menu Development: Lead the procurement-side input into F4E's termly menu re-engineering cycle, a core organizational deliverable \u2014 working closely with the Operations team on new product trials to d\", \"datePosted\": \"2026-07-16\", \"hiringOrganization\": {\"@type\": \"Organization\", \"name\": \"Food For Education\"}, \"jobLocation\": {\"@type\": \"Place\", \"address\": {\"@type\": \"PostalAddress\", \"addressLocality\": \"Nairobi\", \"addressCountry\": \"KE\"}}, \"directApply\": true, \"validThrough\": \"2026-07-30T23:59:59\", \"employmentType\": \"FULL_TIME\"}<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Company:<\/strong> Food For Education<\/p>\n<p><strong>Location:<\/strong> Nairobi<\/p>\n<p><strong>Job Type:<\/strong> Full Time<\/p>\n<p><strong>Apply Before:<\/strong> 2026-07-30<\/p>\n<h3>Job Description<\/h3>\n<p>About the Role<br \/>The Senior Procurement Associate will lead and manage the procurement function of the Food for Education Foundation. This role ensures that procurement activities are aligned with organizational goals, cost-effective, compliant with policies and regulations, and contribute to continuous process improvement. The position will also oversee supplier management, procurement operations, and support cross-functional initiatives such as warehouse efficiency and menu re-engineering.<br \/>Roles &#038; Responsibilities<br \/>Strategic Procurement Leadership<br \/>Develop and Implement Procurement Strategies: Formulate and execute procurement strategies that align with F4E organizational goals, ensuring both cost-effectiveness and value addition.<br \/>Market Analysis and Forecasting: Analyze market trends to anticipate procurement needs and adjust strategies accordingly.<br \/>Demand Planning: Contribute accurate termly consumption data, lead times, reorder levels, and supplier constraints to the Operations\/Production demand and stock planning process, to prevent stock-outs and overstocking, as per the Procurement Policy.<br \/>Seasonal &#038; Strategic Sourcing: Time the procurement of key inventory items e.g. grains, legumes, seasonal produce to periods of peak market supply and lowest price \u2014 informed by the demand plan and within storage capacity, shelf-life, and food safety constraints \u2014 to capture cost savings ahead of price increases in off-season periods.<br \/>Risk Management: Identify potential risks in the F4E supply chain and develop mitigation plans to address them.<br \/>Supplier Relationship and Contract Management<br \/>Supplier Selection and Negotiation: Lead suppliers&#8217; prequalification process, engagement, negotiate contracts, and establish favorable terms and conditions for F4E.<br \/>Performance Monitoring: Establish key performance indicators KPIs to assess supplier performance and implement corrective actions when necessary.<br \/>Vendor Base Diversification: Maintain a minimum of 3 active, qualified vendors per procurement category e.g. per food ingredient line, service type to preserve competitive tension, ensure supply continuity, and avoid over-reliance on a single source; escalate any category that falls below this threshold with a plan to onboard additional vendors.<br \/>Contract Administration: Oversee the administration of contracts, ensuring compliance with agreed terms and conditions.<br \/>Vendor Impact Storytelling: Collaborate with internal teams to identify, document, and share stories from vendors that illustrate the impact of F4E&#8217;s school feeding program \u2014 on their businesses, livelihoods, and communities \u2014 supporting the organization&#8217;s broader storytelling and reporting needs as an NGO.<br \/>Outsourced Services &#038; Consultancy Management<br \/>Vetting of Outsourced Providers: Support the prequalification and due diligence of all outsourced service providers, as per the Procurement Policy.<br \/>Engagement &#038; Contract Tracking: Maintain a live register of active outsourced engagements contracts, Statements of Work, and consultancy agreements, including agreed deliverables, terms, and expiry\/renewal dates, and flag upcoming renewals or expiries to the relevant Head of Department in good time.<br \/>Performance Tracking: Support Heads of Department in monitoring and documenting the ongoing performance of outsourced service providers against agreed deliverables and the Supplier Performance Evaluation Matrix, escalating underperformance or non-compliance promptly for corrective action.<br \/>Operational Oversight and Compliance<br \/>Procurement Operations Management: Supervise day-to-day, end-to-end procurement activities, ensuring timely and cost-effective acquisition of goods and services.<br \/>Compliance Assurance: Ensure all procurement activities comply with internal policies, legal requirements, and industry standards.<br \/>Audit and Reporting: Coordinate internal audits of procurement processes and prepare reports for senior management.<br \/>Team Leadership and Development<br \/>Team Management: Lead and mentor the F4E procurement team, fostering a collaborative and high-performance culture.<br \/>Training and Development: Identify training needs and provide opportunities for professional development to enhance team capabilities.<br \/>Performance Evaluation: Conduct regular performance reviews against set KPIs and provide constructive feedback to team members.<br \/>Continuous Improvement and Innovation<br \/>Process Optimization: Identify opportunities for process improvements and implement best practices to enhance F4E procurement efficiency.<br \/>Technology Integration: Leverage technology and procurement software\/ERPs to streamline operations and improve data accuracy.<br \/>Sustainability Initiatives: Promote sustainable procurement practices that align with F4E&#8217;s environmental and social responsibility goals.<br \/>Menu Re-Engineering<br \/>Termly Menu Development: Lead the procurement-side input into F4E&#8217;s termly menu re-engineering cycle, a core organizational deliverable \u2014 working closely with the Operations team on new product trials to develop innovative, nutritionally enhanced menu items or variations.<br \/>Market &#038; Seasonal Input: Guide menu options using market trends, seasonal ingredient availability, and regional taste preferences, so that new or revised menu items are both deliverable at scale and cost-effective to source.<\/p>\n<h3>How to Apply<\/h3>\n<p>Interested and qualified? 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