Tupande Contract Management Specialists & Senior Specialist

The role

The Specialist provides senior procurement and commercial leadership across the full procurement lifecycle. This person will own the Contract Management function and lead the contract management team.

What you will do

• Own the Contract Management function and ensure consistent standards.
• Lead and develop the contract management team.
• Structure and lead medium-complexity procurement work.
• Lead supplier selection and commercial negotiations.
• Provide early commercial leadership for capital investment and complex procurement portfolios.
• Establish consistent controls for contract changes and claims.
• Ensure contractual commitments remain aligned with supplier delivery.
• Hold suppliers accountable for agreed performance.
• Represent Procurement independently and manage complex commercial escalations.
• Directly manage three colleagues.

Required qualifications

• Expert knowledge of contract law, commercial terms, FIDIC/construction/equipment contracts, CAPEX procurement, and procurement governance frameworks.
• Advanced commercial negotiation, contract drafting/redlining, contract portfolio risk analysis, project management, and AI contract tool utilization.
• Data analysis skills (i.e. Google Sheets, Statistical software like R).
• Project and contract management skills.
• Executive communication.
• Matrix team leadership.
• Strategic decision-making.
• Conflict resolution.
• Cross-functional stakeholder management.
• Procurement and Supply chain skills.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Paid time off

Before you apply

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

About the company

One Acre Fund equips 5.5 million smallholder farmers to make their farms more productive. The Kenya program operates under the local brand Tupande.