Tupande Strategy & Supply Associate – High Value Crops

One Acre Fund is a nonprofit organization that supplies smallholder farmers in East Africa with asset-based financing and agriculture training services to reduce hunger and poverty.

Tupande Strategy & Supply Associate – High Value Crops

About the Role

• Seeking a strategic project management professional with 5+ years of experience to lead complex cross-functional initiatives and translate a 5-year strategy into scalable, commercially viable solutions with strong farmer impact.

Responsibilities

Lead Strategic HVC Projects

• Lead and execute strategic projects that support the HVC and Potato 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.

Commercial & Operational Analysis

• 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.

Cross-Functional Project Leadership

• 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.

HVC Portfolio Performance Management

• Track strategic KPIs and performance across the HVC portfolio.