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.
We started working in Nigeria in 2018, serving just 150 farmers. That figure grew year on year, and we now serve more than 300,000 farmers across three regions in Niger State: Minna, Mokwa, and Iseyin.
Between our tree program and a diverse staple crop program, xx staff are supporting farmers in Nigeria to grow their way to prosperity.
About the Role
Seeking a supply chain professional with 2-5 years' experience to coordinate warehouse and inventory operations, team supervision, and space optimization to support efficient and scalable program delivery.
Responsibilities
Regional Warehouse Operations & Performance
- Coordinate day-to-day warehouse operations across assigned regional facilities.
- Ensure warehouses consistently follow approved OAF warehouse processes, and SOPs.
- Monitor warehouse performance against agreed KPIs for inventory accuracy, shrinkage, service, productivity, safety and compliance.
- Identify and share best practices across warehouses to improve consistency and performance.
- Plan ahead for peak periods and ensure warehouses are ready to support field and farmer needs.
- Regularly Go to Gemba to understand operational challenges and drive practical improvements.
Inventory Management & Control
- Lead regular physical stock counts, reconciliations and inventory reviews across assigned warehouses.
- Ensure physical stock is accurately reflected in the relevant inventory management system.
- Investigate inventory variances, identify root causes and ensure corrective actions are completed.
- Monitor inventory ageing, stock movements, transfers and potential losses.
- Strengthen controls that prevent shrinkage, stock errors and unauthorized stock movements.
- Ensure inventory records and supporting documentation are complete and audit-ready.
Warehouse Systems, Documentation & Compliance
- Ensure receiving, dispatch and inter-warehouse movements are properly documented and recorded on time.
- Maintain accurate warehouse records, including stock count sheets, waybills, delivery notes, GRNs, transfer documents and quality records.
- Conduct regular compliance checks and follow up on identified gaps.
- Support internal and external audits by ensuring warehouse records and physical stock are readily available.
- Escalate suspected theft, fraud, significant loss or other serious compliance concerns through the appropriate channels.
Warehouse Layout, Quality & Process Improvement
- Ensure effective warehouse layout, product segregation, palletization, labelling and storage practices.
- Work closely with QA/QC to maintain appropriate product handling, storage and release standards.
- Identify bottlenecks and opportunities to improve warehouse flow, space utilization and productivity.
- Lead practical improvement initiatives using data, root-cause analysis and feedback from warehouse teams.
- Standardize successful improvements across other regional warehouses where appropriate.
Health, Safety & Environment
- Promote a strong safety culture across all assigned warehouses.
- Conduct regular warehouse Gemba walks and safety checks to identify and address hazards.
- Ensure appropriate use of PPE and compliance with warehouse safety standards.
- Maintain clean, organized and safe working environments for employees, casual workers and visitors.
- Ensure incidents, near misses and safety concerns are reported, investigated and followed through to closure.
- Encourage team members to speak up and take ownership of safety.
Distribution & Supply Chain Coordination
- Coordinate with Logistics, Procurement, QA/QC and field teams to ensure smooth warehouse operations and timely movement of inputs.
- Support efficient loading, dispatch and inter-warehouse transfer activities.
- Ensure warehouse capacity and dispatch plans are aligned with operational demand.
- Work with Logistics teams to resolve delivery and dispatch challenges quickly.
- Support efficient use of warehouse and transport resources to reduce avoidable operational costs.
Team Leadership & Development
- Provide day-to-day leadership and support to Warehouse Supervisors and warehouse teams.
- Set clear expectations, priorities and performance standards.
- Coach team members to improve warehouse practices, inventory controls, safety and customer service.
- Build a culture of accountability, teamwork, feedback and continuous improvement.
- Support performance reviews, recruitment, onboarding and development of warehouse staff.
- Lead by example and create an environment where people can take ownership and grow.
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:
- Bachelor's degree or HND in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Business Administration, Agribusiness, Science & Engineering or a related discipline. (A Masters degree with relevant professional certificate in supply chain would be an added advantage)
- At least 2 - 5 years of relevant experience in warehouse, inventory, logistics operations including supervising, managing or coordinating
- Strong leadership skills to effectively lead and motivate a team.
- Organizational skills to efficiently plan, prioritize and delegate tasks.
- Warehouse operations; inventory management and reconciliation; warehouse systems/WMS; stock control; warehouse layout and capacity planning; HSE; basic data analysis; process improvement; documentation and compliance.
- Makes day-to-day operational decisions within approved policies, SOPs and budgets; escalates significant operational, financial, safety and compliance risks appropriately.
- Quick problem-solving abilities to anticipate, identify and resolve issues with deliveries and transport operations.
- High attention to detail to accurately plan, schedule and track all deliveries.
- Excellent communication skills to effectively interact with clients, colleagues and stakeholders.
- Computer literacy to efficiently use software and systems for planning, managing and tracking deliverables.
- Efficient time management capabilities to ensure timely execution of deliveries and transport operations.
- Flexibility to adapt to evolving customer needs and requirements.
- Commercial awareness to identify cost-saving opportunities and make profitable decisions.
Preferred Start Date
As soon as possible
Job Location
Bida, Niger State, Nigeria
Benefits
Health insurance, paid time off
Eligibility
This role is only open to citizens or permanent residents of Nigeria.
Application Deadline
08 January 2027. 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 @ address. Please report any suspicious communication here ([email protected]), 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.