Summary
Date Posted: Tuesday, January 28, 2020 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
One Acre Fund is growing quickly – we plan to more than triple our purchasing portfolio in the next 5 years and are spending over $70M on agricultural inputs and life improving goods in 2019 alone. To support this growth, we need to develop a flexible sourcing strategy, set clear and measurable targets, hold the full supply chain team accountable to these bold targets using data, and implement tight controls to guarantee inputs make it to our clients on time and at the best possible price. We are looking for a Data and Operations Associate to improve our team’s data quality, build more efficient and transparent processes, and lead major cost-saving projects. In this role, you will implement major cost-saving and efficiency improving projects with a heavy focus on process automation, reducing redundancies, and better use of data. You will refine and simplify processes, use data to align our systems across the supply chain team, improve our controls environment to prevent over-spend, improve order accuracy to dramatically reduce excess inventory, and justify investments in supply chain operations with visible performance goals. .

Specific responsibilities include:
Manage Sourcing Data: Work with the sourcing data team to automate data processes and reports for better visibility into supply chain data across the organization. More specifically:
• Guide the data entry team to enter 100% of data on time – this will require holding the team accountable to ambitious expectations while simplifying and automating data entry processes to reduce the risk of errors;
• Manage day-to-day issue resolution and ticket generation for SAP request portal;
• Align with cross-department team members to alleviate friction caused by messy data, solve problems and resolve conflict quickly.
Inspire creativity in sourcing operations to eliminate waste: Work with Supply Chain Operations Manager to move creative, data-focused initiatives forward that improve efficiency. Example projects include:
• Automate processes to reduce procurement lead times and improve process visibility;
• Reduce approval touch points in SAP and the portal;
• Build bridges with the payments / finance team to ensure payments go out consistently on time;
• Work with the purchasing teams to ensure they share documentation with enough time to guarantee on time payments;
• Own controls oversight through data sampling and reporting;
• Collaborate with internal partners to reduce repetition from sourcing processes..

Job Skills: Not Specified

Qualifications
You have 4+ years or work experience in an operations or strategic problem-solving role, with exposure to complex project management, process automation, and forecasting. You have an excellent academic background, love data, and are passionate about reducing waste across supply chain operations. Having prior operations or consulting experience is preferred but we’re most interested in whether you have experience solving complex operational problems in a fast-growing organization. You have the following experience:
• You have experience in a demanding, multicultural professional environment, preferably in positions where frequent cross-department collaboration was required.
• You have experience in operations, consulting, manufacturing, or supply chain.
• You have leadership experience at work or outside of work.
• You love working with data and have data analytics and quantitative reasoning skills; Advanced Excel (can maintain complex spreadsheets) required and experience working in SAP is preferred.
• When confronted with challenges, you think creatively and always look for win-win solutions.
• You enjoy coordinating with diverse teams – you advocate for your ideas while also being humble and open to other perspectives.
• You’re comfortable quality checking documentation without support..

Job Education Requirements: Not Specified
Job Experience Requirements: Not Specified

Work Hours: 8

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