About us

The AECF (Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund) is a development institution that finances early and growth-stage businesses to innovate, create jobs, and leverage investments and markets to create resilience and sustainable incomes in rural and marginalized communities in Africa.

Since 2008, we have invested over US$ 300 million in over 510 businesses across sub-Sahara Africa focusing on Agribusiness, Renewable Energy, and Climate-smart Technologies. We have impacted more than 33 million lives, created over 35,000 jobs, and leveraged over US$ 838 million in matching funds to our portfolio companies.

AECF is headquartered in Kenya, with offices in Côte d’Ivoire, Tanzania, Nigeria, South Sudan, Benin, and Somalia.

About the role

The Procurement Officer is responsible for supporting in sourcing of goods, services, and travel as per the AECF policies and donor regulations.

This role will report to the Procurement Manager.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure every procurement of goods, services, and travel complies with AECF policies and procedures, and donor regulations.
• Support the end-to-end procurement process from review of the purchase requisitions, bids request and analysis, facilitating evaluation committees, and documenting the procurement decisions.
• Negotiate with suppliers and consultants to ensure AECF achieves value for money with each procurement.
• Prepare contracts for review by end users, vendors, and the legal team.
• Carry out compliance checks and due diligence for consultants and potential suppliers.
• Plan for vendor inception meetings.
• Review procurement documents for completeness, accuracy, reasonableness, and validity.
• Ensure timely processing of supplier payments, goods, services, and travel.
• Ensure the conflict-of-interest policy is upheld throughout the procurement process.

The suitable candidate should:

• Possess a bachelor’s degree in procurement or any other relevant field.
• Have a minimum of five (5) years of experience in procurement of travel, goods, and services.
• Be a member of a professional body (KISM or CIPS) in good standing.
• Possess knowledge of ERP and MS Excel.
• Possess experience in procurement in an international donor-funded organization.
• Be fluent in English for effective communication is required, and French is desired.
• Possess exceptional organizational and negotiation skills.
• Demonstrate ability to multi-task in a fast-paced work environment.