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Coffee Value Chain Manager

United Kingdom or Netherlands

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.

About the Role

The Coffee Value Chain Manager will ensure rigorous management and ambitious growth of an impactful multi origin and multi market green trading business within OAF Global Markets. This role you will develop and manage the green coffee trading team, systems, sales, and brand focusing primarily on and in close collaboration with the OAF Rwanda, Uganda, and Ethiopia. You will report to a Global Markets Director. This role is based in the UK or NL and requires frequent sales travel and regular visits to program countries.

Responsibilities

  • Lead Coffee Value Chain Development - identify, validate and develop market opportunities into delivered business outcomes.

  • Build rigorous professional sales ops systems - including QA/ QC, contracting, and producer management.

  • Team Management - efficient team of sales and sales ops with a performance culture based on OKRs and KPIs.

  • Sales - lead direct sales to launch new markets and increase sales 30%+

  • Brand - work with Global Markets directors to develop and bring to life a clear and strategic position for OAF green coffee.

  • Responsibility and contributions to the Global Markets department outside of the coffee value chain, e.g. country program collaboration and professional development, department data and systems, market insights and pilots.

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:

  • 5+ years of coffee value chain owner-operator experience including building commercial business from an early stage in a high growth environment.

  • Proven track record of green coffee sourcing in East Africa (Rwanda, Uganda, Ethiopia) and sales in multiple markets (US, UK, EU, ME, Asia).

  • Entrepreneurial appetite and drive: to learn quickly, navigate ambiguity, balance multiple priorities.

  • Excellent analytical skills: you can use data coupled with sound business judgment to make business decisions.

  • Excellent interpersonal skills & stakeholder management: and proficient at understanding teams' and leaders' priorities as well as exercising indirect influence to align stakeholders.

  • Project management & organizational skills.

  • Experience building and leading global teams.

  • English required

  • Up to 50% travel: sales/ customer visits and regular visits to program countries

  • 2 year fixed term contract.

Preferred Start Date

As soon as possible

Job Location

The United Kingdom or the Netherlands

Benefits

Health insurance, housing, and comprehensive benefits

Eligibility

This role is only open to citizens or permanent residents of the United Kingdom or the Netherlands

Application Deadline

February 28, 2026. 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 @oneacrefund.org address. Please report any suspicious communication here (globalhotline@oneacrefund.org), 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.

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