Tupande Macadamia Production Senior Supervisor (Fixed-Term)

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.

Our Kenya program, founded in 2006, operates under the local brand Tupande. Close to 500 staff in our Kakamega headquarters support 1,747 field staff and serve more than 1 million farmers. In Nairobi, around 50 staff support global functions like procurement, recruitment, government relations, and communications.

The Production Senior Supervisor is responsible for overseeing the full production process from raw material receiving to finished product packing, ensuring operations are carried out safely, efficiently, and in compliance with customer requirements, food safety, and regulatory requirements.

Macadamia Processing  (Daily Operations)

• →Supervise all production activities  from NIS drying, processing, and packaging of the finished products.
• →Adhere to  the daily, weekly and monthly production plans and schedules to ensure production targets are met.
• →Ensure all  lines start on time and meet hourly throughput targets
• →Optimize use of labor, materials, and equipment to minimize waste and losses
• →Ensure proper segregation of material on process based on lots, grades and styles in all steps as is achieved. 
• →Ensure data is collected at every production step to enhance proper traceability of the products.
• →Ensure all sorted kernels meet the international standard from grading to packing; and packed  within 48 hours after cracking.
• →Investigate and report production variances and implement corrective actions.

Appointed as a food safety team member

• →Ensure that information on internal communication is included in the updating of the Food Safety Management System; this shall include information in your department relevant to the FSMS that FST is mandated to be aware of, for example, any changes or improvements.
• →Verification of the accuracy of the flow diagrams by on-site checking,
• →Maintaining records of verified flow diagrams, corrections, and corrective actions.
• →Conduct a hazard analysis to determine which hazards need to be controlled, the degree of control required to ensure food safety, and which combination of control measures is required.
• →Analysis of the results of the verification activities,
• →Plan and implement the processes needed to validate control measures and/or control measure combinations and to verify and improve the Food Safety Management System.
• →Systematically evaluate the individual results of planned verification,
• →Analyse the results of verification activities, including the results of the internal audits and external audits,
• →Evaluate the Food Safety Management System at planned intervals to assist top management to ensure that the Food Safety Management System is continually updatedrial movements, sampling, personnel and equipment’s swabs analysis.

Leadership and employee development.

• →Supervise factory production employees and allocate duties accordingly.
• →Periodically appraise, train and develop all production employees on macadamia processing.
• →Handle any employee grievances before communicating the grievances to the manager.
• →Responsible for routine implementation of all company policies and procedures in the factory.

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.

Across all roles, these are the general qualifications we look for. For this role specifically, you will have:

Skills: 

• Ability to supervise and motivate staff across shifts-Should have been in a supervision role for at least one year.
• Ability to use spreadsheets for data entry,and variance analysis.
• Ability to assign tasks and monitor performance
• Ability to identify production issues or bottlenecks
• Good leadership and supervision skills- Should have been in a supervision role for at least one year.

Knowledge:

• Should have at least 2 years of experience in the food processing industry.
• Food safety knowledge, HACCP and good manufacturing Practices
• Minimum: Diploma in Food Science, Food Technology, Production Management, Engineering, Agriculture, or related field.

As soon as possible

Sagana, Kenya

2 Years

This role is only open to citizens or permanent residents of Kenya.

07 June 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.