Milk Procurement Manager (Dairy / Beverages / FMCG)

About the role

MSVL Group is urgently seeking a Milk Procurement Manager in Nairobi. The role builds and manages a reliable, cost-effective and quality-compliant raw milk procurement network so that the processing plant has an uninterrupted supply. It covers sourcing, farmer and supplier relationships, procurement planning, pricing, contracts, collection centres, milk quality, logistics, cost control, supply risk and team performance.

Key responsibilities

• Develop and execute the annual and long-term milk procurement strategy, and forecast requirements with daily, weekly, monthly and seasonal plans.
• Build relationships with dairy farmers, cooperatives, aggregators and suppliers; onboard new suppliers and maintain an approved supplier database.
• Manage collection centres, aggregation activities, routes and collection schedules, ensuring accurate weighing, recording, reconciliation, cooling, handling and transfer of milk.
• Work with Quality Assurance on sampling, testing and compliance, and monitor quality, rejection rates, adulteration and antibiotic residues.
• Develop pricing recommendations and supplier incentive structures, negotiate contracts and optimise routes to cut costs, losses and transit time.
• Monitor total procurement costs and set controls against leakage, fraud, false volumes and data manipulation.
• Work with agriculture teams to improve farmer productivity, yield and quality, and manage procurement data, SAP/ERP transactions, dashboards and reporting.
• Ensure compliance with Kenyan dairy, food-safety, contractual and governance requirements, lead and coach the procurement teams, and set and monitor KPIs.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Procurement, Agriculture, Dairy Technology, Food Science, Business Administration, Economics or a related field.
• 7-10 years of relevant experience, including 3-5 years in a managerial or supervisory role.
• Proven experience managing farmers, cooperatives, aggregators, collection centres, transportation, contracts, quality, budgets and supplier performance.
• Strong experience in the Kenyan dairy sector is highly preferred.
• Professional qualification in procurement/supply chain and membership of a relevant professional body are advantages.

Required skills

• SAP/ERP experience is an advantage.

Candidates apply by sending their CV to the company's careers contact.