Agriculture Compliance & Transformation Manager Job Diageo

at Agriculture Compliance and Transformation Manager
Location NAIROBI, Kenya
Date Posted July 17, 2025
Category Agriculture
Data Entry
Education / Teaching
Logistics
Management
Job Type Full-time
Currency KES

Description

Agriculture Compliance and Transformation Manager Job

Purpose of Role

The Agriculture Compliance and Transformation Manager oversees comprehensive compliance and spearheads strategic changes within the company’s sourcing operations for sorghum and barley. This position ensures the sourcing of raw materials is in line with compliance and regulatory requirements, internal quality benchmarks, and sustainability objectives. The role also leads initiatives to transform sourcing models, improve smallholder productivity and loyalty, and promote resilient, traceable supply systems.

Responsibilities

  • Create sound internal controls and monitor adherence to them.
  • Ensure full compliance with internal procedures, local, national, and international regulations relating to agricultural procurement.
  • Collaborate with various departments to ensure compliance across the agribusiness function.
  • Agribusiness Risk Management and review of the Agribusiness Risk Footprint.
  • Conduct regular compliance audits and risk assessments.
  • Work closely with farmer networks, aggregators, and logistics teams to ensure full visibility across the value chain.
  • Drive digitalization and innovation in sourcing practices including mobile data collection, and data analytics.
  • Use established digital tools to track and report sourcing origins and supply integrity.
  • Ensure established quality assurance protocols for sorghum and barley are adhered to at key control points.
  • Collaborate with the maltings quality labs to ensure raw material specifications are consistently met.
  • Train field teams and suppliers on compliance, raw materials traceability and quality management practices.
  • Lead process improvement initiatives across the agricultural sourcing supply chain to boost efficiency, reduce waste, and enhance farmer engagement.
  • Coordinate with government agencies, development partners, agribusinesses, and farmer organizations to align efforts and ensure effective delivery of programs.

Qualifications

Qualifications, experience required and key competencies

  • A university degree in agricultural sciences or a related field with additional skills in compliance management and audits.
  • A master’s degree will be an added advantage.

Required Experience

  • Minimum 5 years’ experience in agricultural compliance, sourcing, or supply chain management.
  • Experience in traceability systems and agricultural value chains, preferably within the beer, food, or beverage industry.
  • Knowledge of regulatory requirements in agriculture and food safety.
  • Demonstrated ability to design audit checklists, lead audits and manage audit outcomes.

Key competencies

  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Excellent stakeholder engagement and negotiation abilities
  • Project management and change leadership
  • Knowledge of sustainability and ethical sourcing standards
  • Familiarity with digital traceability platforms and data management tools
  • Demonstrated ability in farmers’ engagement, training, and capacity building.

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