Jumia is a leading e-commerce platform in Africa. It is built around a marketplace, Jumia Logistics, and JumiaPay. The marketplace helps millions of consumers and sellers to connect and transact. Jumia Logistics enables the delivery of millions of packages through our network of local partners. JumiaPay facilitates the payments of online transactions for Jumia’s ecosystem. With over 1 billion people and 500 million internet users in Africa, Jumia believes that e-commerce is making people’s lives easier by helping them shop and pay for millions of products at the best prices wherever they live. E-commerce is also creating new opportunities for SMEs to grow, and job opportunities for a new generation to thrive.

With over 5,000 employees in more than 10 countries in Africa, Jumia is led by top talented leaders offering a great mix of local and international talents and is backed by very high-profile shareholders. Jumia is committed to creating sustainable impact in Africa. Jumia offers unique opportunities in a vibrant and booming environment, creating new jobs, new skills, and empowering a new generation.

Job Description

As JS Country Manager your main responsibilities will be to develop and drive the logistical arm of Jumia, in your market through operational and strategic actions. You will directly build and manage your operational team. You will be supported by a world-class team that has opened ventures throughout Africa and can bring experience and tools to ensure your success in the country.

Main Responsibilities Include

• Implement best practice fulfillment processes in the country

• Recruit and manage the logistics and fulfillment team

• Manage a fleet and 3PL providers + negotiate with 3PL providers

• Deliver measurable results linked to your business within designated region

• Ensure monthly reporting of actions and results against target percentages

• Ensure the smooth fulfillment of the items sold

• Ensure the quality of the measurement of selected KPIs hourly, daily, weekly and monthly

• Scale the team and the processes to support the growth of the company

• Constantly improve and develop new internal processes

• Make fast decisions in order to solve daily emergencies

• Produce regular reporting on the Operations performance

• Create an unparalleled environment for employee development and happiness

• Coordinate project management of new initiatives

• Budget management and control

• Ensure that all financial processes associated with each financial month, quarter and year end are executed accurately and in a timely manner at Executive level
• Undertake ad hoc projects as required in the development of the department’s objectives

Profile Requirements

• Strong experience (minimum >8 years) in managing complex projects / objectives / business units / functions
• Strong local knowledge and deep understanding of consumers
• Strong negotiation skills
• Strong management and inter-personal skills
• Ability to manage efficiently multiple teams
• Hands on & results oriented
• Well organized
• Very independent and entrepreneurial, yet confident in working in a matrix organization
• Long term oriented

We offer

• A unique experience in an entrepreneurial, yet structured environment
• A unique opportunity of having strong impact in building the African ecommerce sector
• The opportunity to become part of a highly professional and dynamic team
• An unparalleled personal and professional growth as our longer-term objective is to train the next generation of leaders

Submit your CV and Application on Company Website : Click Here

Closing Date : 7 July, 2020