Jumia is Africa’s leading internet group, with already over 3,000 employees in more than 20 African countries and huge successes such as Jumia, Jumia Travel, Jumia Food, Jumia Deals, Jumia House, Jumia Jobs and Jumia Services. It is led by top talented leaders offering a great mix of local and international talents and is backed by MTN, Millicom, Rocket Internet, Axa, Orange, Goldman Sachs & CdC.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Jumia Global Manager

Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Job Type: Full Time
Department: Services – Logistics

Job Objective

• As Jumia Global Manager at Jumia, you will be at the center of our relationship with overseas sellers.
• Your main challenge will be to build a good relationship with the global team and play a key role ensuring that Jumia offers AAA service to their customers with a diverse assortment across multiple international sellers.
• In order to achieve the highest standards of service to which Jumia aspires, you will need to fully integrate the project within the local marketplace while ensuring operations are up to international standards for sellers and customers alike.
• As part of the local team, you will be in contact with all local departments (Finance, Jumia Service, Commercial, Customer service, Vendor operations), local logistics partners, Jumia’s Asia team and the central team in Dubai.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage the commercial and operational performance that enables Jumia to achieve growth objectives whilst maintaining the right operational fundamentals.
• Plan & execute marketing initiatives geared towards driving new customer acquisition.
• Drive growth by ensuring development of a vast and varied product range, not easily accessible in your market whilst developing international consignment on key assortments articles.
• Ensure top notch operational performance for international sellers
• Organize the warehouse inbound activities for international sellers.

Qualifications & Experience

• Top Engineering or Business Schools and Universities
• A previous experience of at least 4 years in management consulting, e-commerce, venture capital, company creation or category management (retail) would be appreciated.
• Proficiency in MS Office and Excel
• Ability to analyse large data sets to make strategic decisions
• Competencies Required
• Performance and action oriented
• Strong entrepreneurial skills, leadership and drive
• Strong communication skills
• Strong interpersonal skills: Convince the people and your team that you are making the right decisions.
• Well organized
• Resistant to stress
• Very independent with a strong ability to go further than the expectations.
• Fast learner
• Strong analytical skills
• Capacity to challenge and improve processes.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a fast paced and competitive environment.

What we Offer

• A unique experience in an entrepreneurial, yet structured environment
• A unique opportunity of having a strong impact in building the African ecommerce sector.
• The opportunity to become part of a highly professional and dynamic team.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.