Career Opportunities in an Online Retail Store in Nairobi Kenya

Our Client: Largest Online Retail Store

Industry: Retail 

Job Title: 
Head of Buying

Job Location: 
Nairobi

Type of Hire: Kenyan  

Job Description:

  • Monitoring and analysing all Marketplace activity
  • Driving Marketplace growth by on-boarding and training the new suppliers on the seller platform
  • Following-up with existing Marketplace sellers and building a long-lasting relationship
  • Overseeing account management to ensure sellers grow to become active and independent
  • Monitoring Seller Support Team activity, to ensure sellers can consistently achieve their KPIs
  • Co-ordinating with other departments:
  • Work with Operations team to monitor Marketplace orders
  • Work with Production team for the upload of the products online
  • Liaise with IT to ensure a good functioning of the Marketplace platform and internal systems
  • Team up with Vendor managers and Category Managers to aid in commercial aspects of the business
  • Follow up with Finance for payments and finance reconciliation
Desired Skills & Experience:
  • Degree in Engineering/ Business/ Project Management/ Purchasing & Supply
  • At least 2 years in a process oriented Capacity
  • Excellent experience dealing with local & international suppliers
  • Knowledge of the retail industry
  • Excellent computer skills
  • Smart and able to think on ones feet
Application Instructions:

Send your CV in Word format (excluding certificates) titled with your Name via email with the Subject Line as “Head of Buying” to jobs@genesisconsult.net not later than 8 May 2015. 

Job Title: Head of Fashion

Job Location:
 Nairobi

Type of Hire:
 Kenyan  

Job Summary:
 The Head of Fashion Vendor Managers will be responsible for delivering a world-class customer experience thanks to the right assortment, a perfect online ergonomics, the best prices and the most innovative marketing campaigns.

Job Description:
  • Driving purchasing strategy across key categories
  • Liaising between Marketing and Buying departments to execute weekly and monthly commercial plan
  • Negotiating marketing support with top international brands
  • Driving the strategic direction of the Vendor Manager Team

Desired Skills & Experience:
  • Action oriented and results oriented
  • Strong analytical skill
  • Strong inter-personal skills: Convince the people and your team that you are making the right decisions
  • Fast learner
  • Well organized
  • Very independent with a strong ability to go further than the expectations
Application Instructions:
 
Send your CV in Word format (excluding certificates) titled with your Name via email with the Subject Line as “Head of Fashion” to jobs@genesisconsult.net not later than 8 May 2015. 

Job Title: Head of Production

Job Location:
 Nairobi

Type of Hire:
 Kenyan  

Job Summary:
 Your tasks will be to take responsibility and drive all activities related to Production of Online Content including Images. 

You will be responsible for the Content Supply Chain and optimizing the processes and operations involved for Fashion & General Merchandise teams.

Job Description:
  • Define & Optimize Production Supply Chain & Teams
  • Define KPIs that reflect the efficiency and recognize the areas of improvement
  • Define and implement strategy required to make production a push strategy for suppliers
  • Be responsible for content quality and guidelines implementation
  • Manage day-to-day life of production: prioritization and content & picture validation, mistake investigation and correction
  • Taking initiative to push for quicker resolution of IT issues
  • Manage and train Fashion & GM Production Teams (Photographers, Content Writers, Photo Editors)
  • Coordinate with other departments for Production input and outputs
  • Improve current processes
  • Perform Capacity Planning and team restructuring
  • Create tools and guidelines to improve production quality
  • Analyze Key performance indicators related to product creation and product conversion rates
Desired Skills & Experience:
  • Action oriented and results oriented,
  • Capable of performing Change Management,
  • Strong analytical and managerial skills,
  • Comfortable with basic computing knowledge,
  • Interest in Emerging countries and e-commerce,
  • Curiosity for fashion and electronics products,
  • Strong inter-personal skills: Convince the people about your expertise fields,
  • Autonomous, rigorous and trustworthy,
  • Fast learner,
  • Well organized and detail-oriented,
  • Very independent with a strong ability to go further than the expectations
  • A previous experience project management, finance or IT is a plus,
  • Basic knowledge of HTML, CSS and Photoshop is also a plus,
Languages: English (fluent, mandatory)

Application Instructions:
 
Send your CV in Word format (excluding certificates) titled with your Name via email with the Subject Line as “Head of Production” to jobs@genesisconsult.net not later than 8 May 2015. 


No phone calls please.