Who We Are: Jumia is the largest online retail store in Africa
with over 100,000 unique visitors a day, buying everything from Fashion to
Phones. Founded in 2012 in Nigeria, Jumia's mission is to revolutionize the
concept of shopping by providing customers with the best online shopping
experience.
Jumia is part of Africa Internet Group, a leading global incubator of startups
specialised in e-commerce. Africa Internet Group is Africa's leading internet
firm, with already over 3,000 employees in over 20 African countries and huge
successes such as Jumia.com, Kaymu.com, Hellofood.com, Lamudi.com, Carmudi.com
and Jovago.com.
It is led by top talented leaders
offering a great mix of local and international talents and is backed by MTN,
Millicom and Rocket Internet.
Africa is one of the fastest growing economies in the world, offering excellent opportunities in a vibrant and booming environment. Its economic growth has enabled innovative businesses to flourish and this is where Africa Internet Group steps in.
Africa is one of the fastest growing economies in the world, offering excellent opportunities in a vibrant and booming environment. Its economic growth has enabled innovative businesses to flourish and this is where Africa Internet Group steps in.
Job Description: Category Management Associate (Catman)
Job Description: 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.
Taking the lead on the category strategic orientation, the Category Management Associate will have to bring an exceptional growth for the sales volume, the margin and the conversion rate.
He will be responsible for the
decisions he makes and will have to monitor his performance.
Your position as Cat Man Associate entails:
- Delivering a strategy for future growth by
building the most pertinent assortment of products, asking the buyer teams
to follow up on your instructions
- Increasing the gross margin by being
responsible for Jumia’s price position and asking the buyer teams to
renegotiate the costs on strategic brands, categories and products
- Meeting the main suppliers
- Building a very friendly user interface,
working closely with the shop management teams (marketing) – It includes
the creation of banners, new filters, enhancing the category tree,
selecting the products you want to see at the top of the page, etc.
- Establishing plans that will be presented to
the top management on the strategic decision you make (which price point
do we target for this category, which marketing strategy I want to
implement, which products do I want to source, what will be the upcoming
best sellers).
- Managing all the replenishment and inventory
tools for stock monitoring
- Creating campaigns and deciding through which
marketing channel you will push them
- As a whole, you have to identify and to
promote the best sellers that will lead the market and strengthen Jumia’s
position as the leader of online retail
Qualification & Skills
- Degree from top Business Schools and
Universities
- A previous experience in management
consulting, venture capital, company creation or category management
(retail) would be appreciated
- Proficiency in MS Office and Excel (VBA would
be plus)
- Ability to analyse large data sets to make
strategic decisions
- 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
- Resistant to the stress
- Very independent with a strong ability to go
further than the expectations
As a whole, we expect someone
passionate, creative and able to work efficiently. The Category Management
Associate is the CEO of his category and is playing a key role within the
company, interacting with roughly all the departments and the top management.
We expect a leader.
Head of Buying Operations
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
Qualification & Skills
- 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
What we Offer
- A unique education in scaling new internet
concepts
- Become part of a highly professional and
dynamic team working around the world
Please send your resume to:
joinus-kenya@jumia.com on or before the 1st of April indicating the Job
Title on your Email Subject.
Only shortlisted candidates will be
contacted
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