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Full Time |
Posted 5 years ago |
Jumia Nigeria is seeking out candidates who are willing and able to work.
Job Title: Head of Commercial Planning – Jumia
Location: Lagos
Department: Commercial
Type: Full Time
Job Objective
- The role holder plays a key role within the company, interacts with all the departments to drive performance, lead commercial planning and deliver data driven analysis.
- Deliver on business plan and take lead on the commercial strategic orientation which will bring an exceptional growth in sales value& volume, the margin and the conversion rate.
Responsibilities
- Managing a team of Commercial Planners and Merchandizer ensuring the team is properly structured, motivated and performing.
- Delivering growth, ensuring pro-active turn around plans leveraging on the power of the marketplace, bringing direction, feedback and support to the whole commercial team.
- Ensuring all Jumia websites always have for the customer, the right products at the best price, at the right position.
- Being within Jumia leadership, an early adopter, a leading ambassador and a relentless missionary of Jumia’s strategic commercial orientation.
- Understanding all your market segments, vendors and customers, bringing valuable insights and convictions to support your data driven commercial recommendations.
- Building analysis, flying high and diving deep, to ensure smart reporting on the performance of the categories, leading to action-oriented recommendations.
- Owning the merchandising of our websites, optimizing the placement of our products to deliver on every level of Jumia’s strategy.
- Working seamlessly with all departments (Commercial, Marketing, Onsite, Operations and other stakeholders), enabling decision making, problem solving and ensuring laser focus execution.
- Leading massive and complex commercial operations and project management initiatives, coordinating effectively cross functions initiatives.
- Constantly working toward improving and simplifying our tools.
Qualification & Experience
- Bachelor’s degree from any accredited university
- 7 years+ of experience in Retail / FMCG Industry
- 3 years plus experience in Consulting will be an added advantage.
- Experience in sales, negotiating and networking.
We Offer
- A unique experience in an entrepreneurial, yet structured environment
- The opportunity to become part of a highly professional and dynamic team working around the world
- An unparalleled personal and professional growth as our longer-term objective is to train the next generation of leaders for our future internet ventures.
Job Features
Job Category | Supply Chain/ Store |
Deadline | 31st September, 2020. |