New Job Opportunities at Jumia in Nigeria

Job Title: Category Manager Associate

Location: Nigeria
Department: Category Management

Job Description

• The Category Manager 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.
• Taking the lead on the category strategic orientation and the full responsibility of general merchandising profit & loss (70% of Jumia’s revenue), the Category Manager 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.
• The Category Manager Associate 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

Your position as Category Manager Associate 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
• Negotiate with brands
• Building a very friendly user interface, working closely with the shop management and marketing teams – 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 weekly campaigns and coordinating with marketing to insure flawless execution.
• 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
• You will report to the Head of Category Management

Requirements
A successful candidate will fulfill the following requirements:

• 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 stress
• Very independent with a strong ability to go further than the expectations

Expected background and technical skills:

• Top Business / Engineering 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
• As a whole, we expect someone passionate, creative and able to work efficiently. We expect a leader.

We Offer

• A unique experience in an international, entrepreneurial, yet structured environment
• An unparalleled personal and professional improvement as our longer-term objective is to train the next generation of leaders for our future internet ventures.
• The opportunity to be part of a team full of talented people with the best backgrounds

How to Apply

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