Vice President, Online Marketplace (E-commerce) in a New Global E-commerce Company

A new global player in the Nigerian e-commerce business with maximum investment muscle requires a smart and energetic person for urgent employment in the below role:

Job Title: Vice President, Online Marketplace (E-commerce)

Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Job Type: Full Time
Job Category: Executive Management Level
Reports to: MD/CEO

Role Summary

• The Vice President Online Marketplace must be someone with reasonable experience of managing technology driven trading, online merchandising and merchant engagement.
• The ideal candidate must be someone with extensive leadership experience in E-Commerce, and pragmatic strategies to deliver results in a fast-paced entrepreneurial environment, balancing strategy and execution to deliver the revenue targets for the business.

Role and Responsibilities

• Responsible for the global performance of the online marketplace operations of the business
• Prepare and own the online budget and actively drive sales through online marketplace
• Ensure the execution and delivery of digital marketing campaigns to enhance brand profile
• Continually review the e-commerce platform offerings to improve customer journey experience
• P&L Management – Ownership of annual budgets.
• Business Strategy – New business opportunities, Channel strategy, Stakeholder Management
• Partnerships – merchant engagement and management, technology optimization and merchandising
• Continually drive improvements in the user experience and customer journey across all online touch points with supporting conversion rate optimization program
• Working closely with pertinent e-commerce partners to drive maximum benefit for customers and return on investments
• Develop and implement commercial strategies according to company goals and objectives aiming to accelerate growth
• Conduct market research and analysis to create detailed business plans on commercial opportunities (expansion, business development etc.)
• Promote and expand the company’s marketplace scope and operations that will generate revenues and lead to sustainable growth
• Identify new commercial opportunities and manage marketing efforts
• Keep abreast of trends and market conditions to provide strategic advice to upper management, participate in company strategy meetings to advise the Board on key revenue drivers.
• Act to acquire new customers and responsible for overall management of customer experience (new and existing)
• Collaborate with and coordinate diverse teams (marketing, sales, customer service etc.) outputs as it affects the online marketplace activities
• Build and maintain profitable partnerships with key stakeholders
• Monitor performance of commercial activities using key metrics and prepare reports for senior management.

Performance Goals / Indicators:

• Develop commercial roadmap for online marketplace
• Understand customer demand and consumer patterns
• Grow transaction volume , grow revenue and profit index
• Deliver competitive and innovative market initiatives, launch new product categories/ channels that drive customer acquisition and revenue
• Grow marketing support from brands, Deliver successful promotion.

Who Should Apply?

• A driven senior level and experienced  ecommerce manager who has previously worked within a consumer-focused e-commerce, Retail or FMCG business
• A graduate of over 10 years with a strong academic profile, an appetite to work in a high growth start-up environment
• In-depth understanding of market research methods and analysis
• Solid knowledge of performance reporting and financial/budgeting processes
• Commercial awareness partnered with a strategic mindset
• Entrepreneurial mindset and great leadership and management skills
• Creative strategist with excellent organizational skills
• Proficient in IT/software
• Outstanding communication and interpersonal abilities
• Fluent English is mandatory.

Deadline: 30th September, 2021.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should apply by forwarding their updated word doc CV to: ecommercerecruiter62@gmail.com using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.