Country Manager (eCommerce Business) at AMSCO (African Management Services Company)

Job description

Your main responsibility is to continue the development of BeautyClick in Kenya and potentially later on in Uganda and Tanzania through operational and strategic actions. You will directly manage your operational and commercial team and report directly to the Group CEO (IT and sourcing is partly is managed at group level).

Key responsibilities include:

• Drive overall top line and profitability development
• P&L ownership
• Recruit and manage the team (currently 10 people), in particular the local sales and operations team
• Define and drive action plans to create strong relationships with local stakeholders and agents
• Coordinate your commercial team with the other services
• Deliver measurable results linked to the busienss you are in charge of
• Ensure regular reporting of actions and results
• Manage the team efficiency and cohesion
• Create an unparalleled environment for your team’s development and happiness

A successful candidate should fulfill the following requirements:

• Min. 4-7 years of management experience with sales and marketing, business development or eCommerce
• Master’s Degree level, potentially MBA
• Strong entrepreneurial skills
• Strong leadership skills
• Strong drive and communication skills
• Ability to identify new business opportunities
• Ability to work independently and in a team

What do we offer:

• A unique experience in an entrepreneurial environment with a team targeting a +USD 6B market
• An opportunity to develop a fast growing business and scale it across East Africa
• The opportunity to become part of a highly professional and dynamic team scaling BeautyClick across Sub-Saharan Africa