Head of Category at Jumia

We are currently looking for talented people with a passion for emerging markets and Africa to join our team and embark on our exciting journey in the core of business development and entrepreneurship.

Job Responsibilities

• Building strong links with C-Levels and account managers of our top brands and vendors. You should justify a flawless understanding of the entire ecosystem as well as a tremendous network. You will be the only one along with country managing director & CCO to represent Jumia in front of those key accounts
• Driving the growth by ensuring we have the right products at the right prices
• Making sure your accounts are matching key operational KPIs (out of stock and time for having the products ready to ship)
• Ensuring we anticipate sourcing through brand product road-maps as well as we replenish fast enough missing strategic assortment
• On-boarding 100% of your account’s products available
• Organizing key commercial events such as Black Friday, Jumia Anniversary, etc
• Building business plans for your category(ies) to ensure we grow them in a structured way. Those BPs will be presented to Jumia local CEO & CCO as well as Jumia Group CCO

Qualifications

• Experience over 6+ years either in FMCG, tier 1 retail groups, top banking & consulting companies
• Top Engineering, Business Schools & Universities (top 5 of your field for your country)
• Proficiency in MS Office and google tools (excel & PPT, Salesforce.com would be a plus)
• Familiar with relationship management tools
• Strong commercial skills
• Good analytical skills
• Great capacity to handle high stake negotiations
• Structured and organized
• Resistant to stress
• Strong inter-personal skills: Convince the people and your team that you are making the right decisions
• Great ability to work in a fast paced and competitive environment
• Flawless English communication