Who we are :
Jumia is Africa’s leading internet group, with already over 3,000 employees in more than 20 African countries and huge successes such as Jumia, Jumia Travel, Jumia Food, Jumia Deals, Jumia House, Jumia Jobs and Jumia Services. It is led by top talented leaders offering a great mix of local and international talents and is backed by MTN, Millicom, Rocket Internet, Axa, Orange, Goldman Sachs & CdC.
Africa is one of the fastest growing economies in the world, offering excellent opportunities in a vibrant and booming environment. Its economic growth has enabled innovative businesses to flourish and this is where Jumia steps in.
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.
Head of Commercial Planning
The Head of Commercial Planning is managing and coordinating the work of the commercial planning team. Interacting with all the departments , the Head of Commercial Planning is playing a key role within the company, driving performance, leading commercial planning and delivering data driven commercial analysis.
By taking the lead of the commercial strategic orientation and the responsibility for delivering the Business Plan, the Head of Commercial Planning will bring an exceptional growth for the sales value & volume, the margin and the conversion rate. She / He will be responsible for the decisions she / he makes and will monitor performance.
The Head of Commercial Planning will be responsible for delivering a world-class customer experience and ensuring that Jumia becomes the most beloved shopping destination for Moroccans, thanks to the right assortment, the best prices, addictive promotions and the most innovative merchandizing strategies.
Main responsibilities:
- Managing a team of Commercial Planners and Merchandizers 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 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 levels of Jumia’s strategy.
- Working seamlessly with all departments (Commercial, Marketing, Onsite, Operations…), 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.
Required skills:
Expected background and technical skills
- Top 1% Business / Engineering Schools and Universities
- 5+ years experience in retail / FMCG, or 3+ years experience in consulting, or 3+ years experience in ecommerce
Expected personal skills
- Action oriented and performance driven
- Strong management and inter-personal skills
- Strong analytical and data management skills
- Ability to anticipate, structure and organize
- Well organized and very detail oriented
- Resistant to stress
- Autonomous
- Finding simple solutions to complex problems
What 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 service lines
- The opportunity to be part of a team full of talented people with the best backgrounds.
