Marketplace Manager
Jumia is the #1 leader of E-commerce in Africa.
Our company is part of Rocket Internet, a global and leading incubator of start ups specialized in e-commerce. We have already built in France successful companies like Groupon, Zalando, Wimdu, EDarling, Glossybox…
This is a perfect opportunity to participate to an entrepreneurial adventure that will lead to the future stars of the web universe.
Job Description: Integrated to the management team, your main responsibility will be to develop the Marketplace model within Jumia Kenya.
The Marketplace is a brand new project launched by Jumia Kenya in May, at the heart of Jumia’s development, allowing suppliers to use Jumia’s platform to sell their products online.
Key Responsibilities Include:
Jumia is the #1 leader of E-commerce in Africa.
Our company is part of Rocket Internet, a global and leading incubator of start ups specialized in e-commerce. We have already built in France successful companies like Groupon, Zalando, Wimdu, EDarling, Glossybox…
We are present in more than 20 countries in Europe, Middle East, Asia and Latin America and this accumulated experience has allowed us to develop a strong platform, which can support new ventures with both advice and capital on a truly global basis.
Jumia is expanding its activities in Kenya.
Jumia is expanding its activities in Kenya.
To support our development we are currently looking for outstanding candidates interested in entrepreneurship and e-commerce to join us.
Job Description: Integrated to the management team, your main responsibility will be to develop the Marketplace model within Jumia Kenya.
The Marketplace is a brand new project launched by Jumia Kenya in May, at the heart of Jumia’s development, allowing suppliers to use Jumia’s platform to sell their products online.
Key Responsibilities Include:
- Monitoring and analysing Marketplace activity
- Driving Marketplace growth by on-boarding and training the new suppliers on the seller platform
- Following-up existing Marketplace suppliers and building a long-lasting relationship
- Leading cross-functional coordination:
- With Operations team to monitor Marketplace orders
- With Production team for the upload of the products online
- With IT to ensure a good functioning of the Marketplace platform
- With Vendor managers to get new suppliers
- With Finance for payments and finance reconciliation
Profile / Skills Needed:
- Very structured
- Engineering background
- General IT skills
- Good communication skills
- Independent and adventurous
- Entrepreneurial spirit
Our offer
- A unique education in launching and scaling new internet concepts
- Become part of a highly professional and dynamic team working around the world
- An attractive salary package
- An unparalleled personal and professional growth as our longer-term objective is to train the next generation of leaders for our future internet ventures
If you want to become an entrepreneur in e-commerce businesses and join one the fastest growing company in the world, please send your resume to: joinus-kenya@jumia.com
Deadline: 25th June 2014