Regional Category Manager – Jumia (Full Time)

About The Role

The Strategic Jumia Partner(SJP) at Jumia is the owner of the P&L of one or several Brands across all our markets. The SJP will be interacting with C-Levels internally as well as managing a team of key accounts across all countries ( reporting to CCO country & Category Director). He / she will also have to build tremendous relationships externally with top executives at brand and distributor side.

The SJP is responsible for delivering a world-class customer and vendor experience thanks to the right assortment, perfect online ergonomics, the best prices and the most innovative marketing campaigns.

Your Position As SJP Entails

Achieving the targets of revenue and gross margin for your category and your dedicated key accounts
Building, managing, animating the key account management team across all markets – around 20 people
Developing tight professional / personal relationships with MEA MDs and MEA CEOs of key brands (Lenovo, Intel,Groupseb etc)
Being recognized as an expert on your category in MEA by all stakeholders
Organizing key commercial events such as Black Friday, Jumia Anniversary, Mobile Week. The SJP will coordinate all commercial teams related to his/her Brand to ensure a flawless execution in the event preparation
Becomi ng an expert of your category with a perfect knowledge of the different products / pricing / market trends
Handling pricing and assortment strategy through your team
Building a very friendly user interface for our vendors and our customers by being involved in our Tech developments

Job requirements:

Strong management and inter-personal skills
Very detail oriented
Strong Analytical
Strong drive
Exceptional commercial skills
Ability to anticipate, structure and organize
Autonomous
Resistant to stress
Finding simple solutions to complex problems

What We Offer

A unique opportunity in implementing and executing new ideas for a thriving e-commerce business
The opportunity to work with professional and dynamic teams in and outside your local country
An unparalleled personal and professional growth as our longer-term objective is to train the next generation

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