Chief Commercial Officer - Uganda - Jumia (Full Time)

About Jumia:

Jumia is a leading pan-African e-commerce platform. Its mission is to improve the quality of everyday life in Africa by leveraging technology to deliver innovative, convenient and affordable online services to customers, while helping businesses grow as they use Jumia's platform to better reach and serve customers.

Jumia is built around a marketplace and supported by a proprietary logistics business [Jumia Logistics] and a digital payment and fintech platform [Jumia Pay]. With over 3,000 employees, Jumia is led by top talented leaders offering a great mix of local and international talents and is backed by very high-profile shareholders. Jumia is committed to creating a sustainable impact in Africa.

In April 2019, Jumia was the first Tech company in Africa to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

The CCO will be responsible for identifying new commercial opportunities and managing marketing efforts by keeping abreast of trends and market conditions to provide strategic advice to upper management. In addition, we require someone with an entrepreneurial mindset and great leadership skills. The ideal candidate will also be a creative strategist with excellent organizational abilities. The goal is to promote and expand the company’s commercial activity that will generate revenues and lead to sustainable growth. It is a leadership role that sits on the Uganda E-commerce Executive Committee.

What you will be doing

• Setting the Commercial strategy of the department (sales targets, target categories/segments to unlock, target key suppliers, target number of suppliers to onboard, ...).
• Meeting key vendors and suppliers to negotiate partnerships, contracts and service level agreements.
• Successfully executing our large commercial events.
• Managing a large team, covering Vendor Success, Heads of Category, and the Commercial Planning team and shared reporting of the Category Management Team.
• Recruiting adequate profiles to join the team.

What we are looking for

• Experience over 4 years in FMCG, tier 1 retail groups, top banking & consulting companies.
• Familiar with relationship management tools.
• Ensuring regular and quality reporting of team actions and results.
• Strong experience (>8 years) in commercial, sales, supply chain management, deep culture & knowledge of best practices in e-commerce, ideally specifically in developing countries.
• Strong interpersonal skills: convince the people and your team that you are making the right decisions.
• Ability to manage efficiently multiple teams.
• Hands-on and results-oriented - excited by solving problems yourself!
• Strong analytically (good with numbers & analysis - we have a lot of them!)
• Excellent communication skills in English.

We Offer:

• A unique experience in an entrepreneurial, yet structured environment
• A unique opportunity of having strong impact in building the African e-commerce sector
• The opportunity to become part of a highly professional and dynamic team
• An unparalleled personal and professional growth as our longer-term objective is to train the next generation of leaders