Demande Planner-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.

About the job :

As a Demand Planner, you will be part of our Commercial Department, and working along experienced demand planners for all categories. You will be reporting to a Senior Demand Planner. Your contribution will be instrumental in executing our strategy across all our categories by ensuring our products are available, while optimizing our cashflow and ebitda with a healthy inventory. You will have the opportunity to collaborate directly with Key Account
Managers, get exposure to Electronics, FMCG and Fashion business, and coordinate orders with suppliers and logistics team. This is a great opportunity to gain skills in analysis, planning, organization and relationship building with suppliers.

Job responsibilities

● Measure the sales and run rates of our product assortment
● Calculate the quantities to be replenished
● Prepare data analysis to improve the quantity forecasting with Account Managers
● Maintain an updated active assortment listing of SKUs to be replenished
● Control and coordinate purchase orders requests with management
● Create purchase orders and share them with suppliers
● Plan and follow-up with suppliers for the deliveries of purchase orders
● Measure the KPIs and Strong ownership of tasks
● Ulfilment rates related to your actions

Requirements

● Very good organizational skills and ability to work in a fast paced environment
● Good with numbers, you are proficient with functions and tools in excel.
● Proficiency in Power BI (or similar BI tool), or willingness to learn and adapt
● Good communication skills to interact with suppliers and other teams
● Willing to learn and develop on the job, get exposure to new topics
● Ability to work consistently to achieve business goals

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