Category Manager (Computing) at Jumia Nigeria Full Time

Job Title: Category Manager (Computing)

Location: Lagos

Job Objective

• As Category Manager (Computing), you will have the end-to-end responsibility of the customer experience and growth of the category that has been assigned to you.
• Your role is to bring in the relevant assortment, design targeted promotions, and manage partners including vendors and brands – interfacing constantly with the Commercial Planning, Vendor Success & Marketing teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure continuous growth of our existing business by owning pricing and promotions strategy, working with marketing teams to improve product content and visibility; and managing stock availability by coordinating teams across the business to bring the product to the customer.
• Complete sales performance of the 3c’s Categories, vendors, merchant’s management, and monitoring of sales strategies with a view to increasing the Business unit’s Net Margin Position (NMP) & Gross Merchandise Volume (GMV).
• Customer acquisition thru Value Offering, Sales Campaign Management, etc.
• Create and present strategic insights for the Business unit to gain alignment of major initiatives at multiple levels of the organization.
• Analyze and present post – promotion analysis for retail and Marketplace, quantifying impact to brand and category.
• Define and optimize curation/assortment selection strategy for your category ensuring relevance of selection/styling to optimize revenues and sales velocity.
• Support product and content creation process to increase assortment live.
• Plan and maintain constant stock availability.
• Trend Spotting: Should be able to identify broader trends and fill category gaps.
• Build weekly marketing plan, contribute determining which products/subcategories will be promoted on website and through all marketing channels (Newsletters, Facebook, etc.).
• Develop strong analytics to evaluate daily/weekly/monthly performance and optimize further marketing, pricing, and product selection.
• Develop and manage subcategories under Jumia.
• Maintain the P&L and develop annual and quarterly category strategic plans by conducting financial analysis of the business.
• Manage the entire physical product lifecycle, from strategic activities to tactical implementation, including product portfolio idea generation.
• Work closely with the vendor management team to identify vendors and negotiate contracts to ensure best quality and costs.
• Partner with Jumia Services to improve product availability, reduce costs, and minimize our working capital investment.
• Work together with system teams to identify main opportunities for process automation and efficiency gains.
• Influence large number stakeholders across the business; work closely with the team members and other business groups to deliver results and be comfortable in presenting projects and results to senior leadership on a regular basis.

Requirements
Education, Experience & Qualifications:

• B.Sc / Higher Diploma in a relevant field from a reputable educational institution.
• Post-graduate qualification or professional certification in a sales / marketing discipline will be a plus.
• 7+ years of experience in a similar role, with at least 2 years in a leadership position
• The ability to prioritize key accounts is a required skill.
• Process Improvement Management
• Good understanding of P&L, and Cash-Flow Management
• Skilled negotiation & Value-based selling
• Experience negotiating bulk discounts, MOQs & Credit Terms
• Experience building partnership with strategic OEMs.
• Owner mentality and an entrepreneurial drive.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and Power-point) tools.
• Good verbal and written communication skills and presentation skills.
• Good problem-solving skills required.
• Proven ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Ability to work to deadlines and targets, can prioritize tasks under pressure.
• Tenacity to develop ideas independently and thrive in a fast-paced start-up environment is essential for success.
• Company and customer expertise.
• Strategic perspective.

Application Closing Date
31st December, 2022.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should forward their CV to: [email protected] using the Job Title as the subject of the email.