Head of Fulfilment at Jumia Nigeria

Jumia is Africa's leading internet group, with already over 3,000 employees in more than 20 African countries and huge successes such as Jumia, Jumia Travel, Jumia Food, Jumia Deals, Jumia House, Jumia Jobs and Jumia Services. It is led by top talented leaders offering a great mix of local and international talents and is backed by MTN, Millicom, Rocket Internet, Axa, Orange, Goldman Sachs & CdC.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Head of Fulfilment

Location: Nigeria
Job type: Full-time

Description

• The Head of Fulfillment would oversee warehouse management, facilitating the Inbound, Inventory, Outbound and After Sales departments to achieve their KPIs and targets.
• Process standardization and optimization to improve the overall efficiency of the warehousing operations for Jumia Services.

Responsibilities
What you will be doing:

• Create KPIs and implement simple systems for evaluating and improving performance
• Use order life analysis to monitor end-to-end warehouse process and improve operational efficiency 
• Setup and continuously improve warehouse operations processes
• Design dashboards to easily identify bottleneck areas of the operational processes
• Oversee daily reporting on Backlog / Incidents/Change/Problem tickets and SLA status
• Liaise with the technical teams as well as the local teams on all matters related to warehousing systems 
• Controlling Out-of-Stock (OOS)
• Ensure that all financial processes associated with warehouse for each financial month, quarter and year end are executed accurately and in a timely manner at Executive level
• Ensure all necessary processes are in place to ensure no stock is lost in the warehouse, stock counts are accurate, and any variances are fully investigated.
• Ensure adequate stock management tools and processes are in place to enable efficient working across Jumia online shops

Requirements
What we are looking for:

• Bachelor's Degree (Business Administration, Logistics- supply chain, Economics, Engineering)
• Advanced Excel to create macros, pivot tables, VLOOKUPS, analytical capabilities and work books.
• Relevant professional certification in Logistics or supply chain management will be an added advantage
• Minimum of 6 years FMCG, E-Commerce or warehouse management experience
• Ability to negotiate and communicate in flawless English, French, and/or Arabic (depending on base location)
• Demonstrated competency in data reporting and analysis
• Experience or high level of comfort in logistics operations
• Experience of E-commerce fulfillment best practice, with an understanding of customer and seller behavior
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
• Familiarity with working in a culturally diverse environment
• Excellent People, Problem-solving, Negotiation, Time management and Coordination skills.
• Self-Driven and great independent follow-through Ability
• Strong entrepreneurial skills, leadership, and drive

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

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online