Country Manager at Jumia Nigeria

Your main responsibilities will be to develop the ventures in your market through operational and strategic actions. You will directly manage your operational and commercial team.

Key responsibilities include:

• Drive overall top line and profitability development
• P&L ownership
• Recruit and manage the team, in particular the local sales and operations team
• Define and drive action plans to create strong relationships with local stakeholders
• Coordinate your commercial team with the other services (Marketing, Partnerships, Finance, etc.)
• Deliver measurable results linked to the project you are in charge of
• Ensure regular reporting of your actions and results
• Drive activity analysis
• Manage the team efficiency and cohesion
• Create an unparalleled environment for your team’s development and happiness

A successful candidate will fulfil the following requirements:

• Strong entrepreneurial skills
• Strong leadership
• Strong drive
• Impeccable communication skills
• Ability to negotiate in flawless English
• Ability to identify new business opportunity
• Ability to work independently and in a team

We offer:

• A unique experience in an entrepreneurial, yet structured environment
• The opportunity to become part of a highly professional and dynamic team working around the world
• An unparalleled personal and professional growth as our longer-term objective is to train the next generation of leaders for our future internet ventures