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.
What you will be doing
- Prepare business plans for the development of supply chain management, continuous improvement and inventory control
- Check data entered into stores across the company to ensure accuracy (inventory receipts, issues, conversions, returns)
- Manage, lead and organize the work of the inventory control team to achieve its competencies required
- Work to achieve the overall plan of the company through inventory analysis
- Reporting of physical inventory warehouse balances and valuation part stock-wise periodically
- Managing, leading and organizing the working of the stock control team to achieve their tasks with the required competencies
- Verifying the data entered by warehouses across the company to ensure its accuracy (stock receipts, issuance, transfers, returns)
- Follow up on outstanding matters with the warehouse and highlight to top management any unusual items/delays
- Follow up and reporting for slow-moving items, nonmoving items and excess material
- Reviewing existing procedures and bringing changes to cover any gaps in controls
- Planning and following up the schedules of the annual and physical count inventory and reporting result counts with reasons
What we are looking for
- Bachelor’s degree and at least 6 years of experience in a distribution, warehousing or logistics and Supply Chain environment
- At least 3 years of direct leadership, indirect leadership
- Basic knowledge of Finance will be an added advantage
- Advanced Excel skills
- English proficiency
- Understanding of eCommerce Direct-to-Consumer order fulfillment concepts
- Excellent creative thinking skills with emphasis on developing innovative solutions to solve complex problems that may not have one clear answer
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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
