Central - Head of Supply Chain Project Management - Jumia (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 role :

The Head Of Supply Chain Project Management  will oversee key projects in  Jumia Supply Chain department . This would entail working closely with country teams. The role will also be responsible for setting up and leading war rooms, doing deep dive and creating list of actions and implementing them with the country management.

Key Responsibilities :

• Creating and standardizing Performance management and enhancement across all countries
  • Establishing the principles and key levers which influence output KPIs
  • Convert those levers into inputs for successful performance management
  • Translate inputs in actions, routines and projects
  • Validate and publish those into implementable and trackable PMO format
  • Manage and drive implementation across countries
  • Create right visibility and shareholder level reporting for them
• Training of Country teams and handholding for key projects implementation
  • Creating standard and very easy blue book equivalent; which can be easily implemented in all Jumia Countries including
  • Performing routine trainings for country teams on projects
• Analytical insights for country managers and country teams in form of weekly/monthly updates
• Performance deep dive  
  • War room methodology; if needed to be quickly launched and implemented on ground for performance management -- setting up and leading war rooms in all countries, doing deep dive and creating list of actions and implementing them with country Management in all countries.
• Creating standard deep dive routines for all CMs, COOs etc
• Monitoring the performance of all Country teams

 

 

Job Requirements                    

 

• A bachelor’s degree from an accredited university; Degree in Engineering,
• Operations, Supply Chain and Project Management
• Proficient in Microsoft Office – Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Email, Internet etc.
• Proficient in Google Office Suite – Google Drive, Google Sheets, Google Docs, Gmail,
• Clear understanding of Transportation Logistics network management, Retail or Customer Service processes and priorities
• Basic/Working knowledge of Six Sigma tools and Lean techniques preferred. Excel skills required
• Experience in strategy and complex network management
• 7  years   minimum experience, preferably in a manufacturing, production or distribution environment with a strong    focus on logistics or alternatives supply chain
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Flexible to work with people from different backgrounds
• Team player and flexible to rapidly changing work schedules
• Excellent team management and coaching skills
• High analytical skills;
• IT savvy
• Conflict management

 

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