Central - Head of Supply Chain Project Management - Jumia (Full Time)

About Jumia:

Jumia believes that technology has the potential to transform everyday life in Africa for the better. Jumia was built to help consumers access millions of goods and services conveniently and at the best prices while opening up a new way for sellers to reach consumers and grow their businesses.
Listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in 2019, Jumia is the leading e-commerce company in Africa, operating in 11 countries. The Jumia platform consists of a marketplace, which connects sellers with consumers, a logistics service, which enables the shipment and delivery of packages from sellers to consumers, and a payment service, JumiaPay, which offers a safe and easy solution to facilitate online payment transactions. The company offers goods across a broad range of categories, such as phones and electronics, home appliances, fast-moving consumer goods, fashion and beauty.

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