Chief Operating Officer Vacancy – Jumia

Job Objective

The Jumia Mall Country COO will be responsible for leading the Customer Experience, Vendor Experience & customer service teams for improved efficiency in the country.

Ensuring timely execution of the centrally defined improvements/routines, participating to their refinement through the collection of detailed customer/vendor feedbacks, and leading in-country related specific projects to reach those objectives

Responsibilities

Customer & Vendor Experience improvements are the core of Jumia’s strategic objectives.

Customer Experience: all elements impacting the satisfaction of a customer navigating or buying on Jumia online experience, delivery experience, product experience, customer service experience, and aftersales (returns / warranties) experience.

Vendor Experience: all elements impacting the satisfaction of a vendor selling on Jumia: online experience, operational experience and payment/finance experience.

The responsibilities are:

• Day to day team management:  Customer experience, Vendor experience, Customer Service and IT infrastructure
• Leadership: Interacting with other central & local teams (logistics & warehousing, IT, commercial, vendor management, marketing) to explain the forecasted activities and get the required support as many of the Ops projects are transversal.
• Understanding the central improvement projects and ensuring their effective and efficient local execution.
• Gather detailed feedback from customers & vendors
• Update the central team with feedback synthesis and related necessary improvements
• Lead and implement necessary improvements at a local level.
• Developing Customer & Vendor Experience awareness across the country’s different services, through proper training and communication channels for centralised actions.
• Leading recruitment activities when necessary.

Competencies Required

• Owner mentality and an entrepreneurial drive.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and Power point) tools.
• Working knowledge of Google Office Productivity Tools.
• Good verbal and written communication skills and presentation skills.
• Good problem-solving skills required.
• Proven ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Ability to work to deadlines and targets, can prioritize tasks under pressure.

Qualification & Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in any field from a recognised and accredited University.
• 8 years work experience and at least 5-6 years’ work experience at a senior operations management level.
• Deep knowledge of customer/vendor experience best practices in e-commerce or retail industry.
• Excellent interpersonal and influencing skills.
• Problem solving and quick decision-making ability.
• Proven experience in target setting and ability to efficiently manage multifunctional team.
• Ability to get hands-on with the team & results oriented.
• Well organized and excellent communication skills.

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.