Planning & Performance Manager at JUMIA
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- Company: JUMIA
- Location: Ghana
- State: Jobs in Accra
- Job type: Full-Time
- Job category: Administrative/Secretarial Jobs in Ghana
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Job Description
Jumia is a leading e-commerce platform in Africa. It is built around a marketplace, Jumia Logistics, and JumiaPay. The marketplace helps millions of consumers and sellers to connect and transact. Jumia Logistics enables the delivery of millions of packages through our network of local partners. JumiaPay facilitates the payments of online transactions for Jumia’s ecosystem. With over 1 billion people and 500 million internet users in Africa, Jumia believes that e-commerce is making people’s lives easier by helping them shop and pay for millions of products at the best prices wherever they live. E-commerce is also creating new opportunities for SMEs to grow, and job opportunities for a new generation to thrive.
With over 5,000 employees in more than 10 countries in Africa, 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 sustainable impact in Africa. Jumia offers unique opportunities in a vibrant and booming environment, creating new jobs, new skills, and empowering a new generation.
About The Role:
The Planning & Performance function at Jumia is responsible for anticipating and structuring the planning & performance activities for the country. We are a cross functional team delivering what is right for the country agnostic of function or agenda.
The role encompasses eight clearly defined dimensions:
- Steering country on full P&L to profitability across GP1/GP2 & GP3 for all our businesses (Jumia Mall, Jumia On Demand Service and Jumia Pay)
- Producing and owning Monthly/Weekly performance planning
- Constantly refining and improving our approach to deliver on our budget and vision
- Prepare mid-month and monthly Performance reviews
- Launching / implementing and monitoring performance steering actions across marketing / commercial / ops and Jumia Services
- Lead performance steering and execution of Tier 1 events in the country.
Your position as Planning & Performance Manager entails:
Managing and coordinating high impact actions and projects across all functions commercial/marketing/Ops and JS.
The aim is to bring exceptional profitable usage growth. The Planning & Performance Manager is a key contributor to delivering a profitability and sustainable Jumia with world-class customer experience and ensuring Jumia becomes the most beloved shopping destination for Africans.
- Defining and monitoring monthly performance across and full P&L identifying and conducting root cause analysis on deviations ensuring all departments are aligned with the expected trajectory;
- Leading the defining and implementation of performance steering actions to growth in the profitable usage of Jumia;
- Giving weekly visibility on key deviations versus Business Plan for the country;
- Assessing every month, the deviation versus Jumia Services SLA (Service Level Agreement) to avoid any extra cost due to lack of planning accuracy;
- Leading locally the Tier 1 event execution across functions;
- Launching/implementing and monitoring performance steering actions across marketing/commercial/ops and Jumia Service
- Action oriented and results oriented: Ability to execute cross functional performance plans;
- Very strong analytical skills;
- Strong interpersonal skills: Convince the people and your team that you are making the right decisions
- A fast learner, structured and organized
- Resistant to stress
- Very independent with a strong ability to go further than the expectations
Expected Background and Technical skills:
An ideal candidate would possess/be:
- Minimum 5 years’ experience with significant experience in ecommerce, management consulting, venture capital, company creation or category management (retail) would be appreciated
- Graduate of one of the Top Business / Engineering Schools and Universities
- Proficiency in MS Office, PowerBI and Excel (VBA would be a plus)
- Ability to analyse large data sets to make strategic decisions
As a whole, we expect someone passionate, creative and able to work efficiently. We expect a leader.
We offer:
- A unique experience in an international, entrepreneurial, yet structured environment
- An unparalleled personal and professional improvement as our longer-term objective is to train the next generation of leaders for our future internet ventures
- The opportunity to be part of a team full of talented people with the best backgrounds
Method of Application
Submit your CV and Application on Company Website : Click HereClosing Date : 28th Jan. 2022
