Recruitment for a Chief Operating Officer at Jumia Nigeria in Lagos state

Job Title:	Recruitment for a Chief Operating Officer at Jumia Nigeria in Lagos state
Organisation:	Jumia Nigeria
Location:	Lagos State
Min Work Experience:	8 year(s)
Qualification:	BSC
Industry:	Sales/ Business Development
Course:	RELATED DISCIPLINE

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Chief Operating Officer – Jumia

Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Job type: Full-time
Department: Operations

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:

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.

Application Deadline
Not Specified.

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