Job Vacancies at Jumia Nigeria

Jumia – We started operating in Africa in 2012 and since then have launched multiple successful companies such as Jumia, Jumia Market, Jumia Travel, Jumia Food, Jumia Deals, Jumia House, Jumia Jobs, Jumia Car and Jumia Services.

Africa is one of the fastest growing economies in the world, offering excellent opportunities in a vibrant and booming environment. Its economic growth has enabled innovative businesses to flourish and this is where Jumia steps in.

We are recruiting to fill the vacant positions below:

Job Title: Senior PHP Developer
Location: Lagos

Job Type: Full-time
Job Description

• Be part of an agile team that develops smart logistics solutions on a service oriented architecture using state-of-the-art technologies

• Work closely with a multidisciplinary team (Backend developers, DevOps, QA engineers, Product Owners) oriented to continuous delivery
• Work across the entire product life cycle: concept, design, development, deployment, testing, release, support
• Write module, well-organized code.
• Construct and verify (unit test) software components to meet design specifications
• Take ownership for your code to be qualitatively high and you will support your colleagues in code reviews.
• Integration of user-facing elements developed by front-end developers
• Build efficient, testable, and reusable PHP modules
• Rapidly fix bugs and solve problems

• Minimum 3 years experience in web development with Object Oriented Programming
• Excellent knowledge of PHP5 or other OOP language
• Proficient with MySQL or other leading RDBMS
• Experienced in web server-side and client-side technologies
• Working knowledge of MVC frameworks (Zend Framework, Yii, Symfony2 or similar)
• Clear understanding of the Internet Protocol Suite
• Experienced in Version Control technologies (GIT, SVN)
• Aware of Performance and Security topics on web development

• Understanding fundamental design principles behind a scalable application
• User authentication and authorization between multiple systems, servers, and environments
• Familiarity with limitations of PHP as a platform and its workarounds
• Creating database schemas that represent and support business processes
• Excellent communication skills and being able to work independently or in a full team

Job Title: Category Developer
Location: Lagos

Job Type: Full-time
Responsibilities

• We are searching for an exceptional Category Developer with a hunter mentality who has the ability to design and execute cross-sell and up-sell strategies to drive revenue into existing customers.
• The successful candidate will identify valuable partners, negotiate and close impactful deals, commercial and strategic business agreements, and manages and grows the resulting partnerships to drive revenue growth for Jumia and its vendors.
• You will also be responsible for acquiring, onboarding and developing vendor on Jumia.

• Ensure that the pricing and promotion of these categories are managed effectively to increase sales and profitability aimed at driving sustainable growth.
• Utilize prospecting tools to generate leads. Prospect to secure new, competitive and non-buying accounts.
• Proactively arrange time in territory to achieve optimum face-to-face selling opportunities.
• Coordinate account set up, initial equipment and product deliveries to ensure customer satisfaction, including follow-up with customer once account is set up.
• Help reshape and define assigned category to proactively engage customer base and drive wallet share growth.
• Effectively execute territory plan, account plans and opportunity plans to maximize revenue across 100-125 assigned accounts
• Help define the seller base and industry verticals Jumia targets and influence a sales plan that is in line with our seller business direction.
• Build and maintain a healthy sales pipeline to achieve new business targets that exceed monthly metrics and key performance goals.
• Drive revenue by identifying and understanding the client’s business needs, and effectively offering highly valued solutions that win new business opportunities for Jumia
• Design exit strategies for unsuccessful vendors/ products
• Utilize tools and best practices to meet and exceed weekly sales goals & metrics

• Bachelor’s Degree in Sales, Marketing, Business Operations is required. MBA is desired.
• Must have 3-5 years of experience in Key Account Management, Sales and/or Business Development in a large FCMG organisation
• Proven ability to initiate relationships, assess partnership viability, work through long deal cycles, and close complex deals.
• Ability to create valid business reasons to engage customers to drive meaningful sales engagements and business opportunities
• Comfortable in a fast-paced, multi-tasked, high-energy environment.
• Advanced knowledge of the Online Marketplace and the Ecommerce Industry.

Job Title: Local Affiliate Manager – Digital Marketing
Location: Lagos
Job Description

• As a Local Affiliate Manager, you will be responsible for maximizing affiliate revenues for Jumia products and brands globally. You will actively search and cultivate partnerships with new affiliate programs to drive profitable growth and revenue across multiple brands.

• Manage digital marketing initiatives; E-mail, SEO, SEM, affiliates, social, retargeting, to hit traffic plans and ROI.
• Create, implement, and oversee the online marketing calendar to drive qualified traffic and conversion. Partner cross-functionally to support Brand initiatives.
• Use Omniture/Google Analytics and other business tracking tools to make strategic and tactical recommendations.
• Negotiate commission structures with top sites and partners to ensure maximum profitability.
• Work with the marketing department to create campaigns to attract potential affiliates.
• Benchmark and analyze the performance of all online marketing campaigns and promotions.
• Own relationship and support to top local partners, ensuring their education, and satisfaction to maximize their performance on the program.
• Own relationship and support to on-boarded local partners, ensuring their education, satisfaction and maximizing their business on the keep in program
• Follow up on affiliate campaigns to ensure they are kept within budget and maximum ROI is achieved.
• Analyse local channel performance and send weekly performance reports.
• Maximize networking and community building opportunities and by regularly setting up events bringing affiliates together.
• Request artwork for weekly campaigns to be shared with affiliates.
• Send a weekly promotional newsletter to affiliates telling them about the top campaigns, categories and products to promote.
• Localize any central material to fit the local market, for example video tutorials or sales pitch material.
• Occasionally support on central affiliate marketing projects.

• Degree in Marketing, Economics, Business, or related fields. MBA or MSc in Marketing, Business or related field is a plus.
• 5 – 7 years of experience leading online marketing projects, ideally with a focus on acquiring and activating consumers online
• Experience with metrics-driven technology growth, A/B testing, maximizing efficiency and ROI
• Ability to collect and analyze data and present insights from marketing campaigns
• Entrepreneurial mindset with a good sense of structure; the ability to manage your own priorities is a must
• Solid understanding of site navigation, content management and reporting tools
• Strong experience in strategic marketing development, across ATL/BTL, online, advertising & media
• Strong understanding of customer acquisition through digital marketing.
• Experience starting new affiliate program marketing efforts from scratch.
• Understanding of affiliate’s motivations, drives, and desires while still focusing on the company’s goals