Jumia is the leading pan-Africa e-commerce platform. Founded in 2012, Jumia’s mission is to improve the quality of everyday life in Africa by leveraging technology to deliver innovative, convenient and affordable online services to consumers, while helping businesses grow as they use our platform to reach and serve consumers.

Our platforms consist of our marketplace, which connects sellers with consumers, our logistics service, which enables the shipment and delivery of packages from sellers to consumers, and our payment service, which facilitates transactions among participants active on our platform in selected markets. Through our online platforms, consumers can access a wide range of physical and digital goods and services, fashion, electronics, beauty products and also hotel and flight bookings or restaurant delivery.

With over 3,000 employees in 14 countries spanning across 6 African regions, 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 for Africa. Jumia offers unique opportunities in a vibrant and booming environment, creating new jobs, new skills, and empowering a new generation. We are looking for talented people with a passion for Africa to join our team and embark on our exciting journey!

Senior Commercial Planner

The commercial planner is playing a key role within the company:

Taking the lead on the category strategic orientation and the full responsibility of the category’s P&L, the commercial planner will have to bring an exceptional growth for the sales volume, the margin and the conversion rate. She / He will be responsible for the decisions she / he makes and will have to monitor her / his performance.

The Commercial Planner will be responsible for delivering a world-class customer experience thanks to the right assortment, a perfect online ergonomics, the best prices and the most innovative marketing campaigns.

Main responsibilities

• Analyze daily and weekly company KPIs with a macro view of the long-term success of the local business 


• Delivering growth on your PnL, leveraging on the power of the marketplace, bringing orientations, feedback and support to the commercial team.


• Leading the commercial plan, taking an active part in the definition and execution of Jumia’s commercial strategy


• Ensuring Jumia always has for the customer, the right products at the best price, at the right place.


• Develop and optimize processes to streamline the business. Think about how these processes will be adopted as the company grows


• Develop analytical frameworks and models that will help enhance performance in the commercial function. 


• Understanding all your markets, vendors and customers, bringing valuable insights and convictions to support your data driven commercial recommendations.


• Building analysis, flying high and diving deep, to ensure smart reporting on the performance across all categories, leading to action oriented recommendations.


• Owning the merchandising of our website, optimizing the placement of our products to deliver on every level of Jumia's strategy.


• Working seamlessly with all departments (Commercial, Marketing, Onsite, Operations...), enabling decision making, problem solving and ensuring laser focus execution. 


• Leading massive and complex commercial operations and project management initiatives, coordinating effectively cross functions initiatives. 


• Constantly working toward improving and simplifying our tools and processes

Required Skills:

Desired Background and experience:

• Graduate of Top Business or Engineering Schools and Universities


• 1-2 years of professional experience in management consulting, venture capital, company creation or category management (retail, FMCG for ex.) 


• Proficiency in MS Office and Excel (VBA would be a plus)


• Ability to analyse large data sets to make strategic decisions. 

Expected Personal skills: 

• Action and results oriented


• Strong analytical skills


• Strong inter-personal skills: Convince the people and your team that you are making the right decisions


• Fast learner


• Well organized


• Resistant to stress


• Very independent with a strong ability to go further expectations. 

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.