Jumia is Africa's leading internet group, with already over 3,000 employees in more than 14 African countries and huge successes such as Jumia, Jumia Travel, Jumia Food, Jumia Deals, Jumia House, Jumia Jobs and Jumia Services. It is led by top talented leaders offering a great mix of local and international talents and is backed by MTN, Millicom, Rocket Internet, Axa, Orange, Goldman Sachs & CdC.

Jumia was founded in 2012 in Nigeria with a clear mission, to relentlessly build the most effortless and reliable online shopping environment, providing consumers with the widest range of genuine products at low prices. Jumia now integrated most of the value chain from our own delivery fleet to our customer service and our own warehouse.

We are always on the look-out for talented people to join our commercial teams in Cameroon, Senegal or Ivory Coast and embark on our exciting journey. Apply here, to join our commercial talent pool. If selected post interview for this talent pool, you will be prioritized for the next hires in the commercial team.

Job Description:

By joining the commercial team, you will join Jumia’s engine of growth and be accountable for a category/categories of products (Electronic Goods, Fashion, FMCG), vendor relationships, commercial planning etc... 

Your role is to provide the widest and the most relevant possible range offers for our customers, from the very essence of commercial, to operations or even co-organization of Jumia key commercial events. These positions offer the most growth to the pool of talent. We expect best performers to be the next wave of CCOs, MDs, Category Directors across the group.

Areas of responsibility may include:

• 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 Jumias commercial strategy


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


• Being within our teams, an early adopter, a leading ambassador and a relentless missionary of Jumia's strategic commercial orientation. 


• Managing and getting the best out of your team


• 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. 


• 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, process 

A successful candidate will fulfil the following requirements:

• Strong commercial and analytical skills


• Great capacity to handle high stake negotiations


• Structured and organized


• Good with tools (excel & PPT, Salesforce.com would be a plus)


• Resistant to stress


• Great ability to work in a fast paced and competitive environment


• Flawless English communication

Overall, we expect a true leader.

Expected background and technical skills

• Top Engineering, Business Schools & Universities (top 5 of your field for your country)


• Proficiency in MS Office and google tools


• Familiar with relationship management tools