Merchant Acquisiton at Kaymu - Lagos

Kaymu is the largest and safest online marketplace in Africa, where buyers and sellers meet and exchange everything from Fashion to Phones. Founded in January 2013, Kaymu vision is to offer both customers and sellers a shopping experience that is convenient, safe and second to none.

Our company is part of Africa Internet Holding, a global and leading incubator of startups specialized in e-commerce. Africa Internet Holding is the leading internet group of Africa with already over 1,000 employees in 10 African countries and huge successes such as Jumia.com, Hellofood.com, Lamudi.com, Carmudi.com and Jovago.com. It is led by top talented leaders offering a great mix of local and international talents and is backed by MTN, Millicom and Rocket Internet.

We want to create a well-balanced team of talented, dynamic and highly motivated individuals with a passion for emerging markets and Africa. We are currently looking for outstanding candidates interested in entrepreneurship and web businesses.

Job Title: Merchant Acquisiton

Location: Lagos

Job Description
This is a sales-focused role, centered on the acquisition of retailers (Merchants) all across Nigeria for Kaymu.com.ng – Nigeria’s #1 online marketplace.

The specifics of the MERCHANT ACQUISITON – LAGOS role would be;

• Sourcing and acquiring of retailers in Lagos.
• Continuous development of sales strategies for Kaymu - focused on strategic locations within Lagos and its environs
• Proper communication of the value propositions of buying and selling online and more so as it relates to the Nigerian e commerce ecosystem
• Management and deployment of retailer acquisition tools, updating and maintaining analytics based acquisition reports
• Collaboration with a wider Sales Team across other regions within Nigeria, working closely with a responsive Management team of young minds
• Responsible for developing Merchant acquisition strategies and maintaining acquisition trackers on processes and procedures

Profile Requirements

• Strong communication skills, confident disposition high energy and charismatic
• Entrepreneurial mentality
• Strong abilities to function well in a superfast paced work environment
• Religious focus on the importance of best-in-class Customer Service
• Hunger for success, high energy and charismatic
• High proficiency in the use of MS Office tools (MS Excel in particular)
• Good knowledge of the retail e-commerce ecosystem in Nigeria
• Preferred Qualifications : HND/OND and a 1+ year sales experience
• Preferred Age: 30 years and below

Our offer

• An unparalleled personal and professional growth as our longer-term objective is to train the next generation of leaders for our future internet ventures
• A unique experience in launching and scaling new internet concepts within Nigeria
• Becoming a part of a highly professional and dynamic team working around the world
• An attractive salary package
• A unique experience at working with the best brains and sharpest minds within Nigeria and on the international scene

Application Deadline Date
31st August, 2014.

Method of Application
We currently have openings across several regions of Nigeria. If you want to the team that’s in the process of building some of the fastest growing companies in the world, please send your resume with subject as “APPLICATION FOR MERCHANT ACQUISITION - LAGOS - KAYMU” to: [email protected]