Phoenix Associate at Jumia Nigeria

Jumia is a leading e-commerce platform in Africa. It is built around a marketplace, Jumia Logistics, and JumiaPay. The marketplace helps millions of consumers and sellers to connect and transact. Jumia Logistics enables the delivery of millions of packages through our network of local partners. JumiaPay facilitates the payments of online transactions for Jumia's ecosystem. With over 1 billion people and 500 million internet users in Africa, Jumia believes that e-commerce is making people's lives easier by helping them shop and pay for millions of products at the best prices wherever they live. E-commerce is also creating new opportunities for SMEs to grow, and job opportunities for a new generation to thrive.

With over 5,000 employees in more than 10 countries in Africa, 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 a sustainable impact in Africa. Jumia offers unique opportunities in a vibrant and booming environment, creating new jobs, new skills, and empowering a new generation.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Phoenix Associate

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time
Department: Commercial

Job Objective

• As a Phoenix Associate, you will be screening prices of all Categories in all markets, spending your time at large retail stores.
• This is also required for us to purchase below RDP (working the pricing reverse from target RRP to the target cost through the target margin pool by segment). 

Key Responsibilities

• Tracking market trends and keeping up to date on prices set by online competitors and Offline Retail stores.
• Collect vendor as well as dealer prices along with aggregation in pricing database 
• Work closely with the pricing manager to track movement in costs
• Participate monthly in portfolio valuation procedure.
• Support various team members with special pricing projects.
• Respond to external and internal ad hoc requests.
• Support to research, archive, and gather information.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor's Degree from a reputable University (MBA/MSc is a plus).
• A minimum of 5 years experience in retail.
• Customer Service/Account Management
• Should have experience in vendor management and have handled teams.

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 Closing Date
Not Specified.