Darkstore Operations Area Manager at Glovo Nigeria

Glovo - We’re a Barcelona-based startup and the fastest-growing delivery player in Europe, Hispanic America and Africa. With food at the core of the business, Glovo delivers any product within your city at any time of day. Our vision and ambition are not only to make everything immediately available in your city but it is also to offer our employees the job of their lives. A job where you'll be challenged and have the most fun working in through tech-enabled experiences.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Darkstore Operations Area Manager

Location: Lagos

Your Mission

• Q-Commerce is the second biggest category inside Glovo and we are currently building a strong Local team in order to re-invent how consumers buy their groceries and any other product in their city making it more convenient and easy than ever before.
• As MFC Area Operations Manager in our Dark Stores Glovo Express, you will be responsible for delivering a best-in-class user experience for our customers and leading the implementation of the right assortment, categorization, content, pricing, and promotion strategies.

The Journey

• Launch groceries retail stores in your city from scratch
• Manage, control and direct Groceries retail stores and continuously improve i) functionality ii) service level in order to achieve our Customer Experience goals while being obsessive about iii) growth
• Manage staffing plans, schedules, quality initiatives, process change initiatives, and other initiatives necessary to enable the Operations plans.
• Manage a team of Supervisors with responsibility for each shift within a very fast-paced/ time-critical and demanding environment.
• Set the requirements and expectations for Retail store Managers, Supervisors and Pickers.
• Measure performance through metrics, providing feedback, and holding Retail store Managers and supervisors accountable for their performance and the performance of their teams.
• Be proactive and ensure that best practices are shared across all Retail Stores and shifts.
• Work closely with other teams (HR, Category Management, Finance, Facility contractors, Safety Manager, LiveOps...) to create and implement initiatives that will deliver growth of the retail stores
• Supervise the maintenance of the working environment ensuring health and safety standards across your stores.
• Achieve stock accuracy targets.
• Continuously measure and evaluate the departmental goals and all work processes, available daily labor and daily production goals.
• Improve quality and eliminate errors, reducing business costs.
• Manage and report main KPIs on a weekly basis.
• Perform administrative duties, and additional functions, as needed and determined by management
• All while delivering positive P&L results

What you will bring to the ride

• An impressive track record in a high-volume, fast-paced grocery chain, distribution or logistics environment
• 3 - 5 years of experience in retail, managing multidisciplinary teams
• Fluency in local language and English
• Proficiency with SQL
• Working knowledge of Six Sigma tools and Lean techniques is preferred
• An empathetic, inclusive and curious attitude.

We believe driven talent deserves

• An enticing equity plan that lets you own a piece of the action.
• Top-notch private health insurance to keep you at your peak.
• Monthly Glovo credit to satisfy your cravings!
• Discounted gym memberships to keep you energized.
• Extra time off!
• Enhanced parental leave.
• Online therapy and wellbeing benefits to ensure your mental well-being.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.