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: Regional Manager
Location: Abuja
Job Description
Your main responsibilities will be to grow and develop Kaymu in your region through operational and strategic actions. You will directly manage your operational and commercial team.
A successful candidate will fulfill the following requirements:
- Strong entrepreneurial skills
- Strong leadership
- Strong drive
- Impeccable communication skills
- Ability to negotiate in flawless English
- Ability to identify new business opportunity
- Ability to work independently and in a team
Key responsibilities include:
- Recruit and manage the team, in particular the local sales and operations team
- Acquire and manage business relationships with current and prospective merchants/sellers
- Manage existing and prospective merchants to assure their success selling on Kaymu
- Define and drive action plans to create strong relationships with local stakeholders
- Coordinate your commercial team with the other services (Marketing, Finance, etc.)
- Deliver measurable results linked to your regional strategy
- Ensure regular reporting of your actions and results
- Manage the team efficiency and cohesion
- Create an unparalleled environment for your team’s development and happiness
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 REGIONAL MANAGER (ABUJA/PH) - KAYMU” to:
[email protected]