Inventory Manager - Jumia (Full Time)

About Jumia:

Jumia believes that technology has the potential to transform everyday life in Africa for the better. Jumia was built to help consumers access millions of goods and services conveniently and at the best prices while opening up a new way for sellers to reach consumers and grow their businesses.
Listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in 2019, Jumia is the leading e-commerce company in Africa, operating in 11 countries. The Jumia platform consists of a marketplace, which connects sellers with consumers, a logistics service, which enables the shipment and delivery of packages from sellers to consumers, and a payment service, JumiaPay, which offers a safe and easy solution to facilitate online payment transactions. The company offers goods across a broad range of categories, such as phones and electronics, home appliances, fast-moving consumer goods, fashion and beauty.

 

What you will be doing

• Prepare business plans for the development of supply chain management, continuous improvement and inventory control
• Check data entered into stores across company to ensure accuracy (inventory receipts, issue, conversions, returns)
• Manage, lead and organize the work of inventory control team to achieve its competencies required
• Work to achieve the overall plan of the company through inventory analysis
• Reporting of physical inventory warehouse balances and valuation part stock wise periodically
• Managing, leading and organizing working of stock control team to achieve their tasks with required competencies
• Verifying the data entered by warehouses across the company to ensure its accuracy (stock receipts, issuance, transfers, returns)
• Follow up outstanding matters with warehouse and highlighting to top management any unusual items/delays
• Follow up and reporting for slow moving items, nonmoving items and excess material
• Reviewing existing procedures and bringing changes to cover any gaps in controls 
• Planning and follow up the schedules of the annual and physical count inventory and reporting result counts with reasons 

What we are looking for

• Bachelor’s degree and at least 6 years of experience in a distribution, warehousing or logistics and Supply Chain environment
• At least 3 years of direct leadership, indirect leadership
• Basic knowledge of Finance will be an added advantage
• Advanced Excel skills
• English proficiency
• Understanding of eCommerce Direct-to-Consumer order fulfillment concepts
• Excellent creative thinking skills with emphasis on developing innovative solutions to solve complex problems that may not have one clear answer
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We Offer:

• A unique experience in an entrepreneurial, yet structured environment
• A unique opportunity of having strong impact in building the African e-commerce sector
• The opportunity to become part of a highly professional and dynamic team
• An unparalleled personal and professional growth as our longer term objective is to train the next generation of leaders