Logistics Operations Manager - Jumia (Full Time)

At Jumia, mobility is at the heart of our people development approach. This job board helps us establish more transparency in available opportunities in the company to promote mobility.

You need to follow simple guidelines:

• Before applying, make sure you discuss the opportunity with your direct manager and that both of you agree that this is positive for your development (written approval from your direct manager will be required).
• Apply with your Jumia e-mail.

What you will be doing:

• Management of cross border supply chain for  bound shipment
• Create route to improve delivery fulfilment and customer promise for international order
• Diversify logistic partnership for trade route
• Test new international shipping solution to create most reliable and even faster supply
• Develop systems and processes to improve fulfilment lead-time for Jumia global bound shipment
• Constantly improving existing processes and finding means to better supply efficiency and metric
• Rollout and standardize reverse supply chain for international sellers
• Streamline international seller inventory management
• Enhancement of Customer Experience/Vendor Experience for Jumia Global
• Constantly review SKU with poor review and quality
• Manage vendor Payment and logistic recharge
• Cost optimization for international Freight and local clearing
• Negotiate international freight & local clearing cost with 100% reliability
• Develop streamlined reports, dashboards and intermediate indicators
• Create reports on Metric --> Detail--> Why format
• Automate and make dashboards as real time as possible to show performance metrics.

What we are looking for:

• MBA or Master's Degree in: Engineering, Operations, Logistics or related fields
• 7+ years of management experience in Supply Chain, Distribution and Logistics, preferably in e-commerce fulfillment.
• Excellent creative thinking skills with emphasis on developing innovative solutions to solve complex problems that may not have one clear answer
• Clear understanding of Transportation Logistics network management, Retail or Customer Service processes and priorities
• Experience of Six Sigma/ Lean analytical technique is a plus
• Experience of supply chain management and transportation concepts: forecasting, planning, optimization, logistics, delivery performance, carrier negotiation, inventory management, S&OP.
• Understanding of E-Commerce Direct-to-Consumer order fulfilment concepts.

Kindly make your application by 31st  April 2025

Interview stages 

• HR meeting with the Talent Acquisition
• Technical meeting with hiring manager
• Final meeting with the functional manager