Current Jobs at Jumia Nigeria, 20th March, 2019

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Jumia is Africa's leading internet group, with already over 3,000 employees in more than 20 African countries and huge successes such as Jumia, Jumia Travel, Jumia Food, Jumia Deals, Jumia House, Jumia Jobs and Jumia Services. It is led by top talented leaders offering a great mix of local and international talents and is backed by MTN, Millicom, Rocket Internet, Axa, Orange, Goldman Sachs & CdC. We are currently looking for talented people with a passion for emerging markets and Africa to join our team and embark on our exciting journey in the position below:     Job Title: SEO Specialist - Jumia Location: Lagos Job Type: Full Time Responsibilities

• As an SEO Specialist, you will help manage search engine optimization of products and category pages to improve search results and visibility as well as conversion, while driving traffic to the website through search engines.You will also double as a Quality Control Editor, ensuring the quality of content created.

In particular you will:

• Optimization and indexing of product pages
• Work with Central Team on optimization of category pages to ensure that ranks are high on the search engine result pages
• Work with the QC Team to approve product uploads
• SEO Specialist will also work with Content Team to approve product reviews
• Consistently review the website and look for enhancement opportunities to optimize website search results.
• Perform all on-site optimization, including optimizing title tags, meta information, URLs, content, headers, and more.
• Manage the website content (new product uploads, data scrubbing and migration where applicable, removing products, update pricing etc.)
• Write effective headlines, body, copy, and websites to optimize websites or web pages.
• Work collaboratively with Content Team to assure web advertising is presented most effectively and with key word optimization.
• Create program plans based on E-Commerce Marketing strategies to focus on customer retention, repeat purchases, and customer acquisition.

Professional Skills & Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in any field from a recognized reputable university
• 3- 5 years' experience in SEO, Web Development and Content Management Systems or similar role in a fast-paced corporate environment
• Practice of advanced SEO theory and applied techniques (web ranking, link analysis, data analytics, etc.)
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and Power point) tools.
• Working knowledge of Google Office Productivity Tools and In-depth experience with website analytics tools (e.g., Google Analytics).
• Working knowledge of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript development and constraints.
• Up-to-date with the latest trends and best practices in SEO
• Proven track-record of increasing traffic, improving brand and site visibility within major search engines for important keywords, increasing site authority through trusted and natural link-building, and surpassing client conversion goals
• Experience with keyword research, ranking and analysis tools.

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.

Interested and qualified candidates should:Click here to apply     Job Title: Account Manager - Jumia Food Location: Lagos Department: Acquisition & Account Management Job Type: Full Time Responsibilities

• Jumia Food is an online food ordering site that allows consumers to conveniently order meals of their choice from their preferred restaurants, and have them delivered straight to their home / office.

In particular, you will:

• Leverage prospecting skills and relationships to build partnerships with franchisees of the most important restaurant chains
• Drive expansion of existing clients as well as generating new business at prospect chains
• Manage contract negotiations aimed at establishing the foundation of a strong working relationship with our restaurant partners, including sustainable economics for both parties
• Clearly communicate the value of Jumia Food and its newest products to prospects
• Work closely with the Marketing Department with marketing requests
• Negotiate attractive deals/combos with partner restaurants for the benefit of our customers (ie.during annual Black Friday campaign)
• Educating new vendors on the importance of Jumia Food’s operational procedures and standards,ensuring they are always respected
• Equipping and training new vendors on Jumia Food’s order processing and management tools (through the management of the Vendor Service Associate)
• Ensuring that Jumia Food is paid its due commission on time (through management of the Cash Collection Officer)
• Monitoring vendor performance and implementing operational improvement plans for restaurants, where necessary

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of professional experience with at least 2 year of experience in a client facing role that includes new business acquisition
• Ability to have a 'sixth sense' when it comes to partnerships and that leads you to effortlessly navigating multiple partner engagements
• Ability to think strategically and analyze restaurant needs to both unlock opportunities and creatively problem-solve
• An intuition for people. You're spending the majority of the time working with various internal and external teams, building and really cultivating new relationships with potential and existing partners and within all parts of an organization
• Eagerness to get into the details, ability to go above and beyond

We Offer

• A unique experience in an entrepreneurial, yet structured environment
• A unique opportunity of having strong impact in building the African ecommerce 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.

Interested and qualified candidates should:Click here to apply     Job Title: Java Developer - Jumia Pay Location: Lagos Job Type: Full time Department: Engineering Responsibilities

• Jumia Pay is a new and free online payment service that enables you to send payments online securely, instantly, and cost-effectively.

In particular you will;

• Design and implementation of web-based back-end components that are high-performing and scalable.
• Participate and improve development processes such as Agile, Scrum and Kanban along with strong robust coordination processes related to software release, deployment and testing.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• 3-5 years relevant experience in Java / J2EE developement with Spring framework, especially with modules such as Web, JMS, transactions with Core container.
• Excellent Knowledge in Data Structure  and Algorithms.
• Strong experience with Maven;Strong experience with ORM (Hibernate) and SQL (MySQL, PostgreSQL).
• A strong sense for code quality, following/defining coding guidelines and experience with Unit-Testing and SonarQube.
• Experience working with a large code-base and version systems, ideally GIT.
• Pro-activeness, team player and positive attitude.
• Adaptable, meticulous, innovative with good problem solving skills.
• Excellent English skills.

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.

Interested and qualified candidates should:Click here to apply   Application Deadline 30th April, 2019.

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