City Manager

What’s JABU?

JABU is a B2B e-commerce & distribution marketplace, offering tech-enabled, route-to-market development & merchandising for FMCG brands in undeveloped areas while helping unbanked businesses grow through efficient delivery, an affordable product basket, inventory management and credit facilities.

Job description: 

City Manager: You will be reporting to the Country Operations Manager

Operational tasks

• Prepare and manage monthly budgets and projections for the Finance team.
• Record / track expenses (petty cash and money transfer) and upload any payment requests onto the payment form.
• Reconcile accounts daily with retailers.
• Track cost against selling price daily to ensure the take rate defined by senior management is kept.
• Hire, onboard, and regularly train the different city team to ensure maximum performance.
• Monitor and maintain inventory levels and minimize “out of stock” orders.
• Schedule purchase / arrival of stock alongside the depot supervisor and the sourcing team.
• Ensure a minimum 90% presale vs. delivery baseline (i.e., 90% of orders are delivered)*
• Ensure a minimum 95% picked vs. delivery baseline (i.e., 95% of items loaded on the vehicles are delivered)*
• Ensure a minimum revenue growth percentage of 30% month-over-month*
• Ensure all strategic roles are filled by recruitment the best candidates possible for each vacancy*

Thematic tasks

• Coordinate all business activities with retailers and our team.
• Ensure a constant growth in sales through months in all the city branches.
• Measure performance of team members, and manage KPI and development.
• Lead and establish a customer centric approach on the team.
• Pay attention to team reports on our products/prices and improve our offer.
• Communicate with the Marketing and IT department to run promotions.
• Develop marketing campaigns and activities to boost sales.
• Maintain supplier relationships.
• Implement sourcing strategies and processes.
• Lead efforts to implement strategies, processes and enforce compliance at the city level.
• Communicate and collaborate with your peers: City Managers.

Culture tasks 

• Shows initiative, excitement and promotes JABU brand.
• Proactive and self-organized.
• Takes ownership of the job position and ensures to complete given tasks in time and in full.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Finance, Sales, or related field.
• Minimum 8 years of relevant work experience.
• An MBA from a Tier 1 institute is a plus.
• Exceptional communication skills, writing and speaking.
• Proven ability towards constructive networking.
• Team player and multitasker with exceptional organizational skills.
• Knowledge of the FMCG industry
• Well-versed with various software and digital tools such as SAP, Google Workspace apps and Microsoft Office.