General Manager, Ecommerce Operations

Sundry Markets Limited owns and operates Marketsquare Supermarkets (www.marketsquareng.com) - Nigeria’s emerging grocery retailer. Our first store commenced trading in December 2015 while efforts are underway to put a store in every major city of the country.

We are recruiting to fill the vacant position below: 

Job Position: General Manager, Ecommerce Operations
Job Location: Port Harcourt, Rivers
Job Description

• The General Manager, Ecommerce Operations will be responsible for developing and managing the company’s online sales and presence.
• The job holder will also oversee all the company’s retail business and be responsible for their profitability and financial performance.

Main Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities includes:

• Managing the e-commerce site from build to implementation and beyond, proposing further developments and upgrades as may be required to meet corporate objectives from time to time.
• Managing fleet of delivery vehicles
• Keeping the site up to date and functional at all times
• Loss prevention and asset protection
• Responsibility for managing the merchandising of the sites, tracking and responding to online sales progress, product availability and margins to maximise sales growth and profitability.
• Undertaking sales and traffic analysis to proactively identifying incremental sales and profit opportunities for each e-commerce site.
• Managing a team of designers, tech professionals, marketers and logistics operators to ensure a seamless end to end online retail service that ensures the customers finds what he wants and gets it within an acceptable and defined service timeframe.
• Recruitment and manpower development.

Job Requirements
The Ideal candidate should have:

• Minimum of Bachelor’s or equivalent degree in Management, Business Administration, Business or Internet Marketing or relevant field. MBA will be added advantage.
• Minimum of Seven (7) year’s management level experience in a successful ecommerce retailing business
• The ideal candidate should have had operational excellence and profit goals, oversight and responsibility for a multi-billion naira retail operation
• Track-record of effectively managing teams to complete multiple, time-sensitive projects and competing priorities with minimum guidance.

Relevant Competencies:

• Track record in developing successful e-commerce sites
• Internet sales and marketing
• Strong analytical, problem solving and strategic planning skills
• Superior verbal and written communication skills.
• Tech savy with particular knowledge and skills in graphic and web design and analytics
• Excellent Leadership skills and high attention to details
• Excellent Business and Financial skills
• Strong in people management with an ability to build partnerships and influence internal/external customers
• Good Project Management Skills
• Ability to adapt to and drive change.

Application Closes on...
21st December, 2017.

Application Method
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Applications to email.

Note

• Only qualified and interested candidates who are willing and available to partake in the selection exercise which is scheduled to hold in Port Harcourt should apply
• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.