Category Manager (m/f) – Africa Internet Group - Rocket Internet - United States

Africa internet group (AIG) is Africa’s leading internet platform. We operate online and mobile e-commerce retail, marketplaces, classified and services companies. By providing technology to connect customers to businesses, we simplify life with easy-to-use applications and smart solutions across the continent’s internet sector. Founded in 2012, the group is currently operating 11 companies in more than 30 African countries. At AIG, you have the opportunity

to extend your entrepreneurial knowledge while working in a fast-changing environment. We constantly strive to keep up with the pace of the economic growth of the continent, respectively shaping and improving our processes as well as operations. Moreover, we are dedicated to contribute to the building of sustainable and inclusive growth. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) like our companies are increasingly being recognized and shape new business models every day.

Job Description

You will be responsible for delivering a world-class customer experience thanks to the right assortment, a perfect online ergonomics, the best prices and the most innovative marketing campaigns. There are 2 types of products fashion and General Merchandising (Books, High Tech…). As a category manager you will be responsible for either fashion or GM.

Taking the lead on the category strategic orientation, the category manager will have to bring an exceptional growth for the sales volume, the margin and the conversion rate. He will be responsible for the decisions he makes and will have to monitor his performance.

Your position as Category Manager entails:
 Delivering a strategy for future growth by building the most pertinent assortment of products, asking the buyer teams to follow up on your instructions

 Increasing the gross margin by being responsible for price position and asking the buyer teams to renegotiate the costs on strategic brands, categories and products

 Meeting the main suppliers

 Building a very friendly user interface, working closely with the shop management teams (marketing) – It includes the creation of banners, new filters, enhancing the category tree, selecting the products you want to see at the top of the page, etc.

 Establishing plans that will be presented to the top management on the strategic decision you make (which price point do we target for this category, which marketing strategy I want to implement, which products do I want to source, what will be the upcoming best sellers).

 Managing all the replenishment and inventory tools for stock monitoring

 Creating campaigns and deciding through which marketing channel you will push them

 As a whole, you have to identify and to promote the best sellers that will lead the market and strengthen ventures’ position as the leader of online retail

Requirements

 Top European Business Schools and Universities

 A previous experience in management consulting, venture capital, company

 Proficiency in MS Office and Excel (VBA would be plus)

 Ability to analyze large data sets to make strategic decisions

 Action oriented and results oriented

 Strong analytical skill

 Fast learner

 Well organized

 Resistant to stress

 Very independent with a strong ability to go further than the expectations

 As a whole, we expect someone passionate, creative and able to work efficiently

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

Package

 Duration: 6 months

 Location: France, Algeria, Egypt

 Start date: as soon as possible