- Location
- Nigeria
- Type
- Full-time
- Department
- Supply Chain
- Seniority
- Mid-Senior
- Education
- Bachelor
- Source
- Greenhouse
Description
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.
Job Overview
The Outbound Team Lead manages the pick, pack, and dispatch process at Jumia's fulfillment center, ensuring packing materials are used efficiently, outbound KPIs are met, and orders are shipped accurately and on time, while leading and developing the outbound team.
What You Will Be Doing
- Manage the usage of packing materials and ensure usage matches dispatched orders.
- Create and develop packaging guidelines for each category of items.
- Manage weekly cycle counts for packing materials, minimizing waste.
- Manage same-day delivery coordination with the inventory team to ensure 100% of orders are shipped.
- Plan capacity in line with weekly volume projections and manage the projection, utilization, and storage of packaging materials.
- Confirm all shipping and picking deadlines and priority cut-off times are consistently met.
- Achieve 100% of outbound KPIs; monitor KPIs to track success and recurring problems.
- Track and maintain productivity standards for each associate, ensuring special instructions are followed and appropriate picking/packing methods are used.
- Control miss-shipments and backorders, locating missing products as needed.
- Audit outbound products, and shipment accuracy.
- Audit all investigation cases and ensure they do not exceed SLA.
- Audit team attendance, and working performance
- Update the team schedule weekly to match expected order volume.
- Provide constructive insight and feedback to management when targets are not reached, and daily reporting on output.
What We Are Looking For
- Bachelor's degree in a related field is preferred.
- Experience in warehousing, outbound operations, or order management, including some experience in a supervisory or team lead capacity.
- Background experience in QA management is preferred.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Email, Internet, etc.); proficient in Google Office Suite (Drive, Sheets, Docs, Gmail, etc.).
- Proven ability to deploy and prioritize workforce effectively to meet daily and same-day shipping targets.
- Experience identifying deficiencies in outbound systems and processes, with the ability to propose and implement efficiency improvements.
- Strong attention to detail and high level of accuracy and precision under pressure.
- Excellent communication skills (written and verbal), with the ability to manage and motivate a diverse team.
- Willingness to work overtime from time to time as mutually agreed.
- Candidate must be based in or willing to relocate to Abuja
- Deadline for applications: 18-08-2026
- Round of Interviews:
1. Technical Meeting with your potential manager
2. Technical Meeting with your potential functional manager
3. HR Meeting with our Talent Acquisition team
Skills
Excel
