Konga Nigeria Graduate Recruitment 2023 (3 Positions)

Responsibilities

• Purchase and supply products in a manner that sells the most products and moves product inventory.
• Manage regular purchasing and maintenance of an open-to-buy plan in the Clothing and Footwear categories
• Select SKU-specific products from vendors to meet customer demand and maximize sales opportunities.
• Provide customer satisfaction by making it easy for customers to find items
• Determine the right product mix for the online store.
• Determine the type of individual products and the specific numbers that will sleet consumer demand, and identify a product that is of consumer interest.
• Compile ad summary reports arid managing in-store promotions.
• Penetrate accounts by actively listening, identifying customer needs and expectations, and utilizing total company offering to roost customer seeds from a category perspective.
• Leverage customer industry, market, and competitive information to gain a competitive edge to drive states and profitable opportunities for categories.
• Ensure self and team members have active business plans that are cross-functionally aligned end routinely liven category reviews, and creative direction by utilizing appropriate negotiation techniques which guide customers to win-win results.
• Identify business challenges and opportunities to create direction and deliver quarterly results.

Requirements

• 3-5 years of experience as a Category Manager or similar role.
• Bachelor’s Degree with significant retail experience (ie Category Management Shopper Insights and/or sales experience.
• Previous experience communicating complex and/or detailed information to multiple individuals/audiences with differing knowledge levels, both in writing and verbally.
• Strong knowledge of Category Management practices and tools,
• Proficiency working in Microsoft Word Excel and PowerPoint.
• Experience in delivering advanced insight with a variety of information streams beyond syndicated data.
• Supervisory/ managerial experience.

Competence / Skills:

• Ability to draw conclusions, address key opportunities understand and apply market
• Research tools to create selling stories.
• Ability to work in conditions which include multiple and sometimes conflicting priorities
• Experience in delivering advanced insights with a variety of information streams beyond syndicated data
• Ensure self and team members have active business plans that are cross-functional aligned and routinely deliver category reviews.
• Create direction by utilizing appropriate negotiation techniques for customers to win-win results
• A selfless team player, yet goal-oriented and delivering on an individual capacity basis.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send CV to: careers@konga.com with the subject captured as “Category Manager”

Key Duties

• Own the product roadmap for your team, and be responsible for setting priorities, backed up by data and customer feedback
• Be the voice of your customers, and ensure a high quality customer experience
• Work closely with software engineers and turn requirements into wireframes, specifications and user stories
• Work with stakeholders across the business to identify new opportunities and help them understand how technology can better achieve their goals
• Manage the end-to-end delivery cycle of product features, including roll- out to customers and across the internal team
• Any other task assigned by line manager.

Requirements

• Product management experience, ideally in B2B and B2C Ecommerce
• Proven project management and communication skills, ideally working in a fast-paced/start-up environment
• Proven ability to develop product and marketing strategies and effectively communicate recommendations to leadership
• Have experience building solutions for end customers and managing all aspects of a successful product throughout its lifecycle
• Understanding product design requirements
• Analytical skills will also be viewed as a plus, especially in understanding data (e.g. Excel, R, Python, SQL)
• Prior experience using Agile methodologies such as Scrum
• Management Reporting
• Proven experience in working with IT teams inside and outside the organization (outsourcing)

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: tech_careers@konga.com using the Job Title as the subject of the email.

Key Duties

• Develop and implement product strategies consistent with the company’s vision.
• Collect and analyze feedback from customers, stakeholders, and other teams to shape. requirements, features, and end products.
• Work with senior management to create product plans and roadmaps.
• Lead product managers and coordinate cross-functional teams.
• Produce and review product requirements documents (PRD).
• Ensure products and releases are launched correctly and on schedule. Make creative recommendations to expand the product base and vision. Suggest ways to track product use and its impact on end users.

Job Requirements

• Proven experience as a Product Manager or similar role.
• Experience in product lifecycle management.
• A background in software development and program management is preferred.
• Familiarity with the Agile framework.
• Organizational and leadership abilities.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Problem-solving aptitude.
• Creative thinking skills.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: tech_careers@konga.com using the Job Title as the subject of the email.