Sunday, July 20, 2014

Seller Acquisition Associate at Kaymu

Position: Seller Acquisition Associate at Kaymu

Kaymu is the largest, fastest-growing and safest online marketplace in Africa, where buyers and sellers meet and exchange everything from Fashion to Phones. Founded in January 2013, Kaymu’s vision is to offer both customers and sellers a shopping experience that is convenient, safe and second to none. We currently have openings in Tanzania.

Our company is part of Africa Internet Holding, a global and leading incubator of startups specialized in e-commerce, and the leading internet group of Africa with already over 1,000 employees in more than 10 African countries. It is led by top talented leaders offering a great mix of local and international talents and is backed by Millicom and Rocket Internet. We want to create a well-balanced team of talented, dynamic and highly motivated individuals with a passion for emerging markets and Africa. We are currently looking for outstanding candidates interested in entrepreneurship and web businesses.




Job description:
·    Sales focused role centering on the acquisition of merchants and retailers in Tanzania for Kaymu’s online marketplace, in close collaboration with the wider Sales Team and Management
·    Clear understanding and strong ability to communicate the value proposition of selling online
·    Development of both online and offline sourcing strategy for new quality sellers
·    Initial education of sellers on the basic process – Kaymu’s role and the role of the sellers
·    Responsible for developing acquisition strategy and maintaining acquisition trackers
·    Analysis of best performing acquisition channels and responsible for compiling reports

Profile requirements
·    2+ years sales experience preferable
·    Entrepreneurial mentality – hungry for success, high energy and charismatic
·    Strong communication skills – internal management and external client relationships
·    Team Player – flexible to
·    Fast learner – able to adapt to new processes quickly
·    Knowledge of retail landscape in Tanzania
·    Computer Proficiency (especially MS excel and Word), web browsing on desktop and mobile
·    Basic understanding of e-commerce (how it works, and it’s potential)
·    Native/Fluent in Swahili, Working Proficiency in English

Our offer
·    A unique education in launching and scaling new internet concepts
·    Become part of a highly professional and dynamic team working around the world
·    An attractive salary package
·    An unparalleled personal and professional growth as our longer-term objective is to train the next generation of leaders for our future internet ventures


If you want to join some of the fastest growing companies in the world, please send your resume with subject as “APPLICATION: KAYMU ACQUISITION” respectively to:   erfaan.mojgani@kaymu.com   


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