Logistics Manager (Sub Saharan Africa) Job at Glovo

• Own strategic e-commerce relationships end to end, including PnL tracking and ensure operational excellence in the region.
• Understand the current needs of the last-mile market in your country and develop scalable and innovative solutions for e-commerce partners.
• Provide leadership and guidance to the Global logistics team in order to develop a better product and a value proposition that will help you achieve sales targets.
• Be resilient and persistent to close deals with long sales cycles, focusing on a consultative sales approach.
• Be in charge of project management of the onboarding of new clients, including systems integration, contract negotiation, data flow & architecture, and financial forecasting of the account.
• Build, maintain and manage the teams in all operational functions in your country/es, namely warehouse, rider fleet, and customer service to ensure high scalability and efficiency levels.
• Ensure we keep our Glovo eLogistics promise: To give all e-commerce / online users ultra-predictability and the possibility to choose when, where, and how they want to get their products delivered or returned.
• Actively collaborate with your colleagues and learn from each other in a supportive environment that allows you to grow, develop and make a difference.

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of work experience in a fast-paced environment in sales and business development teams preferably in logistics.
• Results-driven attitude, strategic thinking, strong leadership and business acumen.
• Sales hunger! You may never take a no for an answer.
• Problem solver, perfect written and spoken communication.
• Analytical profile with experience in business development, negotiations, pricing and product development.
• Joy in building things from scratch, if something needs to get done you are comfortable figuring it out on your own and not relying on a playbook.
• Comfort in ambiguity, you seek adventure and an accelerated career path.
• Ready to get your hands dirty, because you will have to “roll up your sleeves”!
• Fluency in English.
• An empathetic, inclusive and curious attitude.