Description

Hello,

I am Morgane, 37 years old, a strategy consultant living between the African and the European continents, and more precisely between Cape Town (South Africa) and Paris (France).

I have the French nationality and a Permanent residency in South Africa.

I am fluent in French & English and have professional working proficiency in Spanish.

CEO | Expert in Digital, Tech, eCommerce & Marketplace | Proven track record in business transformation & strategic cessation in Africa | Specialist South Africa/Africa & France | Ex-CEO, Jumia South Africa (NYSE: JMIA)

Digital | Tech | Ecommerce | Marketplace Expert

★ Leadership, strategy & analytics

★ Project management

★ Operational optimization

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👉 Top-level academic qualification

👉 15 years of professional experience

👉 12 years of managerial experience

👉 6+ years of international experience (Africa)

👉 Trilingual (Native French, Fluent English, Proficient Spanish)

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⇒ Experienced business leader with expertise in driving strategic transformation/change and operational excellence.

⇒ Proven track record in navigating complex transitions and aligning organizational functions to achieve optimal performance.

⇒ Skilled in business development, sales & operations and optimizing business processes leading cross-functional teams to deliver sustainable, long-term value.

⇒ Entrepreneurship, innovation, technology, fashion, beauty and gastronomy enthusiast.

Languages

French
Native or bilingual
English
Native or bilingual
Spanish
Conversational

Workplace preferences

Can work on-site

Paris (up to 50km)

Jumia Group
Chief Executive Officer
INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT)
May 2023 - March 2025 (1 year and 10 months)
Western Cape, South Africa
. Lead Zando.co.za & 8 other South African websites for Reebok, Vans, Levi's, Diesel, Superdry, Jeep, Hurley & Sunglass Hut
• Successfully transformed and guided business to a strategic cessation
• 100+ employees & 8 direct reports
Jumia Group
Group Head of Commercial Efficiency
E-COMMERCE
February 2022 - April 2023 (1 year and 2 months)
Paris, France
My mission is to improve the profitability of the group by optimizing the commercial organization, overall processes, systems, and business intelligence tools working closely with the Finance, Operations, Business Intelligence & Tech teams. I am part of the Central/Regional team, reporting to the Group CCO. I am additionally supporting the Commercial teams in the 11 countries where Jumia operates providing day-to-day operational support and ad-hoc training on actual and new tools/processes.
South Africa - Zando.co.za & Jumia.co.za
Head of Marketplace
July 2019 - February 2022 (2 years and 7 months)
Cape Town, WC, South Africa
• Management 360 ° Zando.co.za Marketplace Local & Global (ie. International sellers): brands & vendors management, operations, strategy, commercial planning, marketing, merchandising, optimisation.
• Launched, developed and coordinated Jumia.co.za in South Africa: assortment (prospecting, negotiating and onboarding all international key brands and sellers across categories), operational management, marketing & commercial planning.
• Managed the beauty category for Zando.co.za both Retail and Marketplace model (L'Oréal, Revlon, Unilever, Beiersdorf etc.): accompanying them to transition from Retail model to Marketplace, setting up Marketing strategy (store in store and branded campaigns) & commercial planning, managing assortment and replenishment, logistics and payments.