BI Analyst at takealot.com

This position reports to the BI Manager

Your responsibilities will include the following:

• Designing, developing and testing QlikView models to provide the business with relevant data imported from multiple sources

• Ensuring that the QlikView applications and server processes continue to run and operate in the most efficient manner

• Interacting frequently with business stakeholders to gather requirements for new development projects and translating these into solutions

• Provide operational support, bug fixes, and performance enhancements as part of providing support to QlikView applications and users

• Extracting, validating and analyzing data to answer strategic and operational questions posed by the business

• Automating data extraction and report update processes

• Data validation and integrity testing

• Data cleansing and data modelling

• Optimization of data models

Attributes required:

• Solutions-oriented, can-do attitude and high energy

• Strong analytical and critical thinking

• Proven track record of delivering high-quality work, in a fast-paced environment

• Focused on getting the job done, but have fun doing so

• Taking Ownership and displaying Accountability in the work required of you

• Have an interest in e-commerce, building a brand and business

• Customer centric

Qualifications and experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant Engineering, Computer Science or Mathematics field or equivalent experience 

• If your education does not include formal computer programming, then some form of programming experience is essential

• Minimum 2 years’ experience using a BI reporting tool (e.g. QlikView, Tableau, Microsoft BI etc.)

• Experience using QlikView is advantageous

• Minimum 2 years SQL experience

• High proficiency in working with large data sets and business models

• Retail or e-commerce industry experience beneficial

The Environment:

• takealot.com employees are entrepreneurial and dynamic, smart, customer-centric, fun and have the shared ambition of takealot.com being the leading e-commerce company in Africa.

• We have fun, work hard, take ownership, work in teams to create solutions, and are always open to direct feedback/new ideas on where we can improve.

• We are short on ego and high on output.

• We are doers and not only thinkers, it’s all in the execution after all.

• We love what we do and what we are creating.

We seek to Employ an Extra Ordinary Mind who

• is forthright but respectful

• is an expert at doing, who can not only design but also execute

• is analytical, able to use data to make decisions

• is competitive, self-directed and strive to be the BEST (GREAT requires a lot of work and does not only happen during business hours

• is passionate about the potential of e-commerce and delivering a world-class customer experience

• is entrepreneurial, thrives under change and accepts it is a constant and always looks for solutions to do something better and faster

• is able to think about problems from a business perspective using technical and product input

• is curious and challenge the status quo

• is innovative and enjoys iteration

• is collaborative

• will be at the cutting edge of developing new concepts for takealot.com.

• thinks like an owner of the business.

• is SMART, has INTEGRITY and is HARDWORKING