Mr D - Senior Merchandising Associate at takealot.com

• Mr D, a division of takealot.com, is looking for a highly talented Senior Merchandising Associate to join our team in Cape Town.
• We are a young, dynamic, hyper growth company looking for smart, creative, hard-working people with integrity to join us! 

Think you’ve been challenged before? Think again!

• Scale: Show the millions of Mr D customers what you can do 
• Learn: We work with the best of the best, and then some. 
• Grow: Expand your career in the fast-growing Takealot Group: takealot.com, Superbalist.com and Mr D. We like to promote from within: Here’s your chance. 

This position reports to the Marketplace Manager of Mr D.

Purpose of Role

• To own merchandising efforts across the Mr D marketplace verticals. Ensuring order mix and commercial goals are achieved by reviewing and carefully curating hyperlocal merchandising strategies.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Own merchandising and promotional strategy across the Mr D marketplace verticals
• Drive merchandising with a focus on maximising partner discoverability and conversion
• Maximise the usage of the Mr D app merchandising inventory and report back on successes and learnings
• Run cross departmental sessions that focus on best practice partner curation 
• Understand and report on the commercial impact of merchandising initiatives 
• Manage merchandising planning sessions and calendars 
• Work closely with the advertising teams to ensure execution of booked campaigns
• Lead a team of Merchandising Associates to ensure the day to day running of merchandising and promotional tasks and reporting
• Ensure daily reporting back to the business on overall performance

Attributes required:

• Attention to detail in a high pressure environment.
• Strong analytical ability supported by solid Excel skills.
• Advanced ability to use logic and common sense to arrive at conclusions.
• Willingness to buy into the requirements of a fast paced start-up environment.
• Ability to verbalize as well as visualize findings and results.
• Enterprising spirit and ability to take ownership of tasks.
• Highly numerate.
• A strong interest in e-commerce.
• Strong team player.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Relevant tertiary qualification
• Minimum 3-5 years experience in an Ecommerce Marketplace Environment/Online B2B or Retail
• A minimum of 1-2 years leading a team