Recent Postings at takealot.com

Your responsibilities will include:

• Develop an understanding of what drives orders and work with the marketplace and marketing teams to craft merchandising and promotions accordingly.
• Collaborate with the team to ensure all of our merchandising and promotional elements are accurately and timeously briefed, designed and approved 
• Report on the performance of merchandising and promotional activities 
• Coordinate with the Mr D sales team to facilitate and execute specific promotions and merchandising 
• Identify shortcoming in merchandising and promotional supply across the various Mr D regions. 
• Set up, execute & monitor restaurant promotions in the Mr D promotion system 
• Manage partner collections and in app merchandising using the Mr D system tools 
• Collaborate with the data management team to execute menu specials 
• Assist with the administration of promotional and merchandising activities and liaise with suppliers and agencies where necessary. 

Qualifications:

• Relevant tertiary qualification beneficial
• Minimum 2-3 years work experience in an Ecommerce Marketplace Environment/Online B2B

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Key responsibilities / accountabilities: 

• Drive partner acquisition to the Mr D platform. This includes identifying relevant partners from both a national as well as hyper-local perspective.
• Manage and direct the national sales team 
• Manage and direct the key-account team and own key relationships directly 
• Drive Mr D’s commercial agenda in terms of  partner sales mix, commissions and tertiary revenue opportunities through advertising
• Analyze and report on overall growth (GMV, Revenue, Partners) on an overall, regional and hyperlocal basis. Set in motion and drive initiatives to help drive such growth.  
• Closely collaborate with the marketing teams to ensure effective advertising of the marketplace proposition and its partners.
• Identify customer services issues in relation to partners and drive improvements and resolutions
• Manage  the advertising organization servicing both independent partners as well as large (inter)-national partners
• Drive the overall marketplace promo sourcing strategy across partners and verticals
• Oversee partner merchandising on the Mr D app
• Put structures in place to facilitate best in class onboarding, product listing and partner optimisation processes
• Closely collaborate with Mr D’s product team to improve discoverability of partners and to drive order conversion
• Drive new vertical expansion beyond restaurants.
• Target hotels and corporates (and other entities) for ordering partnerships and establish and run a corporate sales function
• The role is based in the takealot.com head office in Cape Town and will require some travel.
• Team development with a commitment to succession planning

Qualifications and experience: 

• Has a minimum of 7 years of experience in the commercial management of business partners. This includes individual vendors, corporate head offices as well as franchise operations)
• Has experience in managing a sales organization (20+ people) with track a record of incentive driven management 
• Is highly analytical and commercial
• Is target driven, persistent and creative in making contact 
• Is a good communicator and relationship builder 
• Holds a tertiary qualification

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Your responsibilities will include:

• Manage, Run, Optimise and Report back on Paid Advertising channels on a daily, weekly and monthly basis to the internal and external stakeholders, these include but are not limited to:
• SEM (Google Search & Google Shopping) Display & Video 360 (Acquisition & Remarketing) 
• App Install & App Engagement (Acquisition & Retention) Video (YouTube) 
• Managing paid advertising budgets optimally to achieve business 
• KPI’s Assist business departments with paid advertising requirements, reporting, analysis and strategies Help other business departments understand and how best to implement their digital advertising requests.
• Keep up to date of changes in the digital industry and setting up tests to implement and determine the viability of these new changes on our internal paid advertising
• Develop and drive a mobile app acquisition and retention strategy

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities:

• Strong knowledge of Paid media channels including Google Ads (Search, Display, Shopping & YouTube), META and Tiktok
• DV360 and SA360 experience (Beneficial)     
• Demonstrated knowledge of data analytics tools including Google Analytics and MMPs such as Adjust or Appsflyer
• Certifications: Google Ads & Google Analytics (Required)
• Understanding of ASO and SEO (beneficial)
• Google Tag Manager experience(beneficial)
• Advanced analytic and reporting skills required
• Proficient in daily, weekly, and monthly reporting standards

Qualifications and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Digital Marketing or Marketing or equivalent or Statistics, Mathematics or Computer Science
• 2 - 4 years’ experience in a paid advertising role 
• 1+ years proven success managing user acquisition channels for mobile apps

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Key responsibilities / accountabilities: 

• Data analysis and reporting:
• Collect and analyze customer data from various sources, including App events, transactional data, customer surveys & reviews.
• Identify trends and patterns in customer behavior and preferences.
• Segment the customer base to create targeted marketing campaigns and personalized experiences.
• Utilize data analytics tools and software (Google Big Query, Looker, Excel, Braze, Firebase) to extract actionable insights.
• Create and present regular reports (and dashboards) to senior management, highlighting key insights and recommendations.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (BI & Analytics, Merchandising, Marketing, Product) to ensure alignment with customer insights.
• Develop and maintain performance marketing benchmarks to assess the effectiveness of campaigns and strategies.
• Identify opportunities & strategies focused on: 
• high-value customer growth & retention
• Reactivation of dormant customers
• Activation of unconverted users
• Market Research:
• Conduct market research to understand industry trends, competitor activities, and customer preferences.
• Monitor market conditions and provide recommendations for adapting to changes in the competitive landscape.
• Customer Insights:
• Utilize customer feedback, surveys, and behavioral data to gain insights into customer needs and preferences.
• Collaborate with customer support and marketing teams to improve the customer experience.

Qualifications and experience: 

• Bachelor's Degree or Advanced Diploma and 5+ years technical experience in a relevant field.
• Experience using BI reporting tools (e.g. Looker, QlikView, Tableau, Microsoft BI, etc.)
• Experience with Google Cloud Platform, Braze & Firebase (or equivalent platforms) would be beneficial.
• Proven experience in data analysis, preferably with a focus on customers.
• SQL experience will be beneficial.
• Familiarity with performance metrics, KPIs, and digital marketing is advantageous.
• High proficiency in working with large data sets and business models
• Retail or e-commerce industry experience beneficial

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Your mission, should you choose to accept it: 

• QA of all aspects of the Mr D Food systems
• Identify, record, document thoroughly and track bugs
• Perform regression testing when bugs are resolved
• Develop status reports based on test completion/findings and communicate these to team leaders including any impact on the overall project plan
• Perform all tasks with attention to detail
• Read and comprehend requirements for testing
• Create test plans and test cases per business requirements
• Provide daily & weekly status test reporting to test lead
• Troubleshoot issues experienced during testing
• Understand test case management, creation and execution
• Understanding of UI and back-end testing
• Ability and experience with prioritization of tasks, identification of items requiring escalation

Skills Needed:

• Strong analytical and problem solving skills, including the ability to understand and critique requirements
• Excellent communications skills including the ability to prepare and present reports to a range of audiences
• Strong interpersonal skills including the ability to promote cooperation between software, system and QA engineers
• Ability to implement a QA management strategy in line with the overall business requirements
• Diplomacy skills including the ability to withstand pressure

Qualifications and Experience:

• QA experience in an eCommerce environment will be advantageous
• Knowledge of contemporary software quality assurance processes methodologies and testing tools
• An understanding of different software development life cycles (waterfall, iterative, agile, scrum)
• Knowledge and experience with scripting/programming languages is advantageous.
• Knowledge of testing and quality assurance in Linux, Android, iOS,
• Experience with or exposure to restful API's and using Postman or similar
• Extensive experience with testing mobile and web applications and developing automated tests 
• Extensive experience with testing mobile POS devices  - MQTT, Internet Of Things
• Extensive experience with testing back office management systems
• Bachelor’s Degree or Advanced Diploma in Information Systems, Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering and a minimum of 3 years of QA testing experience in a software/technology environment is preferred.
• In the event that a candidate does not have a Bachelor’s Degree or an Advanced Diploma (in Information Systems, Computer Science, Mathematics, or Engineering), an equivalent experience which equates to a minimum of 3-5 years of QA testing experience in a software/technology environment would be advantageous. 
• ISTQB/ISEB qualification will be an advantage.

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Your mission, should you choose to accept it: 

• Build systems to scale with our growth of business, leveraging new technologies and AWS Cloud services.
• Work closely with other engineers, professional services team and product managers to design the software solutions with a focus on reliability, performance and usability.
• Develop, enhance and maintain backend systems in a heterogeneous environment of different languages and technologies, with an emphasis on Python.
• Apply and foster best software development life cycle practices bringing speed and quality to your team.
• Continuously learn and improve your knowledge and the deliverables. 

Nice to have:

• Experience with cloud service providers, specifically AWS Cloud technologies.
• Experience using GIT version control.
• Experience with relational and NoSQL databases (PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, Elastic, Redis)
• Experience with event streaming (Kafka, Kinesis)
• Experience with containers and orchestration (docker, ECS, kubernetes)

Qualifications and experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering or a related field or related experience. 
• Minimum of 3 years of Software Development experience is required.
• In the event that a candidate does not have a Bachelor’s Degree or an Advanced Diploma (in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering or a related field), an equivalent experience requirement must be met, which equates to a minimum of 6 years of Software Development experience.
   

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Your responsibilities will include:

• Develop and implement strategies drive sign ups and retention for Takealot’s Subscription offering; including marketing the scheme across channels and platforms.
• Own and manage the P&L of the vertical to drive customer satisfaction; frequency and manage unit economics.
• Oversee operational execution to deliver results and meet business objectives.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with other teams including Marketing, Operations, Customer Service, Retail, Finance, Product and Engineering.
• Own the evolution of the program; from technology to benefits.
• Evaluate, launch and manage new partnerships as needed.
• Stay up-to-date with industry best practices in subscription to ensure strategy remains cutting-edge.

Attributes required:

• Passionate about takealot.com; the brand and its customers
• Strong commercial acumen
• Strategic thinker; able to build a vision for the vertical and translate this vision into product design and operational plans
• Solutions-oriented executer; can-do attitude; self-motivated
• Strong Data Analysis, Manipulation and Reporting Skills
• Strong Problem Solving Skills and Solutions Orientated
• Analytical; uses data to inform decisions
• Comfortable with change and excellent team player

Qualifications and experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, or a related field. An MBA or related advanced degree is advantageous.
• 7 - 10 years commercial experience including 2 - 3 years experience in managing Loyalty Programmes or Subscriptions
• Experience presenting to senior managers and the C-suite
• Experience in the tech sector / building a product from the ground up - Advantageous