Junior Partnership Marketing Manager

takealot.com, South Africa's leading online retailer, is looking for a highly talented Junior Partnerships Marketing Manager to join our Markerting team in Cape Town.

We are a young, dynamic, hyper growth company looking for smart, creative, hard-working people with integrity to join us. We offer a market related, Total Remuneration Package which allows full flexibility according to your needs, a great work environment and a promise that you won’t be bored as long as you are prepared for a challenge and want to build something great.

This position reports to the: Partnership Marketing Manager

Your responsibilities will include

Partnership Support & Execution

• Support the Partnership Marketing Manager in the day-to-day execution of partnership strategies aligned with marketing and business objectives.
• Assist in researching potential partnership opportunities through basic market analysis and competitor research.
• Help collate data and materials to support partnership evaluations, including audience alignment and campaign impact assessments.

Campaign Management & Coordination

• Assist in the execution of partnership campaigns from briefing through to completion, ensuring deliverables are tracked and met on time.
• Coordinate with internal teams (creative, content, digital) and external partners under the guidance of the Senior Partnership Marketing Manager to support seamless campaign delivery.
• Maintain and update campaign timelines and trackers, flagging risks or delays to the Senior Partnership Marketing Manager.
• Support the creation of campaign briefs and assist with creative direction for partnership initiatives.

Relationship Management

• Act as a supporting day-to-day contact for assigned partners, maintaining regular communication under the direction of the Senior Partnership Marketing Manager.
• Schedule and coordinate partnership meetings, calls, and check-ins, preparing agendas and capturing actions.

Performance Tracking & Reporting

• Assist in monitoring partnership campaign performance against defined KPIs and metrics.
• Compile weekly and monthly performance reports and contribute to analysis on campaign effectiveness.
• Support budget tracking and reconciliation for partnership activities, flagging discrepancies to the Senior Partnership Marketing Manager.
• Help maintain accurate and up-to-date operational reporting.

Administrative & Operational Support

• Maintain and update partnership databases, trackers, and documentation.
• Provide administrative support for contract and partnership agreement management.
• Help coordinate partnership events, activations, and promotional activities.
• Assist with purchase order processing and budget administration.

Qualification & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business Administration, Communications, or a related field.
• 1–3 years of marketing experience, ideally with some exposure to partnerships, sponsorships, events, or collaborative marketing.
• Some experience supporting campaign management or cross-functional project coordination.
• Comfortable working with Excel and PowerPoint; experience with project management tools (e.g. Asana, Monday.com, Notion) is a plus.
• E-commerce, retail, or agency experience is advantageous but not essential.

Attributes Required

• Strong project management and organisational skills with attention to detail.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills for building relationships with internal teams and external partners
• Analytical mindset with ability to interpret data and provide insights.
• Creative thinking and problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Collaborative approach with ability to work across different teams and functions.
• Proactive and self-motivated with a strong ownership mentality.

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, its 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 Smart, has Integrity, and is Hardworking.

• If you meet the above you are an Extraordinary Mind so come and join us!
• Takealot Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We encourage applicants from the previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities, to apply.