Workforce (WFM) Administrator

Workforce Administrator

takealot.com, a leading South African online retailer, is looking for a highly talented Workforce Administrator to join our team in Cape Town.

We are a young, dynamic, hyper growth company looking for smart, young, creative, hardworking people to join us. We offer market related benefits, 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 will report to the Workforce Planning Manager

Your responsibilities will include

• Complete and manage schedule exceptions/adjustments for the company on a daily basis.
• Ensures the accuracy and timeliness of data by responding to time-off requests, schedule changes, and other types of requests.
• Monitor all Real-Time and Intra-Day activities to ensure operational goals are met.
• Accurately tracks and manages contact centre schedule adherence.
• Conduct analysis and recommend solutions to address real time performance opportunities.
• Prepare daily/weekly/monthly and ad-hoc reports and distribute to Management.
• Develops strong working relationships within the organization to ensure efficient and effective problem solving and issue resolution.

Attributes required

• Excellent verbal and written skills; high accuracy of work; fosters open two-way communication; excellent basic math (addition, subtraction, division, multiplication) skills.
• Above average punctuality and personal attendance.
• Exceptional attention to detail.
• Must complete in-house Excel skills-based test.

Qualifications & Experience

• Senior Certificate or Higher
• 18 months + customer service experience in related positions

The Environment

• 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 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

• If you meet the above you are an Extraordinary Mind so come and join us!
• Takealot is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants from the previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities will be given preference.