Promotions Assistant

takealot.com , South Africa's leading online retailer, is looking for a highly talented Promotions Assistant 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. 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 Promotions Operations Manager

Your responsibilities will include

• Working closely with the Marketplace & Retail Promotional Buyers to support them in procuring and briefing deals for promotional campaigns and managing the Product Briefing Process with both retail and marketplace sellers.
• Review performance of promotional activities and drive continuous improvement of Sales performance.
• Supporting the team with administrative functions linked to vetting and loading Daily Flash Sales and all Promotions:
• Record & report exceptions, queries and technical issues to internal stakeholders
• Check pricing, availability, selection & appropriateness of products
• Record & report required marketing material to internal stakeholders
• In executing the above tasks, ensure that promotional KPI's are met:
• Increased new buyers
• Increased GMV
• Increased profitability
• Increased sell-through
• Increased marketplace participation

Qualification & Experience

• A Bachelors Degree or Advanced Diploma in a related field is required (Retail or Commerce)
• 1-2 years Retail Promotions / Commerce experience
• Competency in MS Office packages, particularly Excel
• E-commerce experience preferable but not an absolute requirement

Attributes Required

• Attention to detail
• Excellent communication skills, both written and spoken
• Organized, ability to prioritize
• Solutions-oriented, can-do attitude; self-motivated
• Comfortable with learning and adapting to new systems

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 .