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.