takealot. com
ecommerce
AnalyticsManager
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“Analytics Manager at takealot. com. Skills: Analytics, Management Consulting, SQL, Excel, Knime, Bigquery, R, Python, Qlikview / QlikSense. Develop a category level understanding of performance and ensure that the corrective actions being executed on by the Commercial teams. Performance adhoc analysis as required to support the Commercial & Operations teams”
What You'll Achieve.
ensure that the corrective actions being executed on by the Commercial teams; Optimise the Marketplace charging model to maintain healthy profitability and variable cost recovery, while stimulating growth in strategic categories.; Manage the holistic commercial programmes which drive seller engagement, growth and quality through scoring/measurement, education and incentives.; Ensure documentation standards support knowledge retention, onboarding of new team members, and business continuity; Maintain oversight of data quality, analytical accuracy, and the integrity of all team outputs
Industry & Context.
Systems thinker with the ability to understand and break down complex problems and relationships; Creative and practical problem-solving skills.; Solution-oriented
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or a quantitative field such as Statistics, Mathematics, Operational Research, Computer Science and Economics, 5+ years’ experience in analytics, management consulting, Advanced SQL, advanced Excel skills
Nice to Have
Experience in retail, ecommerce, platform/marketplace is beneficial, Knime, Bigquery, R, Python, Google Sheets, Qlikview / QlikSense
What You'll Do.
Develop a category level understanding of performance and ensure that the corrective actions being executed on by the Commercial teams
Performance adhoc analysis as required to support the Commercial & Operations teams
Work with BI developers to define and govern Looker reporting requirements
and oversee the internal development of Looker dashboards for commercial Marketplace teams
Optimise the Marketplace charging model to maintain healthy profitability and variable cost recovery
while stimulating growth in strategic categories.
Manage the holistic commercial programmes which drive seller engagement
growth and quality through scoring/measurement
education and incentives.
Perform manual charging where necessary and ensure that all incentive rebates
excemptions or escalations are correctly applied.
Maintain the current automated workflow set within Knime (execution scheduling
server monitoring & workflow upgrade or deprecation as needed)
Own the implementation of new workflows using group SDLC best practice ETL workflow automation for operational SOP implementation across seller SLA enforcement
purchase order management
return dispute processing
and other operations processes
Analytical and technical support for the Seller Support (Customer Service) team
Replenishment limiting logic and tooling for 3+ million products across 3 national warehouses
Dead stock identification and clearance processes
Warehouse capacity forecasting and dynamic management
Key line identification
availability monitoring and management
Salesforce integration for commercial and operational use cases
Enforce a culture of clear
and up-to-date documentation across all team projects
Ensure documentation standards support knowledge retention
onboarding of new team members
and business continuity
Maintain oversight of data quality
and the integrity of all team outputs
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Work with BI developers to define and govern Looker reporting requirements; stakeholder management skills to be able to effectively manage a small team; collaborative
Communication Scope
Good communications skills with the ability to present complex information in a clear and concise manner to a variety of audiences.
Process & Methodology
Manage the holistic commercial programmes
Full Job Description
takealot.com, a leading South African online retailer, is looking for a highly driven Analytics Manager to join our team in Cape Town. We’re 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. We offer 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! Your responsibilities will include: -Planning Develop a category level understanding of performance and ensure that the corrective actions being executed on by the Commercial teams Performance adhoc analysis as required to support the Commercial & Operations teams Work with BI developers to define and govern Looker reporting requirements, and oversee the internal development of Looker dashboards for commercial Marketplace teams -Drive Business Improvement/Optimisation Optimise the Marketplace charging model to maintain healthy profitability and variable cost recovery, while stimulating growth in strategic categories. Manage the holistic commercial programmes which drive seller engagement, growth and quality through scoring/measurement, education and incentives. -Fees & Billing Perform manual charging where necessary and ensure that all incentive rebates, fee reversals, excemptions or escalations are correctly applied. -Automation Maintain the current automated workflow set within Knime (execution scheduling, load balancing, server monitoring & workflow upgrade or deprecation as needed) Own the implementation of new workflows using group SDLC best practice ETL workflow automation for operational SOP implementation across seller SLA enforcement, stock-loss payments, purchase order management, return dispute processing, seller appeals, and other operations processes Analytical and technical support for the Seller Support (Customer Service) team Replenishment limiting logic and tooling for 3+ million products across
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