OperationsDataAnalyst

takealot.com, a leading South African online retailer, is looking for a highly talented Operations Data Analyst 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. Reporting to the Marketplace Operations Manager Your responsibilities will include: Solve ambiguous problems with less well-defined inputs and outputs; drive to the heart of the problem and identify root causes. Identify, develop and execute data analysis to uncover areas of business opportunities Learn and understand the broad range of Takealot data resources and develop knowledge of how, when and which data sources to use. Deep dive into massive data sets to answer key business questions using SQL, MS Excel and data analytics tools. Maintain existing and build new automation workflows, and reports/dashboards to enable emerging business use case and to automate the implementation of defined SOPs Validating the data to ensure accuracy in the output, generating descriptive statistics and extracting insights Prototyping of data analytics tools to support marketplace operations teams. Develop forecasting models and simulations to quantify the potential impact of proposed operational process changes, supporting evidence-based decision-making. Qualifications and experience: Bachelor’s Degree in any quantitative discipline such as Statistics, Mathematics, Quantitative Finance, Engineering or Operations Research or Similar degree. 2-4 years of experience working in Analytics Experience in working with databases and SQL in a business environment Prior experience in design and execution of analytical projects Skills required: Exceptional attention to detail Data-obsess