Merchandising & Promotional Curator

Takealot

Cape Town, Western Cape
Permanent
Full-time

1 month ago

takealot.com, a leading South African online retailer, is looking for a highly talented Merchandising & Promotional Curator to join our team in Cape TownWe 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 Senior Site Merchandiser.Your responsibilities will include:

Working closely with the Divisional Head and Department Managers to support the Retail & Marketplace strategy within each division. That means featuring key brands, key lines and facilitating clearing of stock where appropriate. Core to the role is to drive discoverability of these lines.
You are the primary contact between Retail-Marketplace and the Merchandising team and need to make sure merchant marketing priorities are correctly briefed and within the deadlines.
You need to ensure the most relevant ranges & products are elevated - based on data from Search, Conversion, Consumer Trends, Retail strategy and Marketplace Strategy.
Besides merchant marketing priorities, you are expected to explore new ways to provide exposure to selected products in collaboration with the Marketing team.
Review performance and drive continuous improvement of product pages and landing pages to discoverability and serve customers with highly relevant products.

Attributes required:

Attention to detail
Excellent communication skills, both written and spoken
Organised, ability to prioritise
Solutions-oriented, can-do attitude; self-motivated
Comfortable with learning and adapting to new systems
Curious and creative with a track record of making an impact
Familiar with online shopping and trends in ecommerce

Qualifications and Experience:

Bachelor's degree or Diploma (Business Science or Commerce preferable)
At least 2 year's related retail / commerce experience
Skilled in MS Office packages, particularly excel
Retail buying/e-commerce experience preferable but not an absolute requirement

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, it's 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
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.Apply for this Job

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