Senior Commercial Analytics Manager

takealot.com, a leading South African online retailer, is looking for an Senior Commercial Analytics Manager to join our Takealot Group Advertising team in Cape Town.

We are a young, dynamic, hyper growth company looking for smart, creative, hard working people to join us. We offer market related benefits, 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 Group Head of Advertising

About takealot.com

• 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 innovative and enjoys iteration will be at the cutting edge of developing new concepts for takealot.com.
• thinks like an owner of the business.

SMART, has INTEGRITY

If you meet the above you are an Extraordinary Mind so come and join us!

Responsibilities

• ● Analyze advertising performance data to identify trends, opportunities, and areas for improvement.
• ● Develop and maintain financial models to forecast advertising revenue.
• ● Prepare and present regular reports on advertising performance, revenue, and other key metrics to stakeholders.
• ● Work closely with the sales manager and sales team leaders in providing data-backed recommendations to improve sales performance.
• ● Work closely with the sales and campaign execution teams to develop pricing/incentive strategies, advertising packages and optimize ad inventory.
• ● Support the sales team with data-driven insights for strategic client pitches and proposals.
• ● Manage a team of commercial analysts
• ● Collaborate with the product team to recommend improvements to increase the efficiency of developing and maintaining the regular financial forecast models and reports.
• ● Collaborate with the product team to recommend enhancements to improve the digital advertising platform based on data insights.
• ● Work closely with finance to streamline and focus efforts to improve financial performance of the advertising division.
• ● Implement best practices to drive process standardization in maintaining commercial systems; develop risk plans.
• ● Conduct market research to understand industry trends and competitor strategies.
• ● Assess the viability of new opportunities and assist the management in advertising investment decisions.

Attributes Required

• ● SQL and data visualization
• ● Advanced Excel
• ● Financial model building

Requirements

• ● Report writing
• ● Bachelor's degree in Business, Economics, Statistics, or a related field.
• ● Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in a commercial analytics role, preferably within the digital advertising or e-commerce industry.
• ● Proven track record of compiling and analyzing large disparate datasets to deliver actionable insights.
• ● Experience working with senior management to deliver on business objectives.
• ● Experience with SQL and data visualization tools (e.g Looker, Power BI)
• ● Advanced proficiency in Excel and other analytical tools.
• ● Experience with digital advertising platforms and programmatic advertising is highly desirable.

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
• is able to think about problems from a business perspective using technical and product input
• is curious and challenge the status quo

Preferred

• ● Familiarity with online retail or e-commerce business models is a plus

and

is HARDWORKING

Takealot is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We encourage applicants from the previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities, to apply