Job Description

takealot.com, a leading South African online retailer, is looking for a highly talented Supply Chain Analytics Manager 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 Group Head of Planning & Digital Transformation

This position has direct reports

Your responsibilities will include but not limited to:

Supporting the Supply Chain (SC) with:

• Budget Process: Synthesising inputs from across the business into structured models to direct the entire SC business strategy and budget outputs
• Providing inputs for the further development of Supply Chain network & logistics models in the budget process
• Establishing and managing storage & logistics capacity models
• Develop business cases, simulation and scenario models in various tools
• Manage data and app migration to business best practices - Google Big Query
• Ensure current models providing inputs to operations (stock tracker, drop-ship routing, order threshold flagging, capacity model) are maintained and improved where possible
• Use statistical and other quantitative modelling techniques to analyse large data sets, identify business opportunities and quantify risks. Support advanced analytics including prescriptive and predictive analyses.
• Manage the monthly analysis of Merchant and Superbalist forecasts in line with DC capacities, and be able to recommend solutions to manage peak months and critical situations.
• Continuous enhancement and review of analytic models and apps to improve business visibility of stock vs infrastructure capacity.
• On-going alignment with Business Units, DC & Planning teams on stock cover and related space issues and informing of buying and storage decisions
• Providing high quality analysis to the Supply Chain Development team on various issues
• Develop and run reports to support measurement of key performance indicators. Prepare exception-based reporting and drive implementation of business and SC improvement ideas.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Industrial Engineering Degree, B.Comm Quantitative Management or Similar
• Minimum of 5 years' experience in Analytics or similar
• Minimum of 2 years' experience managing and leading a team
• High level of proficiency with MS Office packages with proven advanced proficiency in Excel
• Competence in SQL or other database software
• Programming in Python or R
• Competence in managing and working with Big Data and Models
• Competence in data visualization tools like PowerBI
• Experience with Google Big Query is preferred
• Knime knowledge beneficial

Attributes Required:

• Understanding of and keen interest in Supply Chain, SC Networks and modelling
• Attention to detail with a curious mind.
• Keen interest in data with the ability to apply in context
• Analytical, strong process improvement approach and structured thinking
• Ability to identify problems, solutions-oriented, can-do attitude; self-motivated; critical thinker
• High proficiency with analysis, BI and modelling tools
• Strong prioritization, time management and project management skills
• Excellent communication skills, both written and spoken
• Comfortable with change and excellent team player
• Stakeholder engagement & management
• Management skills to lead and grow a high performing team
• Ability to motivate, manage, discipline and develop team members

The Environment:

• Takelot.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, collaborate to create solutions, and are always open to direct feedback/new ideas about how 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 strives 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 with change, accepts change is a constant and always looks for solutions to do something better and faster
• thinks about problems from a business perspective using technical and product input
• is curious and challenges 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 join us!

Takealot is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants from the previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities will be given preference.

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