DC Analyst

takealot.com, a leading South African online retailer, is looking for a highly talented DC 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 Operations Analytics Manager.

Your responsibilities will include the following

Develop operational reports and run reports to support measurement of key performance indicators.

Prepare exception-based reporting and drive implementation of business improvement ideas

Validate existing reports and data sets and resolves issues with reports and performance indicators as identified

Develop a clear understanding of the operational intricacies & behaviors and identify improvement opportunities / levers to improve key metrics

Create effective data visualizations/dashboards/reports/presentations to communicate insights and updates to the management and product team.

Generate regular reports on operational performance and provide insights / recommendations to the business

Analyse the success and effectiveness of process changes

Facilitate the performance improvement of various teams within the business by identifying operational gaps. This must be performed through testing & analysis and recommendation of process changes.

Lead requirements elicitation workshops with stakeholders to define high level business requirements for operational reporting or to improve business performance

Assist stakeholders to prioritize the requirements

Obtain sign-off on the specifications

Mine data for insights, test and validate hypotheses about operational behaviors liaise with stakeholders from different departments and prioritize tasks

Attributes required:

Solutions-oriented, can-do attitude and high energy

Strong analytical and critical thinking, using data to inform decisions

Ability to identify areas of improvement in current processes

Ability to use logic and common sense to arrive at conclusions

Passion for understanding ambiguous, complex problems and driving high quality, innovative, clean solutions

Highly structured thinker with strong attention to detail

Ability to handle multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced environment

Must have exceptional communication skills to help deliver insights to diverse stakeholders

Detail oriented, outcome and process focused

Willingness to learn and personal desire to keep up to date with technology and process

Comfortable with change and excellent team player

Qualifications and Experience:

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Information Systems, BCom Supply Chain/Logistics, Computer Science, Science or similar degree & 3+ years’ experience in a Data, Engineering role within a fast-paced, product-led, and growth-focused organization, playing a key role in data gathering, data analysis and helping the team make data-based decisions.

Or a relevant Higher Certificate & 6 Years relevant experience in a Data, Engineering role within a fast-paced, product-led, and growth-focused organization, playing a key role in data gathering, data analysis and helping the team make data-based decisions.

Strong hands-on experience with SQL (Google BigQuery preferred), Dashboarding (Google Data/Looker Studio preferred, Power BI, Tableau etc.) and Python Advantageous

Automation Experience beneficial

High level of proficiency with MS Office packages with proven advanced proficiency in

Excel / Google Sheets, Docs & Slides

Experience with large datasets and optimisation on digital platforms

Retail or e-commerce and Supply Chain industry experience beneficial

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 respectful but forthright

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 business SMART. 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 HARD WORKING

If you meet the above criteria, 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.