takealot.com, a leading South African online retailer, is looking for a highly talented Buyer: Garden, Pool & Patio to join our team in Cape Town.
We’re 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!
The position reports to the Division Manager.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Develop a comprehensive strategy/plan to drive growth across the department in sales, brands, suppliers and new product listings.
- Drive innovation by sourcing and prioritizing new brands and suppliers according to this growth plan and in line with market trends and consumer demand.
- Deliver against key financial and service level performance indicators within the department (sales, margin, listings availability, stock cover etc.).
- Manage and develop supplier relationships, negotiate good prices, improve trading terms and manage suppliers according to strict SLAs.
- Develop a promotional programme, source great deals and manage site merchandising for the department.
- Support the operations team in delivering a world-class customer experience – monitor department returns, support the customer service team on product queries and resolving any customer complaints.
- Manage stock and availability (including replenishment orders, stock cover).
- Deliver on customer experience within the department (ensuring products are delivered on time, supplier terms are aligned, product quality is managed etc.).
Attributes required:
- Solutions-oriented, can-do attitude; self-motivated.
- Strong analytical and critical thinking, ability to use data to inform decisions, identify the root cause and resolve problems.
- Strong product and buying planning skills.
- Ability to manage priorities according to clear prioritization and structured planning.
- Ability to build lasting supplier relationships and manage according to SLAs (existing industry networks a plus).
- Comfortable with change and excellent team player.
- Passionate about the industry and the potential of e-commerce.
- Understanding of the key business drivers within online retail.
- Entrepreneurial/commercial mindset.
Qualifications and experience:
- Bachelor’s degree (Business Science or Commerce degree preferable) and 3-5 years related retail/commerce/e-commerce experience OR
- Grade 12/NQF4 and 6 years related retail/commerce/e-commerce experience.
- Strong commercial acumen.
- Existing industry networks a significant plus.
- Proven track record of negotiation skills and strong relationship management.
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 extraordinary 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 under change and accepts it is 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 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.
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