Marketplace Promotions Buyer

takealot.com, South Africa's leading online retailer, is looking for a highly talented Marketplace Promotions Buyer 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 Head of Merchandising and Promotions

Your responsibilities will include:

• Negotiate promotional offers with our sellers


• Drive customer awareness of seller listings through promotional & deals levers


• Build the deals/promotional pipeline in correct product mix (assortment and depth)


• Inventory availability management for promotional/deals lines


• Maintain and grow relationships with existing marketplace sellers


• Continuously assess industry and market trends locally and internationally


• Contribute to improvement and optimization of promotional & deals processes


• Plan and execute joint marketing activities with sellers


• Work closely with the Divisions and Marketplace team to ensure strategic alignment


• Work closely with Customer Service to resolve related queries

Qualification & Experience:

• Tertiary qualification requires Competence in Excel in terms of data analysis


• 5 years of related industry experience in Buying, Business Development or Sales


• Proven track record of negotiations and sourcing


• Existing industry networks advantageous

Attributes Required:

• Ability to interpret data to make informed decisions


• Passion and drive for reaching set goals


• Strong negotiator with a merchant mindset


• Strong prioritization, and planning skills Smart creativity, willingness to innovate/take calculated risks


• Passionate about retail

The Environment: 

• takealot.com employees are entrepreneurial and dynamic, smart, customer-centric, and 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 Smart, has Integrity, and is Hardworking. 

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

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