Mr D - Partner Account Manager

Mr D, a division of the Takealot Group is looking for a highly talented Partner Account 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! 

Think you’ve been challenged before? Think again!

• Scale: Show the millions of Mr D customers what you can do 


• Learn: We work with the best of the best, and then some.


• Grow: Expand your career in the fast-growing Takealot Group: Takealot.com and Mr D. We like to promote from within: Here’s your chance.

This position reports to the Sales Lead for Mr D.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Identify and prioritise suitable restaurant partners for the Mr D platform


• Create and maintain a robust sales pipeline


• Own the restaurants sign-up process


• Operate as the lead point of contact for restaurant partners


• Strengthen relationships with restaurant partners and monitor their business and store performance


• Ensure timeous and effective solutions and feedback to restaurant partners


• Ensure strict restaurant visit standards are maintained

Attributes required:

• Excellent communication skills


• A highly customer-focused mindset and consultative sales approach


• Excellent negotiation and closing skills


• Strong knowledge of the local restaurant industry


• Exhibit the ability to self motivate


• Extremely competitive and relentless; a love for winning


• Ability to work and keep up in a fast paced environment


• Attention to detail

Qualifications:

• Experience in marketplace, ecommerce SAAS or hospitality sales


• Minimum 1 year Prior sales experience


• Proficiency in using CRM tools preferred


• Prior experience in the hospitality industry preferred


• Tertiary qualification advantageous

Let’s talk about life @ Mr D

• The power is in your hands: We offer a market-related, Total Remuneration Package which allows full flexibility according to your needs. Go on, be the master of your own destiny.


• No doors: We aren’t fans of stuffy offices or siloed work environments. See someone you like? High five, collab and make something great.


• Online Learning: Share ideas and grow with global industry leaders who are all just a Slack message away. Love to learn? Up-skill with free access to courses on Prosus Academy and more.


• Good times: Get to know the other extraordinary minds in the takealot group during regular social events and out-of-office activities (think hikes, think mini golf, think good times).


• Birthday leave: Cake Day all the way. Enjoy your day off - you deserve it. 


• Help when you need it most: Confidential counselling, legal support and financial guidance, for free, anytime, anywhere. 


• Free parking: No more 5km fun runs to your desk (unless you want to). 

Like what you see? 

If you meet the above you are an Extraordinary Mind. Apply today!!

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