Data Analyst

takealot.com, a leading South African online retailer, is looking for a highly talented Data Analyst to join our Cape Town Team.

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.

Your responsibilities will include the following:

• Building and optimising models and reports using support tools i.e. Looker, Looker Studio, Dataform, Branch Dashboards, Weekly reports to inform operational decisions and drive improvement
• Creating reports with focus areas for business improvement
• Building dashboards to be used by the business for exception management
• Identifying important variables and focus areas in the business
• Analysing data to answer strategic and operational questions posed by the business
• Automating data extraction and report update processes
• Provide information to various stakeholders
• Data Validation and integrity testing
• Data Cleansing and data modelling
• Collaborate with TDT managers and Franchise Managers to establish project plans while accounting for the trade-offs between operational practicality and overall performance
• Provide significant support to TDT according to weekly goals and targeted metrics
• Use weekly and monthly targets to manage day-to-day performance and inform operations for best impact
• Regularly review and analyse key metrics in operations to identify root causes and formulate solutions to improve performance
• Managing customer, branch, driver, and courier feedback into continuous performance improvement processes

• 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

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, BCom Computer Science or similar degree & 3+ years experience in a Data, Engineering role within a fast-paced, product-led, and growth-focused organisation, playing a key role in data gathering, data analysis and helping the team make data based decisions OR
• Relevant Higher Certificate & 6 Years relevant experience in a Data, Engineering role within a fast-paced, product-led, and growth-focused organisation, 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, AWS, Google Data Studio, and Python
• Automation - Cron Scheduling (Custom or 3rd party software scheduling)
• 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

• 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.

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