Head of Supplier Business

1 day ago

Cape Town, South Africa takealot.com Full time

We are a young, dynamic, hyper growth company looking for smart, young, creative, hard
- working people to join us. We offer market related benefits, a great work environment and a promise that you won't be bored if you are prepared for a challenge and want to build something great.

**This position reports to the Head of Retail and Marketplace**:
**Your responsibilities will include**:

- Build & lead a team of Supplier Business Managers to ensure optimum income is derived from Takealot trading terms
- Establish productive, professional relationships with key suppliers and cross functional divisions focused toward the business strategy
- Negotiate and recover maximum income from trading terms in line with the business strategy
- Key understanding of retail landscape and develop programs and opportunities to increase supplier income
- Key central business resource who provides support and knowledge for the retail divisions and suppliers
- Lead key supplier (current & future) rebate and trading term negotiations
- Review all vendor contracts and assess their earning potential against category benchmarks
- Ensure all trading terms are category aligned and fit within the strategy
- Build a framework and institutionalize processes and work streams that yield maximum income
- Strict adherence to all compliance & legislative requirements
- Manage, train and build a team of highly effective negotiators
- Deliver income recoveries that meet and exceed the business plan

**Attributes required**:

- Smart, analytical thinker with strong numerical skills
- Innovative, creative individual unafraid to take risks, you ask difficult questions and challenge status quo
- Energetic, dynamic individual - can-do attitude, self-motivated, assertive & resilient
- Results oriented - Proven track record of execution and delivering exceptional results
- Proven experience and passion for working across functions and with c-level leaders, synthesizing multiple points of view and owning a coherent action plan, all while negotiating and influencing others
- Strong decision making skills
- Experience in building, managing and developing teams

**Qualifications and Experience**:

- 5+ years' experience in retail/ wholesale environment
- 5+ years managerial experience
- Bachelor's degree required (Supply chain / Finance or Business degree advantageous)
- Strong competency in analytical tools

**The Environment**:

- 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 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 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
- **thinks like an owner** of the business.
- is **SMART, has INTEGRITY** and **is HARDWORKING**

If you meet the above 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._

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