Head of Personal Shopper Program

4 months ago

Cape Town, South Africa takealot.com Full time

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 Head of Business Development.

**Your responsibilities will include**:
Own the evolution of the Personal Shopper Program; including the proposition to Personal Shoppers and supporting technology.

Develop and implement strategies to drive recruitment and retention of Personal Shoppers.

Establish scalable processes and oversee operational improvements to meet business objectives and scale the Personal Shopper business and operations from pilot to nationwide programme.

Own and manage the P&L of the vertical to drive Personal Shopper and customer satisfaction; frequency and manage unit economics.

Lead development of technology and tools to support Personal Shoppers; sales and operations.

Collaborate cross-functionally with other teams including Marketing, Operations, Customer Service, Retail, Marketplace, Finance, Product and Engineering.

Stay up-to-date with industry best practices in e-Commerce and direct sales to ensure strategy remains cutting-edge.

Evaluate, launch and manage partnerships as needed, including with suppliers and funders.

Lead a team to drive performance.

**Attributes required**:
Strong commercial acumen

Strategic thinker; able to build a vision for the vertical and translate this vision into a roadmap and operational plans

Deep understanding of township markets in South Africa

Solutions-oriented executer; can-do attitude; self-motivated

Strong data analysis, manipulation and reporting skills

Strong problem solving skills and solutions orientated

Analytical; uses data to inform decisions

Comfortable with change and excellent team player

**Qualifications and experience**:
Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, or a related field. An MBA or related advanced degree is advantageous.

7 years commercial experience.

3 years leading a team.

Experience in townships, rural areas and informal markets.

Experience in direct sales advantageous.

Experience presenting to senior managers and the C-suite.

Experience in the tech sector / building a product from the ground up advantageous.

**The Environment**:

- 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, its 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 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. We encourage applicants from the previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities, to apply.

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