Retail Analyst

1 week ago

Cape Town, South Africa takealot.com Full time

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 Analytics Manager.**

**Your responsibilities will include**:

- Perform data analysis to support root cause analysis and decision making in Retail. This will include descriptive, diagnostic and prescriptive analytics.
- Conducts research and performs competitive pricing analysis. Monitors ongoing competitive environment to ensure practices do not adversely impact company reputation or customer satisfaction.
- To work closely with the Commercial Department and other business units to develop a clear understanding of their plans and activities around pricing of products.
- Identify appropriate sales and clearance prices to increase customer traffic.
- Use sales trends to recommend pricing policy adjustments to management
- Perform process analysis and design changes to improve the effectiveness and efficiency across all areas of Retail.

**Attributes required**:

- Strong commercial acumen
- Systems thinker with the ability to understand and break down complex problems and relationships
- Creative and practical problem solving skills. Solution-oriented.
- Highly capable in working with large and complex data sets using appropriate tools. MySQL, Bigquery, Knime, Excel, Google Sheets and Qlikview are examples of the tools we use regularly
- Good communications skills with the ability to present complex information in a clear and concise manner to a variety of audiences.
- Fast learner and ability to thrive in a dynamic and high pace environment
- Strong prioritisation skills

**Qualifications and Experience**:

- A bachelor's degree in mathematics, statistics, finance, economics, or in a related field.
- A minimum of three years' experience as a pricing analyst
- Extensive experience in analysing pricing strategies and forecasting revenue
- Experience in the retail industry is required
- Excellent analytical and communication skills

**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, 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 respectful but forthright
- 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 HARD WORKING**

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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