Senior Site Merchandiser

4 weeks ago


Cape Town, South Africa Takealot Group 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 role reports to the Head of Merchandising and Promotions.**

**Your responsibilities will include**:

- Working closely with the Divisional Heads, Discovery Team and Marketing to measure and direct on-site traffic to feature categories and product ranges that ensures cntinuous visibility of all inventory classes, full margin products, seasonal and trending products, mark downs and new launches in line with business objectives.
- Optimise and work together with discovery team and catalogue product team to continuously improve the integrity of navigation on site and app navigation by means of continuous site walks, sample checking and benchmarking exercises.
- Measure, report on and improve the performance of all site merchandising assets, including landing pages and CMS tools, by evaluating the performance of each merchandising initiative and deployment, developing an analytical framework for performance tracking and learning.
- Lead and collaborate with divisional and Catalogue teams to define and optimise product information requirements to ensure optimal merchandising through relevant product attribute coverage across all product categories.
- Lead and grow a team of merchandisers and curators to drive performance of merchandising assets and initiatives.
- Benchmark the customer user journeys on all platforms with international best practice and trends. Collaborate with product teams and commercial teams across the business and make recommendations for new features, merchandising tools and UI/UX changes to improve site usability, user engagement, navigation and conversion rates.
- Launch new strategic themes and merchandising assets including seasonal landing pages and anchor promotions.

**Attributes required**:

- Attention to detail and ability to manage a wide range of initiatives.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and spoken
- Smart, analytical thinker
- Innovative, creative individual unafraid to take risks, you ask difficult questions and challenge status quo
- Energetic, dynamic individual - can-do attitude, self-motivated
- Curious and creative with a proven track record of delivering exceptional results

**Qualifications and Experience**:

- Bachelor's Degree or Advanced Diploma
- If the degree/diploma qualification requirement isn't met, at least 8 years experience in a high-performance environment in either online retail, content strategy and/or marketing will be required will be required OR
- 5+ years years' experience in a high-performance environment in either online merchandising, content strategy and/or marketing
- Ecommerce experience is advantageous
- Bachelor's degree preferable (Preferable post-graduate degree)
- Strong competency in analytical tools such as Google Analytics required
- Previous leadership experience preferred
- Experience with website optimisation and engagement tools preferred

**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
- 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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