Lead Buying Strategist

4 weeks ago

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa takealot Full time
Senior Specialist Buyer Job Description

Takelot.com, a leading South African online retailer, is looking for an exceptional Senior Specialist Buyer to join our team in Cape Town.

About the Role

We're a young, dynamic, and hyper-growth company seeking smart, creative, hard-working individuals with integrity. We offer a market-related total remuneration package allowing 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 Divisional Buyer Manager.

Your Responsibilities Will Include:
  • Develop a Comprehensive Strategy/Plan: Drive growth across the department in sales, brands, suppliers, and new product listings.
  • Drive innovation by sourcing and prioritizing new brands and suppliers according to this growth plan and in line with market trends and consumer demand.
  • Deliver against key financial and service level performance indicators within the department (sales, margin, listings availability, stock cover, etc.).
  • Manage and develop supplier relationships, negotiate good prices, improve trading terms, and manage suppliers according to strict SLAs.
  • Develop a promotional program, source great deals, and manage site merchandising for the department.
  • Support the operations team in delivering a world-class customer experience – monitor department returns, support the customer service team on product queries, and resolve any customer complaints.
  • Manage stock and availability (including replenishment orders, stock cover).
  • Deliver on customer experience within the department (ensuring products are delivered on time, supplier terms are aligned, product quality is managed, etc.).
Attributes Required:
  • Solutions-oriented, can-do attitude; self-motivated.
  • Strong analytical and critical thinking, ability to use data to inform decisions, identify the root cause, and resolve problems.
  • Strong product and buying planning skills.
  • Ability to manage priorities according to clear prioritization and structured planning.
  • Ability to build lasting supplier relationships and manage according to SLAs (existing industry networks a plus).
  • Comfortable with change and excellent team player.
  • Passionate about the industry and the potential of e-commerce.
  • Understanding of the key business drivers within online retail.
  • Entrepreneurial/commercial mindset.
Qualifications:
  • Diploma/Bachelor's degree (commerce degree preferable).
  • 5+ years commercial/retail experience.
  • Previous experience in Beauty.
Salary:

Estimated salary R1,200,000 - R1,500,000 per annum depending on experience.

Benefits:

We offer a comprehensive benefits package, including medical aid, retirement fund, and generous annual leave.

About Takelot:

Takelot.com employees are entrepreneurial and dynamic, smart, customer-centric, fun, and have the shared ambition of takelot.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.

We Seek to Employ an Extra-Ordinary Mind:
  • Respectful but forthright.
  • An expert at doing, who can not only design but also execute.
  • Analytical, able to use data to make decisions.
  • Competitive, self-directed, and strives to be the BEST (GREAT requires a lot of work and does not only happen during business hours).
  • Passionate about the potential of e-commerce and delivering a world-class customer experience.
  • Entrepreneurial, thrives under change, and accepts it is a constant and always looks for solutions to do something better and faster.
  • Business SMART. Able to think about problems from a business perspective using technical and product input;
  • Curious and challenges the status quo.
  • Innovative and enjoys iteration.
  • Collaborative.
  • Will be at the cutting edge of developing new concepts for takelot.com.
  • Thinks like an owner of the business.
  • S.M.A.R.T., has INTEGRITY, and is HARD WORKING.

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