Buyer's Assistant

1 month ago


Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa takealot Full time

At takealot.com, we are seeking a highly skilled Buyer's Assistant - E-commerce Expert to join our dynamic team in Cape Town.

We are a young, entrepreneurial company looking for talented individuals with integrity to help us deliver a world-class customer experience.

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

  • Supporting the division in all administrative functions linked to order processing and buy plans
  • Auditing availability, selection, and pricing of market best sellers and new releases on the site
  • Supporting on merchandising checks: Checking customer reviews, links, and newsletters
  • Managing customer queries and escalating as necessary

The ideal candidate will possess:

  • Attention to detail
  • Excellent communication skills, both written and spoken
  • Organised, ability to prioritise
  • Solutions-oriented, can-do attitude; self-motivated
  • Comfortable with learning and adapting to new systems

Requirements include:

  • Bachelor's degree (Business Science or Commerce degree preferable)
  • 1-2 years related retail/commerce experience
  • Competency in MS Office packages, particularly Excel
  • Retail buying/e-commerce experience preferable but not an absolute requirement
  • Existing industry networks a significant plus

We are looking for 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 strives to be the BEST
  • 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 challenges the status quo
  • is innovative and enjoys iteration
  • is collaborative
  • will be at the cutting edge of developing new concepts for takealot.com
  • thinks like an owner of the business
  • is SMART, has INTEGRITY, and is HARD WORKING

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