Senior Commercial Analytics Manager

<p>takealot.com, a leading South African online retailer, is looking for an <strong>Senior Commercial Analytics Manager</strong>&nbsp;to join our Takealot Group Advertising team in Cape Town.</p> <p>We are a young, dynamic, hyper growth company looking for smart, creative, hard working people to join us.&nbsp; We offer market related benefits, 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.</p> <p><strong>This position reports to the Group Head of Advertising&nbsp;</strong></p> <p><strong>Your responsibilities will include:&nbsp;</strong></p> <p>● Analyze advertising performance data to identify trends, opportunities, and areas for&nbsp;improvement.<br>● Develop and maintain financial models to forecast advertising revenue.<br>● Prepare and present regular reports on advertising performance, revenue, and other key&nbsp;metrics to stakeholders.<br>● Work closely with the sales manager and sales team leaders in providing data-backed&nbsp;recommendations to improve sales performance.<br>● Work closely with the sales and campaign execution teams to develop pricing/incentive&nbsp;strategies, advertising packages and optimize ad inventory.<br>● Support the sales team with data-driven insights for strategic client pitches and proposals.<br>● Manage a team of commercial analysts<br>● Collaborate with the product team to recommend improvements to increase the efficiency of&nbsp;developing and maintaining the regular financial forecast models and reports.<br>● Collaborate with the product team to recommend enhancements to improve the digital&nbsp;advertising platform based on data insights.<br>● Work closely with finance to streamline and focus efforts to improve financial performance of&nbsp;the advertising division.<br>● Implement best practices to drive process standardization in maintaining commercial&nbsp;systems; develop risk plans.<br>● Conduct market research to understand industry trends and competitor strategies.<br>● Assess the viability of new opportunities and assist the management in advertising&nbsp;investment decisions.</p> <p><strong>Attributes Required</strong>:</p> <p>●Data Analysis and Insights<br>● SQL and data visualization<br>● Advanced Excel<br>● Report writing<br>● Financial model building</p> <p><strong>Qualification &amp; Experience:</strong></p> <p>● Bachelor's degree in Business, Economics, Statistics, or a related field.<br>● Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in a commercial analytics role, preferably&nbsp;within the digital advertising or e-commerce industry.<br>● Proven track record of compiling and analyzing large disparate datasets to deliver&nbsp;actionable insights.<br>● Experience working with senior management to deliver on business objectives.<br>● Experience with SQL and data visualization tools (e.g Looker, Power BI)<br>● Advanced proficiency in Excel and other analytical tools.<br>● Experience with digital advertising platforms and programmatic advertising is highly&nbsp;desirable.<br>● Familiarity with online retail or e-commerce business models is a plus</p> <p><strong>The Environment</strong>:&nbsp;</p> <ul> <li>takealot.com employees are entrepreneurial and dynamic, smart, customer- centric, fun and have the shared ambition of takealot.com being the leading e- commerce company in Africa.&nbsp;</li> <li>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.&nbsp;</li> <li>We are short on ego and high on output.&nbsp;</li> <li>We are doers and not only thinkers, its all in the execution after all.&nbsp;</li> <li>We love what we do and what we are creating.&nbsp;</li> </ul> <p>We seek to Employ an <strong>Extra Ordinary Mind </strong>who:&nbsp;</p> <ul> <li>is forthright but respectful&nbsp;</li> <li>is an expert at doing, who can not only design but also execute&nbsp;</li> <li>is analytical, able to use data to make decisions&nbsp;</li> <li>is competitive, self-directed and strive to be the BEST (GREAT requires a lot of work and does not only happen during business hours&nbsp;</li> <li>is passionate about the potential of e-commerce and delivering a world-class customer experience&nbsp;</li> <li>is entrepreneurial, thrives under change and accepts it is a constant and always looks for solutions to do something better and faster&nbsp;</li> <li>is able to think about problems from a business perspective using technical and product input&nbsp;</li> <li>is curious and challenge the status quo&nbsp;</li> <li>is innovative and enjoys iteration&nbsp;</li> <li>is collaborative&nbsp;</li> <li>will be at the cutting edge of developing new concepts for takealot.com.&nbsp;</li> <li>thinks like an owner of the business.&nbsp;</li> <li>is <strong>SMART, has INTEGRITY </strong>and <strong>is HARDWORKING&nbsp;</strong></li> </ul> <p>If you meet the above you are an <strong>Extraordinary Mind </strong>so come and join us!&nbsp;</p> <p><em>Takealot is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

We encourage applicants from the previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities, to apply</em>.</p>