DC Analyst

takealot.com, a leading South African online retailer, is looking for a highly talented DC Analyst to join our team in Cape Town. 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. Reporting to the Operations Analytics Manager. Your responsibilities will include:

• Develop operational reports and run reports to support measurement of key performance indicators.
• Prepare exception-based reporting and drive implementation of business improvement ideas.
• Validate existing reports and data sets and resolve issues with reports and performance indicators as identified.
• Develop a clear understanding of the operational intricacies & behaviors and identify improvement opportunities / levers to improve key metrics.
• Create effective data visualizations/dashboards/reports/presentations to communicate insights and updates to the management and product team.
• Generate regular reports on operational performance and provide insights / recommendations to the business.
• Analyze the success and effectiveness of process changes.
• Facilitate the performance improvement of various teams within the business by identifying operational gaps through testing & analysis and recommending process changes.
• Lead requirements elicitation workshops with stakeholders to define high-level business requirements for operational reporting or to improve business performance.
• Assist stakeholders to prioritize the requirements and obtain sign-off on the specifications.
• Mine data for insights, test and validate hypotheses about operational behaviors, liaise with stakeholders from different departments and prioritize tasks.

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Information Systems, BCom Supply Chain/Logistics, Computer Science, Science or similar degree & 3+ years’ experience in a Data, Engineering role within a fast-paced, product-led, and growth-focused organization.
• Or a relevant Higher Certificate & 6 Years relevant experience in a Data, Engineering role within a fast-paced, product-led, and growth-focused organization.
• Strong hands-on experience with SQL (Google BigQuery preferred), Dashboarding (Google Data/Looker Studio preferred, Power BI, Tableau etc.) and Python advantageous.
• Automation experience beneficial.
• High level of proficiency with MS Office packages with proven advanced proficiency in Excel / Google Sheets, Docs & Slides.
• Experience with large datasets and optimization on digital platforms.
• Retail or e-commerce and Supply Chain industry experience beneficial.

• Solutions-oriented, can-do attitude and high energy.
• Strong analytical and critical thinking, using data to inform decisions.
• Ability to identify areas of improvement in current processes.
• Ability to use logic and common sense to arrive at conclusions.
• Passion for understanding ambiguous, complex problems and driving high quality, innovative, clean solutions.
• Highly structured thinker with strong attention to detail.
• Ability to handle multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Exceptional communication skills to help deliver insights to diverse stakeholders.
• Detail-oriented, outcome and process focused.
• Willingness to learn and personal desire to keep up to date with technology and process.

• 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 always looks for solutions .
• is business SMART, able to think about problems from a business perspective.
• 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.