takealot.com, a leading South African online retailer, is looking for a highly talented Data Analystto join our team in Cape Town.
We're 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!
Your responsibilities will include: Fetching data from internal data sources (using SQL) & preparing it for analysis (using Python & Google Sheets).Analysing datasets to answer questions posed by the Marketing Team: Ranging from deep dives into our data to brief analytical questions around our customers and brands.Preparing presentations for completed projects.Presenting weekly campaign analysis insights for Marketing activities.Delivering accurate analysis within tight deadlines.Creating, improving and automating marketing reports to assist managers with tracking performance.Collecting and analysing customer, marketing, and behavioural data.Analysing key metrics, and identifying opportunities to increase campaign performance.Developing and presenting learnings from your analyses, including actionable insights and recommendations.Assisting with the development and implementation of key marketing KPIs for budgets and plansCreating data visualisations and campaign performance reports.Monitoring and analysing digital media and marketing trends.Turning business questions into functional analyses to test theories.Learning how to develop, test & deploy Machine Learning models as required by the Marketing analytics Team.Conduct analytical support (Analysis requests for marketing and related teams) to generate valuable insight in understanding campaigns and performancePrepare and automate reports for analysisAssist with data project automationWork on forecast model improvementsBudget / Plan assistanceComplete 2 data science projects a year at a minimumAttributes required: Analytical and data-driven with a demonstrated ability to operate both strategically and tactically.Application of strong commercial insights in order to interpret, simulate and model customer behaviour.Excellent communication and presentation skills and ability to weave a coherent, compelling narrative around the available data.Experience presenting to Senior Management.Self-guided learner, self-starter, and curious and passionate about data. You immerse yourself in it and are excited to develop and enhance your marketing analytics skills.Ability to work independently, productively, proactively and follow through on all responsibilities to bring projects to a successful conclusion.Ability to translate business needs and goals into analytic approach and responseAbility to work on and prioritise multiple projects that will impact the business at various levels.A high-energy with the ability to work in a fast-paced environmentSolutions-oriented with a can-do attitudeHighly organised and efficient, with an ability to work towards and meet tight deadlinesExceptional attention to detailPassion for the brand and customersQualifications and Experience: Relevant Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Engineering or Business Science3 - 5 years work experience in an analytics environment.Extensive experience working with the Python & SQL programming languages.Experience using machine learning algorithms and building predictive models ( i.e. k-means clustering, logistic regression, linear regression) is advantageousPractical experience using Excel, Google Sheets for data analysis.1+ years of experience using Looker1+ years of experience using Big Query is advantageousExperience using Google Analytics and Qlik is advantageousExperience in Retail or e-commerce environment is advantageous.A grounding in marketing and communication principlesThe Environment 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.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 creatingWe seek to Employ an Extra Ordinary Mind who:is forthright but respectfulis an expert at doing, who can not only design but also executeis analytical, able to use data to make decisionsis competitive, self-directed and strive to be the BEST (GREAT requires a lot of work and does not only happen during business hoursis passionate about the potential of e-commerce and delivering a world-class customer experienceis entrepreneurial, thrives under change and accepts it is a constant and always looks for solutions to do something better and fasterable to think about problems from a business perspective using technical and product inputis curious and challenge the status quois innovative and enjoys iterationis collaborativewill 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 HARDWORKINGIf 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.
#J-18808-Ljbffr
