Takealot.com, South Africa's leading online retailer, is looking for a highly talented Product Manager in Business Intelligence 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!

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This position reports to the Head of Product: Fulfilment (Supply Chain & Logistics).

Your responsibilities will include the following:

Create and facilitate the delivery of the Business Intelligence roadmap for one or more of the Takealot Group’s key focus areas: Supply Chain and Logistics You will work closely with relevant business units to identify opportunities for driving meaningful business results through data solutions and then work with stakeholders to prioritize projects for roadmap inclusion. Work closely with product and engineering to make sure we collect the right data to produce relevant business insights. Work hand-in-hand with a range of data teams: data engineering (data collection), analytical engineering (data marts/models), and business intelligence (dashboarding/reporting) in driving end-to-end data products for this domain. Programme manage large-scale BI data/tool migration initiatives, working with multiple data and engineering teams to meet agreed timelines. Validate existing reports and data sets and resolve issues with reports and performance indicators as identified. You will be responsible for influencing the supply chain and logistics roadmap by presenting data-informed recommendations. You will perform exploratory data analysis and hypothesis testing on operational and customer behaviour. Assist in the development of Input metrics that influence your vertical’s “North Star” metric and effectively move the needle of your vertical’s “North Star” through accurate reporting.  Becoming an effective evangelist of data within the business vertical you serve; helping stakeholders understand the capabilities and potential value of data. Balance longer-term product vision and goals with short-term wins. 

Attributes Required:

Ability to distill technical subjects to their fundamental concepts, to facilitate the effective exchange of ideas between business stakeholders and software development teams. Strong commercial acumen for understanding the factors driving business success in a fast-paced e-commerce environment. Be comfortable with data deep-diving, individually and collaboratively, in order to generate product-level insights. Being proactive in exploring your problem space and surroundings, in support of the product vision and roadmap of your team. Collaborate with engineering teams to reduce uncertainty and set actionable deliverables. Has a drive to actively unlearn and relearn mental models for as long as there is supporting data.

Experience and Qualifications:

Product experience: 7+ years of related and transferable experience or 3+ years of product management experience. Experience leading and executing cross-functional projects, preferably in high-traffic environments. Familiarity and proficiency with agile methods and tools to support project management in a timeline-sensitive environment. High accountability when it comes to meeting deadlines and ship dates. Preferably, a proven track record in delivering data insights products and subsequent maturing iterations at scale. Data experience: A solid understanding of data engineering and analytics fundamentals, allowing you to understand and earn the respect of experienced data engineers. Experience with Google Sheets and/or Microsoft Excel at an advanced level. Experience with MySQL or PostgreSQL, and BigQuery or a similar technology, preferably in a high-load environment. Qualifications: Preferably, a Bachelor’s Degree in Management Science, Engineering, Statistics, Data Science or Computer Science.

Let’s talk about life @ Takealot Group

The power is in your hands: We offer a market-related, Total Remuneration Package that allows full flexibility according to your needs. Go on, be the master of your own destiny. No doors: We aren’t fans of stuffy offices or siloed work environments. See someone you like? High five, collab and make something great. Remote working: Love water cooler chats and working from home? Takealot.com offers a hybrid working model for the best of both worlds. Mentorship programme: We aren’t kidding when we say the people with the best people win. Now’s your chance to be one of the best, by learning from the best. Naspers Tech Community & Online Learning: Share ideas and grow with global industry leaders who are all just a Slack message away. Love to learn? Up-skill with free access to courses on MyAcademy, Udacity, Coursera, and more. Good times: Get to know the other extraordinary minds at takealot.com during regular social events and out-of-office activities (think hikes, think mini-golf, think good times). Staff discount. Millions of products across 28 departments. What more could you ask for? Birthday leave: Cake Day all the way. Enjoy your day off - you deserve it.  Right tools, right job: Mac or Windows, two monitors or one. Whatever your preference, you’ll work on the latest tech, of the latest tech. Help when you need it most: Confidential counselling, legal support and financial guidance, for free, anytime, anywhere. Free parking: No more 5km fun runs to your desk (unless you want to).

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Takealot is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants from previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities will be given preference