Buyer's Assistant

takealot. com, a leading South African online retailer, is looking for a highly talented Buyer's Assistant 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. You will reporting to the Division Manager. Your responsibilities will include:

Supporting the division in all administrative functions linked to order processing and buy plansAuditing availability, selection and pricing of market best sellers and new releases on the siteSupporting on merchandising checks: Checking customer reviews, links and newslettersManaging customer queries and escalating as necessaryAttributes required: Attention to detailExcellent communication skills, both written and spokenOrganised, ability to prioritiseSolutions-oriented, can-do attitude; self-motivatedComfortable with learning and adapting to new systemsQualifications required:

Bachelor's degree (Business Science or Commerce degree preferable)1-2 years related retail / commerce experience Competency in MS Office packages, particularly excelRetail buying/e-commerce experience preferable but not an absolute requirementExisting industry networks a significant plusThe 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, its all in the execution after all. We love what we do and what we are creating. We seek to Employ an Extra Ordinary Mind who:

is respectful but forthrightis 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 fasteris business SMART.

Able to think about problems from a business perspective using technical and product input;is curious and challenge the status quois innovative and enjoys iterationis collaborativewill be at the cutting edge of developing new concepts for takealot. comthinks like an owner of the businessis SMART, has INTEGRITY and is HARD WORKINGIf 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