Business Strategy Analyst

MBA-Exchange.com; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 30 000 - 60 000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative e-commerce company is on the lookout for a Business Strategy Analyst to join their dynamic team in Cape Town. This exciting role involves conducting in-depth market research, analyzing data to inform strategic decisions, and project managing the implementation of new business opportunities. The ideal candidate will possess strong analytical skills, a solutions-oriented mindset, and a passion for e-commerce. Join a team that values creativity, collaboration, and a commitment to excellence, where your contributions will help shape the future of online retail in Africa.

Benefits

Market Related Benefits

Dynamic Work Environment

Opportunities for Professional Growth

Qualifications

• 3 years of experience in an analytical role, preferably in e-commerce or consulting.
• Strong academic results and proficiency in quantitative analysis.

Responsibilities

• Conduct market research and analysis to identify growth opportunities.
• Develop business cases and implementation plans for new projects.

Skills

Analytical Skills

Problem Solving

Data Analysis

Excel Competence

Communication Skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Quantitative Subject

Postgraduate Degree

Tools

Excel

Job description

takealot.com, a leading South African online retailer, is looking for a highly talentedBusiness Strategy Analystto join our team in Cape Town.

We are a young, dynamic, hyper growth company looking for smart, young, creative, hard working people to join us. 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.

This role reports into the Head of Business Development.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Providing the research and analysis required to develop robust businesses casesfor new opportunities to grow the business
• Assembling and analysing the data to determine the size of the market for newconcepts
• Researching how solutions are being implemented locally and internationally
• Using online tools and resources as well as identifying and engaging otherinformation sources
• Building Excel models to quantify the size of opportunities
• Applying creative problem solving to develop solutions
• Developing the high-level functional requirements that the business would needto implement the opportunity.
• You will need to work with specialists across thebusiness to understand what is needed to practically implement ideas
• Building implementation plans and budgets for the execution of new projects
• Project managing the implementation of selected opportunities

Attributes:

• Solutions-oriented, can-do attitude and high energy
• Strong analytical and critical thinking, using data to inform decisions
• Ability to disaggregate and structure solutions to ambiguous problems
• Solid quantitative skills
• Ability to interview and interact professionally with internal and external people
• Capability to present ideas succinctly, in writing and verbally
• Versatile and with the appetite to learn by doing

Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree required, with a major in a quantitative subject, Postgraduate degree preferred
• 3 years of experience in an analytical role (e.g. in e-commerce, consulting,engineering)
• Top academic results
• Competence in Excel

The 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 forthright but respectful
• 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 strive to be the BEST (GREAT requires a lot of work and does not only happen during business hours)
• is passionate about the potential of e-commerce and delivering a world-class customer experience
• is entrepreneurial, thrives under change and accepts it is a constant and always looks for solutions to do something better and faster
• is able to think about problems from a business perspective using technical and
• product input
• is curious and challenge 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 HARDWORKING

If you meet the above you are an Extraordinary Mind, so come join us!

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