Mr D - Mid-level Business Operations Growth Analyst

takealot.com; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 480,000 - 720,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Market-related remuneration

Prosus Academy access

Birthday leave

Free parking

Social events

Job summary

Mr D in Cape Town is seeking a Mid-Level Business Operations Growth Analyst to generate reports using MySQL, QlikView, Looker, and Excel, and provide insights to the Growth Team.

You will own reporting topics, meet with stakeholders, and collaborate with BI developers to implement data-driven solutions, with guidance from senior colleagues. 2+ years in BI/analytical roles and a relevant degree are expected.

Qualifications

• Relevant tertiary qualification in commerce, science or engineering.
• 2+ years experience in operations, finance, consulting, analysis or BI.
• Advanced Excel/Google Sheets skills.
• Intermediate SQL skills; experience with a visualization platform (QlikView/Looker/Tableau/PowerBI).

Responsibilities

• Generate regular reports and provide insights to the business on customer performance and metrics.
• Analyze customer order and engagement behaviour.
• Assess the impact of product and process changes.
• Identify growth opportunities based on demand and competitor activity.
• Support reporting automation with the BI team and assist special enquiry reports.
• Meet with stakeholders and Product Managers to discuss reporting needs and implement solutions.

Skills

Excel/Google Sheets

SQL

Data visualization tools

Education

Commerce/Science/Engineering degree

Tools

MySQL

QlikView

Looker

Excel

Tableau/PowerBI

Job description

Mr D - Mid-level Business Operations Growth Analyst

Cape Town

Mr D, a division of the Takealot.com Group, is looking for a highly talented Mid-Level Business Operations Growth 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!

Think you’ve been challenged before? Think again!

• Scale: Show the millions of Mr D customers what you can do
• Learn: We work with the best of the best, and then some.
• Grow: Expand your career in the fast‑growing Takealot Group: Mr D, Takealot.com and TFS. We like to promote from within: here’s your chance.

Purpose of the role:

The analyst is required to generate reports using MySQL, Qlikview, Looker, Excel, etc., perform analysis, and provide insights and recommendations to stakeholders in the Growth Team without supervision. The analyst will take ownership of established reporting topics and their growth, with some guidance required for their growth. Additionally, the analyst will independently meet with stakeholders and Product Managers to discuss reporting requirements across the business and propose, specify, and implement solutions with guidance from senior team members. Meetings with BI developers to implement and test solutions are required, but closely managed.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Generate regular reports and provide insights and recommendations to the business on customer performance and metrics to drive business objectives.
• Customer order and engagement behaviour.
• Analyse the success and effectiveness of product and process changes.
• Identify opportunities for growth within the business based on demand and competitor activity.
• Facilitate the performance improvement of the growth team by identifying operational and product weaknesses through testing and analysis and recommending process changes.
• Implement reporting requirements and facilitate report automation with the BI team.
• Assist the Growth Team in compiling special enquiry reports.
• Meet with stakeholders and Product Managers to discuss reporting requirements across the business and propose, specify, and implement solutions with some guidance from senior team members.

Attributes required:

• Attention to detail in a high‑pressure environment.
• Strong analytical ability.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel/Google Sheets skills.
• Intermediate SQL skills; experience working with a visualisation platform (e.g. Qlikview, Looker, Tableau, PowerBI).
• Ability to verbalise and visualise findings and results.
• Ability to identify areas of improvement in current processes.
• Ability to use logic and common sense to arrive at conclusions.

Qualifications and experience:

• Relevant tertiary qualification in commerce, science or engineering.
• 2+ years experience in an operations, finance, consulting, analysis or BI environment.

Let’s talk about life @ Mr D

• The power is in your hands: We offer a market‑related, Total Remuneration Package which allows full flexibility according to your needs.
• No doors: We aren’t fans of stuffy offices or siloed work environments.
• 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 Prosus Academy and more.
• Good times: Get to know the other extraordinary minds in the Takealot group during regular social events and out‑of‑office activities.
• Birthday leave: Cake Day all the way. Enjoy your day off – you deserve it.
• 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).

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