Product Lead: Dark Store Fulfillment Systems (Hybrid/Remote)

Takealot Group; Cape Town; Hybrid; ZAR 1,200,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Mentorship programme

Staff discounts

Birthday leave

Counselling support

Free parking

Job summary

Takealot Group is seeking a Product Lead for Dark Store Systems in South Africa. You will own the strategic roadmap and requirements for the hyper-local micro-fulfillment network, bridging operations, commercial teams, and engineering to enable ultra-fast delivery.

You will establish core software foundations for dark store operations, ensuring seamless inventory movement from central supply chain to the customer’s digital basket and then to the on-demand delivery fleet.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or Advanced Diploma in a related field with at least 7 years of software product management experience.
• 5+ years of Product Management experience handling enterprise WMS, IMS, or localized fulfillment software.

Responsibilities

• Drive the functional requirements for a scalable Warehouse Management System (WMS) tailored for rapid dark store picking and integration with core systems.
• Own product requirements for stock transfer workflows between Main DCs and local dark stores; define replenishment logic.
• Establish data freshness SLAs and business rules for displaying live stock to online platforms with high throughput, low latency.
• Define rules for dynamic inventory safety buffers and stock caching to prevent stockouts.
• Own the digital workflow from packing to on-demand driver handoff.

Skills

Product strategy

Stakeholder management

Data-driven decisions

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree or advanced diploma

Tools

WMS systems

APIs & integration

ERP integrations (Oracle WMS)

Job description

Takealot Group is seeking a Product Lead for Dark Store Systems in South Africa. You will own the strategic roadmap and requirements for the hyper-local micro-fulfillment network, bridging operations, commercial teams, and engineering to enable ultra-fast delivery.

You will establish core software foundations for dark store operations, ensuring seamless inventory movement from central supply chain to the customer’s digital basket and then to the on-demand delivery fleet.