Job Summary

Takealot.com, a leading South African online retailer, is looking for a highly talented CRM Associate to join our team in Cape Town.

We’re 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!

The position reports to the CRM Lead- Advertising.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Custodian of the CRM tools (Braze/Salesforce).
• Develop and execute communication automation strategies.
• Manage advertising customer data.
• Track the performance of all CRM initiatives.
• Analyze CRM data to identify trends and opportunities.
• Day-to-day execution and quality control of all email communication campaigns.
• Work with the sales team to retain and engage advertisers.
• Additional tasks may include:
• Content creation and development.
• Creating and managing customer surveys.
• Working with the product team to launch new products and report on CRM data.
• Collaborating with partner agencies, as well as internal and external entities.

Qualifications and experience: 

• Relevant Bachelor’s Degree (Marketing related)
• 2 years’ experience in Advertising / Sales
• 2 years’ experience in Braze/Salesforce or other CRM tools

Skills required:

• Proficiency in Braze/Salesforce Account engagement 
• Proficiency in Looker Marketing automation
• Knowledge in Sponsored Advertising
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Copywriting skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines simultaneously.
• Understanding of CRM best practices
• Knowledge of marketing and sales strategies
• Knowledge of data analysis and reporting
• Experience with project management.

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