Takealot.com, a leading South African online retailer, is looking for a highly talentedAdvertising Sales Specialist : Team Leadto join our team in Cape Town.
We are a young, dynamic, hyper growth company looking for smart, creative and 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 wont be bored, as long as you are prepared for a challenge and want to build something great.
Theposition reports to the Advertising ManagerYour responsibilities will include : Drive performance within a sales team (5-9 people) to deliver against sales targetsEnsure sales processes are followed by the sales team and that sales data is accurate and completeIdentify shortfalls in the sales process and help improve efficiencyManage and build sales dashboards to track key productivity metricsDrive improvements in the quality of data and reporting offered to clientsDevelop strategies for acquiring new advertising customers, and retaining and upselling existing customersAssist in managing strategic brands and support client engagement for high value advertising customersManage and support a team of Sales Specialists with day-to-day operationsCoach the advertising sales team to improve their sales skills and performanceWork with the Advertising manager to set monthly targets for the sales team which are aligned to the business targetsEnsure a solid sales pipeline is in place for a rolling 3-month period and that there is plan for big clients in line with their 12 month budgetsAssist in the collaboration between the Sales Specialists, Marketing, Merchant and Finance teams.
self-motivatedComfortable with learning and adapting to new systemsQualifications and Experience required : Bachelor of Commerce Degree (or equivalent diploma) is preferential but not requiredMinimum 5 years work experienceExperience managing a sales teamExperience in establishing and managing sales processesExperience with Salesforce or similar CRMeCommerce experience is preferred but not requiredThe 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 anExtra Ordinary Mindwho : 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 hoursispassionate about the potential of e-commerceand delivering aworld-class customer experienceisentrepreneurial,thrives under changeand accepts it is a constant and alwayslooks for solutionsto 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 ownerof the businessisSMART, has INTEGRITYandis HARD WORKING
