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    Head of Supplier Business - Cape Town, South Africa - takealot

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    takealot Cape Town, South Africa

    5 days ago

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    Description

    , a leading South African online retailer, is looking for a highly talented Head of Supplier Business to 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 if you are prepared for a challenge and want to build something great.

    This position reports to the Head of Retail and Marketplace:

    Your responsibilities will include:

  • Build & lead a team of Supplier Business Managers to ensure optimum income is derived from Takealot trading terms
  • Establish productive, professional relationships with key suppliers and cross functional divisions focused toward the business strategy
  • Negotiate and recover maximum income from trading terms in line with the business strategy
  • Key understanding of retail landscape and develop programs and opportunities to increase supplier income
  • Key central business resource who provides support and knowledge for the retail divisions and suppliers
  • Lead key supplier (current & future) rebate and trading term negotiations
  • Review all vendor contracts and assess their earning potential against category benchmarks
  • Ensure all trading terms are category aligned and fit within the strategy
  • Build a framework and institutionalize processes and work streams that yield maximum income
  • Strict adherence to all compliance & legislative requirements
  • Manage, train and build a team of highly effective negotiators
  • Deliver income recoveries that meet and exceed the business plan

    • Attributes required:

  • Smart, analytical thinker with strong numerical skills
  • Innovative, creative individual unafraid to take risks, you ask difficult questions and challenge status quo
  • Energetic, dynamic individual - can-do attitude, self-motivated, assertive & resilient
  • Results oriented - Proven track record of execution and delivering exceptional results
  • Proven experience and passion for working across functions and with c-level leaders, synthesizing multiple points of view and owning a coherent action plan, all while negotiating and influencing others
  • Strong decision making skills
  • Experience in building, managing and developing teams

    • Qualifications and Experience:

  • 5+ years' experience in retail/ wholesale environment
  • 5+ years managerial experience
  • Bachelor's degree required (Supply chain / Finance or Business degree advantageous)
  • Strong competency in analytical tools

    • The Environment :

  • employees are entrepreneurial and dynamic, smart, customer-centric, fun and have the shared ambition of 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, it's 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 business SMART. 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
  • thinks like an owner of the business.
  • is SMART, has INTEGRITY and is HARDWORKING
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