Marketing Manager

takealot.com , South Africa's leading online retailer, is looking for a highly talented Marketing Manager 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. 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.

This position reports to the Head of Brand & Communications

Your responsibilities will include:

Strategic Planning & Positioning:

• Develop go-to-market strategies for new venture propositions from concept to launch
• Conduct market research and competitive analysis for untested business models
• Create positioning frameworks and value propositions for pilot projects in collaboration with the Brand & Communications team
• Define customer segmentation and targeting strategies for new audiences

Campaign Development & Execution:

• Plan and execute integrated marketing campaigns across multiple ventures simultaneously
• Manage marketing budgets
• Develop creative briefs and oversee asset creation with internal/external teams
• Coordinate multi-channel campaign deployment (digital, traditional, partnership channels)

Stakeholder Management:

• Serve as primary marketing liaison with Strategy & Ventures team and channel marketing managers
• Manage relationships with external partners
• Coordinate with legal, compliance, and operations teams for regulated offerings
• Present campaign performance and insights to senior leadership

Performance Management & Optimization:

• Establish KPIs and measurement frameworks for new business lines
• Monitor campaign performance and optimize based on pilot learnings
• Conduct post-launch analysis and recommend scaling strategies
• Conduct monthly marketing reports in collaboration with channel marketing managers

Project Portfolio Management:

• Manage concurrent marketing streams for 5+ pilot projects
• Ensure timeline adherence for venture launches and milestone delivery
• Coordinate complex project dependencies across multiple business units

Qualification & Experience:

• 3+ years marketing experience, preferably in e-commerce, fintech, or high-growth environments
• Proven track record managing product/service launches from concept to market
• Project management experience handling multiple concurrent initiatives

Attributes Required :

• Proficiency in marketing analytics tools (Google Analytics, Facebook Business Manager, etc.)
• Experience with marketing automation platforms
• Strong Excel/data analysis capabilities
• Familiarity with A/B testing methodologies

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 Smart, has Integrity, and is Hardworking.

If you meet the above you are an Extraordinary Mind so come and join us!

*** Takealot Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We encourage applicants from the previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities, to apply * . **