takealot.com, a leading South African online retailer, is looking for a highly talented TDT Project Engineer to join our Cape Town Team.
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 TDT Project Manager.
Your responsibilities will include: Initiating and implementing continuous improvement projects across the TDT network to improve efficiency and reduce cost; Operationalizing new business development initiatives within the TDT network; Coordinating changes required in the TDT network in support of business expansion; Investigating, establishing and implementing standardized resources across the TDT network; Working cross functionally with internal and external stakeholders to optimise total delivery lead-time and logistics cost; Active Stakeholder Management by ensuring clear communication channels are maintained between all parties involved in improvement projects. Attributes required: Logistics supply chain experience; Ability to work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders; Ability to interpret complex operational environments, identify problem areas and project manage the implementation of leading edge solutions; Quantitative analytical capability, with a strong grasp of management and cost accounting principles and metrics; Good leadership and team development skills; High degree of personal motivation and resilience. Qualifications and Experience: BEng Industrial or Logistics degree; Minimum 3 – 5 years within Logistics / Supply Chain; Sound operational background within logistics management; Proven track record of success in delivering projects against operational and profit targets; Experience of managing both internal and external stakeholders. 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; 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 respectful but forthright; 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 strives 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 challenges 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 HARD WORKING.
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