{"id":303,"date":"2024-03-14T02:28:19","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T02:28:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricanyouthsjobs.co.za\/?p=303"},"modified":"2024-03-14T06:09:08","modified_gmt":"2024-03-14T06:09:08","slug":"head-of-supplier-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricanyouthsjobs.co.za\/?p=303","title":{"rendered":"Head of Supplier Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"south-4223700664\" class=\"south-before-content south-entity-placement\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-9040931780721427\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"autorelaxed\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9040931780721427\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"5167572988\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><\/div><p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-9040931780721427\"\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-format=\"autorelaxed\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9040931780721427\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"5167572988\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>A leading South African online retailer, is looking for a highly talented Head of Supplier Business to join our team in Cape Town.<\/p>\n<p>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\u2019t be bored if you are prepared for a challenge and want to build something great.<\/p>\n<p><strong>This position reports to the Head of Retail and Marketplace:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Your responsibilities will include:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Build &amp; lead a team of Supplier Business Managers to ensure optimum income is derived from Takealot trading terms<\/li>\n<li>Establish productive, professional relationships with key suppliers and cross functional divisions focused toward the business strategy<\/li>\n<li>Negotiate and recover maximum income from trading terms in line with the business strategy<\/li>\n<li>Key understanding of retail landscape and develop programs and opportunities to increase supplier income<\/li>\n<li>Key central business resource who provides support and knowledge for the retail divisions and suppliers<\/li>\n<li>Lead key supplier (current &amp; future) rebate and trading term negotiations<\/li>\n<li>Review all vendor contracts and assess their earning potential against category benchmarks<\/li>\n<li>Ensure all trading terms are category aligned and fit within the strategy<\/li>\n<li>Build a framework and institutionalize processes and work streams that yield maximum income<\/li>\n<li>Strict adherence to all compliance &amp; legislative requirements<\/li>\n<li>Manage, train and build a team of highly effective negotiators<\/li>\n<li>Deliver income recoveries that meet and exceed the business plan<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Attributes required:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Smart, analytical thinker with strong numerical skills<\/li>\n<li>Innovative, creative individual unafraid to take risks, you ask difficult questions and challenge status quo<\/li>\n<li>Energetic, dynamic individual &#8211; can-do attitude, self-motivated, assertive &amp; resilient<\/li>\n<li>Results oriented &#8211; Proven track record of execution and delivering exceptional results<\/li>\n<li>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<\/li>\n<li>Strong decision making skills<\/li>\n<li>Experience in building, managing and developing teams<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Qualifications and Experience:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>5+ years\u2019 experience in retail\/ wholesale environment<\/li>\n<li>5+ years managerial experience<\/li>\n<li>Bachelor\u2019s degree required (Supply chain \/ Finance or Business degree advantageous)<\/li>\n<li>Strong competency in analytical tools<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"content\" class=\"\">\n<p><strong>The Environment<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>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.<\/li>\n<li>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.<\/li>\n<li>We are short on ego and high on output.<\/li>\n<li>We are doers and not only thinkers, it\u2019s all in the execution after all.<\/li>\n<li>We love what we do and what we are creating<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We seek to Employ an\u00a0<strong>Extra Ordinary Mind<\/strong>\u00a0who:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>is forthright but respectful<\/li>\n<li>is an expert at doing, who can not only design but also execute<\/li>\n<li>is analytical, able to use data to make decisions<\/li>\n<li>is competitive, self-directed and strive to be the BEST (GREAT requires a lot of work and does not only happen during business hours<\/li>\n<li>is\u00a0<strong>passionate about the potential of e-commerce<\/strong>\u00a0and delivering a\u00a0<strong>world-class customer experience<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>is\u00a0<strong>entrepreneurial<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>thrives under change<\/strong>\u00a0and accepts it is a constant and always\u00a0<strong>looks for solutions<\/strong>\u00a0to do something better and faster<\/li>\n<li>is business SMART. Able to think about problems from a business perspective using technical and product input<\/li>\n<li>is curious and challenge the status quo<\/li>\n<li>is innovative and enjoys iteration<\/li>\n<li>is collaborative<\/li>\n<li>will be at the cutting edge of developing new concepts for takealot.com.<\/li>\n<li><strong>thinks like an owner<\/strong>\u00a0of the business.<\/li>\n<li>is\u00a0<strong>SMART, has INTEGRITY<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>is HARDWORKING<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you meet the above you are an\u00a0<strong>Extraordinary Mind<\/strong>\u00a0so come and join us!<\/p>\n<p><em>Takealot is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants from the previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities will be given preference.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/boards.greenhouse.io\/takealotcom\/jobs\/3716183\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Apply Here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>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 class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/southafricanyouthsjobs.co.za\/?p=303\" title=\"Head of Supplier Business\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":288,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/southafricanyouthsjobs.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/download-4.webp?fit=225%2C225&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pf9ca1-4T","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricanyouthsjobs.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricanyouthsjobs.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricanyouthsjobs.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricanyouthsjobs.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricanyouthsjobs.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=303"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/southafricanyouthsjobs.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":321,"href":"https:\/\/southafricanyouthsjobs.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303\/revisions\/321"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricanyouthsjobs.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricanyouthsjobs.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricanyouthsjobs.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricanyouthsjobs.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}