# Senior Commercial Analytics Manager at takealot.com > South Africa · Manager · Analytics / Data science · open. Source: https://alderhq.app/jobs/greenhouse%3Atakealotcom%3A8354878 (read 2026-11-08). ## Facts (observed) - Company: [takealot.com](https://alderhq.app/companies/takealot-com) - Location text: Cape Town; Cape Town Office - Where it can be done from (inferred): South Africa (evidence: "Location: Cape Town; Cape Town Office") - Posted: 2026-11-06 (2 days ago) - First seen by alder: 2026-11-07 · last verified: 2026-11-07 - Reposted: 0 times · edited: 0 times - Apply on the employer's site: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/takealotcom/jobs/8354878 - Skills listed (inferred): SQL ## Pay and sponsorship - Posted pay: not posted ## Description (the employer's text) takealot.com, a leading South African online retailer, is looking for an Senior Commercial Analytics Manager to join our Takealot Group Advertising team in Cape Town. We are a young, dynamic, hyper growth company looking for smart, 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 as long as you are prepared for a challenge and want to build something great. ### This position reports to the Group Head of Advertising ### Your responsibilities will include ● Analyze advertising performance data to identify trends, opportunities, and areas for improvement. ● Develop and maintain financial models to forecast advertising revenue. ● Prepare and present regular reports on advertising performance, revenue, and other key metrics to stakeholders. ● Work closely with the sales manager and sales team leaders in providing data-backed recommendations to improve sales performance. ● Work closely with the sales and campaign execution teams to develop pricing/incentive strategies, advertising packages and optimize ad inventory. ● Support the sales team with data-driven insights for strategic client pitches and proposals. ● Manage a team of commercial analysts ● Collaborate with the product team to recommend improvements to increase the efficiency of developing and maintaining the regular financial forecast models and reports. ● Collaborate with the product team to recommend enhancements to improve the digital advertising platform based on data insights. ● Work closely with finance to streamline and focus efforts to improve financial performance of the advertising division. ● Implement best practices to drive process standardization in maintaining commercial systems; develop risk plans. ● Conduct market research to understand industry trends and competitor strategies. ● Assess the viability of new opportunities and assist the management in advertising investment decisions. Attributes Required: ●Data Analysis and Insights ● SQL and data visualization ● Advanced Excel ● Report writing ● Financial model building ### Qualification & Experience ● Bachelor's degree in Business, Economics, Statistics, or a related field. ● Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in a commercial analytics role, preferably within the digital advertising or e-commerce industry. ● Proven track record of compiling and analyzing large disparate datasets to deliver actionable insights. ● Experience working with senior management to deliver on business objectives. ● Experience with SQL and data visualization tools (e.g Looker, Power BI) ● Advanced proficiency in Excel and other analytical tools. ● Experience with digital advertising platforms and programmatic advertising is highly desirable. ● Familiarity with online retail or e-commerce business models is a plus 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 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 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 --- Data: alder (https://alderhq.app). Cite https://alderhq.app/jobs/greenhouse%3Atakealotcom%3A8354878 and the date you read it. Observed facts come from the employer's own listing; location reach, level, family and skills are inferences.