Takealot Group, South Africa’s leading online Retail /Delivery organisation, is looking for a highly talented Catalogue Intern to join our Takealot.com Retail team In Cape Town Central Office.
We are a young, dynamic, hyper growth company looking for smart, creative, hard-working people with integrity to join us!
Think you’ve been challenged before? Think again!
Qualifications & Experience:
- N6 Certificate in Business Administration/ Business Management
The skills we need:
- Adaptability & Speed - Keeping up with rapidly changing digital landscape and being able to work in a fast paced environment
- Written Communication - Clear, persuasive writing for various audiences
- Strong Google Sheets Skills
Attributes required:
Fast learner and able to adjust to change
High Attention to detail in a high-pressure environment
Highly organized and efficient Solutions-oriented self-motivated can-do attitude
Strong communication skills both written and spoken Excellent team player
Key Responsibilities
- Listing & Data Quality: Uploading new product data and editing existing listings for both Retail and Marketplace platforms
- Quality Checking: Reviewing data for gaps/errors and ensuring adherence to product information requirements.
- Review data for gaps or errors and escalate issues.
- Ensure adherence to product information requirements.
- Managing individual workloads and adhering to a pre-determined turnaround time
High Level:
At the Takealot Group, our Internship Programme will help you build both technical and soft-skills to launch your career, learning from the best in the business. The Internship program will prepare you for a career in a large-scale and fast-paced environment.
Every selected Intern gains unique insights into the e-commerce environment with vast amounts of practical experience from daily exposure to a broad range of skills. The program consists of various technical and soft skill courses where you will receive training on a variety of areas.
You’ll be working with some of the strongest professionals South Africa has to offer who bring experience from a multitude of Great Industries.
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.
Let’s talk about life @ Takealot Group
- The power is in your hands: We offer a market-related, Total Remuneration Package which allows full flexibility according to your needs. Go on, be the master of your own destiny.
- No doors: We aren’t fans of stuffy offices or siloed work environments. See someone you like? High five, collab and make something great.
- Mentorship Program: We aren’t kidding when we say the people with the best people win. Now’s your chance to be one of the best, by learning from the best.
- Online Learning: Share ideas and grow with global industry leaders who are all just a Slack message away. Love to learn? Up-skill with free access to courses on MyAcademy, Udacity, Coursera and more.
- Good times: Get to know the other extraordinary minds at takealot.com during regular social events and out-of-office activities (think hikes, think mini golf, think good times).
- Help when you need it most: Confidential counselling, legal support and financial guidance, for free, anytime, anywhere.
- Free parking: No more 5km fun runs to your desk (unless you want to).
Like what you see?
If you meet the above, you are an Extraordinary Mind. Apply today!!
Takealot is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants from previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities will be given preference.
Skills Required
- N6 Certificate in Business Administration or Business Management
- Strong Google Sheets skills
- Clear written and spoken communication skills
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and adapt to change
- High attention to detail and strong organizational skills
- Solutions-oriented, self-motivated attitude and ability to work effectively in a team
takealot.com Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about takealot.com and has not been reviewed or approved by takealot.com.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is considered aligned with qualifications in select office and tech functions. This indicates pockets where compensation matches role expectations despite broader variability.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Employee discounts and company-supported learning opportunities are available to some permanent staff. These perks add non-cash value that can help offset leaner core benefits in certain teams.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid sick leave, holidays, and flexible scheduling appear in some roles. Such time-off and flexibility elements contribute positively where offered.
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What We Do
Takealot.com is the leading eCommerce retailer in South Africa and one of the largest, most innovative eCommerce retailers on the African continent. Our mission is to be the most customer-centric online shopping destination in Africa, built around the simple concept that our customer comes first. Need help or have a question? Reach out to us via our Help Center for assistance https://www.takealot.com/help-centre Our focus is dedicated to improving the customer experience, from the moment they arrive on our website to the moment they receive their order. By aligning ourselves to this philosophy, we believe Takealot will be the #1 shopping destination across Africa.
