12.08.2024
Product Manager (Group Logistics: Facilities and Network)
Takealot Group
South Africa, Cape Town
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takealot.com , a leading South African online retailer, is looking for a highly-talented Product Manager to join the Logistics Team in Cape Town . 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! Scale : 4 million happy shoppers shop online on takealot.com and 2.7 million on Mr D. Show them what you can do. Learn : We work with the best of the best, and then some. Work alongside industry leaders and up-skill in record time. Grow : Expand your career in the fast-growing Takealot Group: takealot.com, Superbalist.com, and Mr D. We like to promote from within: Here’s your chance. The position reports to the Logistics Product Lead Your responsibilities will include the following: Work with the Logistics Product Lead to define the overall vision and roadmap of features and services for the Takealot Group Logistics Facilities and Network product. Translate business requirements into functional and technical IT user stories and project specifications. Manage a team of business analysts and junior product managers responsible for defining requirements for projects in your roadmap. Work closely with customer service, engineering, design, operations, and stakeholders to bring about product enhancements. Understand stakeholder strategy, requirements, and priorities to translate needs into recommended initiatives&projects. Define and track metrics and data that will inform all product features and functionality decisions. Create business cases to motivate the prioritization of initiatives to improve and drive metrics. Analyse and understand project scope and core objectives through requirements workshops with stakeholders. Use relevant data, analysis, and external benchmarks to inform requirements. Elicit detailed functional requirements and document them for technical specifications. Collaborate with technical leads and subject matter experts to establish the technical vision. Ensure that development and QA teams understand the requirements by attending backlog grooming and sprint planning sessions. Set timelines, drive project schedules, manage stakeholder communications, and lead cross-functional development teams. Review test plans and test scripts to ensure quality and coverage. Perform user acceptance testing. Manage business analysts and junior product managers responsible for defining requirements and tracking execution. Attributes Required: Proven track record of execution and ability to formulate a detailed product roadmap. Ability to guide junior product managers, business analysts, UX experts, and engineering. Solution-oriented, accountable, highly motivated with a robust personality. Initiative in ambiguous situations by identifying critical problems and driving solutions. Strong analytical background with data-driven decision-making and attention to detail. Outstanding organizational and communication skills with the ability to balance multiple priorities. Avid customer advocate. Qualification&Experience: Minimum Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Information Systems, BCom Computer Science, or a similar degree. At least 2 years experience in a product development environment. Preferably 2 years of agile experience. Experience in an e-commerce or Supply Chain and Logistics environment is an advantage. If you meet the above, you are an Extraordinary Mind , so come and join us and show millions of shoppers what you can do! Takealot is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We encourage applicants from previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities to apply. #J-18808-Ljbffr
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