Marketplace Sales Internship, Cape Town

Marketplace Sales Intern Takealot Group, South Africa’s leading online Retail and Delivery organisation, is looking for a highly talented Marketplace Sales Intern to join our team. The Internship Programme will be split between all businesses within the Group, namely: takealot.com, TFS and Mr D.

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: Over 2.5 million happy shoppers shop online. Show them what you can do.

Learn: We work with the best of the best, and then some. Work alongside industry leaders and upskill yourself in record time.

Grow: Expand your career in the fast-growing Takealot Group: takealot.com, TFS and Mr D. We like to promote from within: Here’s your chance.

Qualifications&Experience N6 in Business, Commerce, Marketing, Economics, or a related field.

The skills we need

Computer Literacy

Strong Attention to Detail

Strong understanding of business principles, sales, and marketing concepts

Competitor and market analysis skills

Proficiency in MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)

Excellent verbal and written communication

Adaptability and willingness to learn in a fast-paced environment

Attributes required

Creative Energy

Hands on

Have an opinion and voice it

Key responsibilities

Support sellers with basic account management and operational queries.

Assist sellers with understanding platform tools, processes, and best practices.

Monitor seller performance metrics and identify areas for improvement.

Help improve product listings, catalogue quality, and stock availability.

Support promotional activities by coordinating submissions and tracking outcomes.

Assist in preparing seller performance reports, trackers, and dashboards.

Escalate operational or technical issues to relevant internal teams.

Participate in seller training sessions, webinars, and enablement initiatives.

Maintain accurate records of seller interactions and actions taken.

This is a 12-month contract position.

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.

How To Sell This Job 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.

Benefits

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).

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.

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