Operations data analyst

Takealot Group • cape town, western cape • Posted June 13, 2026

About the Role

Operations Data Analyst

, a leading South African online retailer, is looking for a highly talented Operations Data Analyst to join our team in Cape Town.

Reporting to the Marketplace Operations Manager Responsibilities Solve ambiguous problems with less well-defined inputs and outputs; drive to the heart of the problem and identify root causes. Identify, develop and execute data analysis to uncover areas of business opportunities. Learn and understand the broad range of Takealot data resources and develop knowledge of how, when and which data sources to use. Deep dive into massive data sets to answer key business questions using SQL, MS Excel and data analytics tools. Maintain existing and build new automation workflows, and reports/dashboards to enable emerging business use cases and to automate the implementation of defined SOPs. Validate the data to ensure accuracy in the output, generating descriptive statistics and extracting insights. Prototyping of data analytics tools...