Business Development Analyst
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Business Development Analyst
Our client, a leading South African online retailer, is looking for a Business Development Analyst to join their Business Development team in Cape Town.
They are a young, dynamic, hyper growth company looking for smart, creative, hardworking people to join us. They 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.
You will be reporting to the Head of Business Development, your responsibilities will include:
? Providing the research and analysis required to develop robust business cases for new opportunities to grow the business
? Assembling and analyzing the data to determine the size of the market for new concepts
? Researching how solutions are being implemented locally and internationally
? Using online tools and resources as well as identifying and engaging other information sources
? Building Excel models to quantify the size of opportunities
? Applying creative problem solving to develop solutions
? Developing the high-level functional requirements that the business would need to implement the opportunity. You will need to work with specialists across the business to understand what is needed to practically implement ideas
? Building implementation plans and budgets for the execution of new projects
? Project managing the implementation of selected opportunities
Attributes/Experience:
? Solutions-oriented, can-do attitude and high energy
? Strong analytical and critical thinking, using data to inform decisions
? Ability to dis aggregate and structure solutions to ambiguous problems
? Solid quantitative skills
? Ability to interview and interact professionally with internal and external people
? Capability to present ideas succinctly, in writing and verbally
? Versatile and with the appetite to learn by doing
Qualifications:
? Bachelor’s degree required, with a major in a quantitative subject
? 3-5 years of experience in an analytical role (e.g. in e-commerce, consulting,
engineering)
? Post graduate degree preferred
? Good academic results
? Competence in Excel
The Environment:
? employees are entrepreneurial and dynamic, smart, customer-centric,
fun and have the shared ambition of being the leading e-commerce
company in Africa.
? They 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.
? They are short on ego and high on output.
? They are doers and not only thinkers, its all in the execution after all.
? They 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
? is collaborative
? will be at the cutting edge of developing new concepts
? thinks like an owner of the business
? is SMART, has INTEGRITY and is HARDWORKING
If you meet the above you are an Extraordinary Mind, so come join us!
Applicants from the previously disadvantaged
groups and people with disabilities will be given preference.Business Development Analyst
Our client, a leading South African online retailer, is looking for a Business Development Analyst to join their Business Development team in Cape Town.
They are a young, dynamic, hyper growth company looking for smart, creative, hardworking people to join us. They 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.
You will be reporting to the Head of Business Development, your responsibilities will include:
? Providing the research and analysis required to develop robust business cases for new opportunities to grow the business
? Assembling and analyzing the data to determine the size of the market for new concepts
? Researching how solutions are being implemented locally and internationally
? Using online tools and resources as well as identifying and engaging other information sources
? Building Excel models to quantify the size of opportunities
? Applying creative problem solving to develop solutions
? Developing the high-level functional requirements that the business would need to implement the opportunity. You will need to work with specialists across the business to understand what is needed to practically implement ideas
? Building implementation plans and budgets for the execution of new projects
? Project managing the implementation of selected opportunities
Attributes/Experience:
? Solutions-oriented, can-do attitude and high energy
? Strong analytical and critical thinking, using data to inform decisions
? Ability to dis aggregate and structure solutions to ambiguous problems
? Solid quantitative skills
? Ability to interview and interact professionally with internal and external people
? Capability to present ideas succinctly, in writing and verbally
? Versatile and with the appetite to learn by doing
Qualifications:
? Bachelor’s degree required, with a major in a quantitative subject
? 3-5 years of experience in an analytical role (e.g. in e-commerce, consulting,
engineering)
? Post graduate degree preferred
? Good academic results
? Competence in Excel
The Environment:
? employees are entrepreneurial and dynamic, smart, customer-centric,
fun and have the shared ambition of being the leading e-commerce
company in Africa.
? They 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.
? They are short on ego and high on output.
? They are doers and not only thinkers, its all in the execution after all.
? They 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
? is collaborative
? will be at the cutting edge of developing new concepts
? thinks like an owner of the business
? is SMART, has INTEGRITY and is HARDWORKING
If you meet the above you are an Extraordinary Mind, so come join us!
Applicants from the previously disadvantaged
groups and people with disabilities will be given preference.