# Advertising Sales Manager (Retail Media) at takealot.com

Advertising Sales Manager (Retail Media) at takealot.com in Cape Town. Posted March 20, 2026.

- Company: takealot.com
- Location: Cape Town
- Posted: 2026-03-20
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/takealotcom/jobs/7734186
- Source: https://jobmagic.ai/jobs/advertising-sales-manager-retail-media-takealotcom-5aqs18

## Description

takealot.com, South Africa's leading online retailer, is looking for a **Advertising Sales Manager**  to join our **Retail Media team** in Cape Town.

We are a young, dynamic, hyper growth company looking for smart, creative, hard-working people with integrity to join us. We offer a market related, Total Remuneration Package which allows full flexibility according to your needs, 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.

This position reports to the** Group Head of Retail Media SalesYour responsibilities will include:**

Accountable for achieving the Group’s Client Portfolio Target, by:

- Drive performance within a sales team (5-10 people) to deliver against retail media advertising  sales targets

- Ensure that Sales processes are complete and adhered to, & service processes and that target tracking is kept up to date

- Identify shortfalls in the sales process and help improve efficiency and productivity

- Track key productivity metrics and manage the team against key outcomes.

- Drive improvements in the quality of data and reporting offered to clients

- Develop strategies for acquiring new advertising customers, and retaining and upselling existing customers

- Assist in the hands-on management of strategic brands and support client engagement for high-value advertising customers

- Manage and support a team of Sales Specialists with day-to-day operations

- Coach the advertising sales team to improve their sales skills and pipeline-building performance, closing deals, and retaining business.

- Work with the broader management team to set monthly targets for the sales team which is aligned with the business targets

- Ensure a solid sales pipeline is in place for a period and that there is a plan for big clients in line with their 12-month budgets

- Ensure a solid future-planning method is in place for top 30 clients on at least a quarterly basis 

- Creating Annual plans and driving them to encourage account growth (GMV) and collaboration (misses on RMA)

- Collaborate and facilitate x-functional team environments between the Sales Specialists, Marketing, Merchant, and Finance teams.

- Build presentations and deliver sales pitches to close new business.

- Recruiting and onboarding of new Sales Specialists (AMs & KAMs)

- Performance Management of Sales Specialists (AMs & KAMs)

- Driving the adoption and usage of Takealot's self-service advertising platform by Retail, Marketplace and Advertising agencies.

- Proactively participate in content planning 

- Collect feedback from suppliers about the advertising platform and provide useful insights to enhance the platform and service offering further.

- Improve NPS scoring, retention, and account growth metrics.

- Serve as a thought leader, running educational webinars and/or sharing as a speaker at events.

**Qualification & Experience:**

- **Degree or Advanced Diploma in Business, Finance, Marketing, or Digital Communications.**

- **Minimum 5 years’ experience in digital advertising experience and ratail media an advantage**

- Fluent in English language (both verbal and written)

- **Publisher, or relevant Industry partner responsible for driving client portfolio growth, with evidence of meeting/ exceeding sales targets.**

- **Minimum of 2 years managing an Advertising Sales Team**

- Experience in establishing sales management processes

- Experience with CRM tool(s)

- eCommerce experience is preferred but not required

**Attributes Required**:

- Strong people management skills

- Strong negotiating and numerical skills attention to detail

- Excellent communication skills, both written and spoken

- Commercially astute with an inherent understanding of the drivers of business value

- Relentlessly high standards (is never satisfied with the status quo)

- Motivated and driven to succeed with a performance mindset

- A results-oriented person who thinks Big with a lot of energy to excel in a dynamic environment.

- Organized, ability to prioritize

- Solutions-oriented, can-do attitude; self-motivated and entrepreneurial

**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, its all in the execution after all. 

- We love what we do and what we are creating.

- We seek to employ an **Extra Ordinary Mind **who is Smart, has Integrity, and is Hardworking. 

If you meet the above you are an **Extraordinary Mind **so come and join us! 

***Takealot Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We encourage applicants from the previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities, to apply*.**