Mr D Food Driver Operations Cordinator

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 Driver Operations Lead.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Final interviews for independent Mr D Food driver partners
• Onboarding of new drivers
• Training of new drivers
• Handing out of driver uniforms and hot bags
• Driver compliance checks
• Driver complaint investigations
• First level support for Mr D Food drivers
• On the ground assistance with the sourcing of Mr D Food drivers
• Final document collection and activation of independent Mr D Food driver partners
• Activating drivers at training locations (this includes public spaces) before shifts till early/late in the evening including on weekends
• Being on standby for call out driver support and dispute resolution till the end of Mr D Food operating hours including on weekends

Attributes required:

• Able to deal with people from various levels
• Willingness to share knowledge and develop people
• Able to work under pressure
• Self-motivated, self-monitoring & self-disciplined
• Dynamic & energetic
• Excellent Communication Skills
• Fluent in English
• Conversational knowledge of Zulu, Xhosa and/or other African languages is considered an advantage
• Able to motivate and lead teams
• Learning agility & adaptability
• High degree of personal motivation and resilience
• Strong coordinating skills

Qualifications and Experience:

• Matric
• Tertiary qualification would be advantageous
• Minimum 2 years proven working experience in a relevant role

Other Requirements:

• Ability to work on a rotational shift basis that include evenings and weekends
• Access to own vehicle
• Driver’s license (Code B)
• Access to own Android smartphone

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.

We seek to Employ an Extra Ordinary Mind who:

• is respectful but forthright
• 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 business SMART. 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 for takealot.com
  thinks like an owner of the business
• is SMART, has INTEGRITY and is HARD WORKING

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

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