Customer service & Customer Insights Intern
takealot.com · Cape Town, ZA
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- Location
- Cape Town, ZA
- Type
- Internship
- Posted
- 2026-08-24
- Applies via
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| Takealot.com, South Africa's leading online retailer, is looking for a highly talented Customer Service Intern to join our team in Cape Town DC. 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!
Requirements
Qualifications & Experience
N6 certificate in Business Management, Marketing or any related field or a related discipline.
The skills we need:
- Computer Literacy
- Strong Attention to Detail
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Time management and ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
- MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
- Data interpretation and presentation
- Basic understanding of HR principles and practices
- Strong organisational and administrative skills
Attributes required:
- Collaborative
- Creative Energy
- Hands on
- Have an opinion and voice it
- Strong communication skills
- Strong problem-solving skills
Key responsibilities:
- Analyse customer service data and feedback to identify trends, challenges, and improvement opportunities
- Support the creation, review, and optimisation of SOPs and process flows
- Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives aimed at enhancing efficiency and customer satisfaction
- Assist with reporting on key metrics and performance indicators
- Work closely with cross-functional teams including Customer Experience, Operations, and Data to implement improvements
- Participate in projects to optimise customer service processes and system utilisation
This is an 18-month contract position. This is a contract position
High Level:
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 Programme 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 programme 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.
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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.
Let’s talk about life @ Takealot Group
- 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).
Like what you see? 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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