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title: "Mr D - Data Integration Team Leader"
company: "takealot.com"
company_url: "https://www.remjobs.works/companies/takealot-com"
url: "https://www.remjobs.works/job/takealot-com-mr-d-data-integration-team-leader-244aaf4a-13f1-4a2a-a921-c563cf8c1837"
apply_url: "https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/takealotcom/jobs/8179489"
workplace: onsite
location: "Cape Town"
employment_type: unspecified
seniority: lead
role: other
region: middle-east-africa
date_posted: 2026-09-11T14:47:05.000Z
first_seen_by_remjobs: 2026-09-15T19:07:02.548Z
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# Mr D - Data Integration Team Leader

**takealot.com** · Cape Town

Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/takealotcom/jobs/8179489

## About the role

[Mr D](https://www.mrdfood.com/)**, **a division of takealot.com, is looking for a highly talented **Data Integration Team Leader** to join our team in Cape Town.

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!**

- Scale: Show the millions of Mr D customers what you can do

- Learn: We work with the best of the best, and then some.

- Grow: Expand your career in the fast-growing Takealot Group: takealot.com, Superbalist.com and Mr D. We like to promote from within: Here’s your chance.

**This position reports to the Data Integration Manager.**

**Your responsibilities will include:**

- Managing of national partner relationship, catalogue requirements and queries

- You will have a good understanding of Mr D's integration practices and systems

- Ensuring that the productivity targets for onboarding of new partners are met as per internal service level agreements.

- Identify and escalate potential system and process improvements.

- Identify and escalate problem areas, trends and training opportunities to the appropriate stakeholder/s

- Manage your team’s through regular performance discussions and coaching.

- Liaise with internal departments to solve partner queries and escalate partner-facing challenges to the relevant stakeholders

- Assess any service failure and identify the root cause and take appropriate action to ensure similar failures are avoided

- Lead a team of 20 + and optimally manage all staffing needs, productivity, and quality

- Manage all Internal and external partner services complaints

- Ensure company policies and procedures are communicated to the team, managing and resolving people-related problems, including but not limited to resolving employees conflict of interest and absenteeism.

- Manage and maintain a highly focused and motivated team

- Daily query management resolution

**Attributes required:**

- Passionate about teamwork

- Responsible and Accountable

- Excellent verbal and written communication skills

- Leadership skills – display the qualities of a leader and set a good example

- Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work as an effective team member and leader

- Problem-solving skills

- Analytical skills

- Attention to detail and accuracy in a high-pressure environment

- Ability to prioritize workloads

- Ability to work independently but also be a team player across teams

- Must be computer literate in MS office packages

- Must be computer literate in G Suite packages

- Be project orientated

- Must be able to work overtime when required

- An enthusiasm for food

- Willingness to support the greater Mr D team to achieve its aspirational goals

**Qualifications & Experience:**

- 3+ years experience in a data-focused operational environment.

- Matric

- A relevant tertiary qualification

- 1+ year/s experience in supervising a team of 12 or more team members would be beneficial

**Let’s talk about life @ Mr D**

- 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.

- 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 and more.

- Good times: Get to know the other extraordinary minds in the takealot group during regular social events and out-of-office activities (think hikes, think mini golf, think good times).

- Birthday leave: Cake Day all the way. Enjoy your day off - you deserve it.

- 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!!

*Mr D is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants from previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities will be given preference*

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