Mr D - Retail Media Key Account Manager_Food
takealotcom
Cape Town
Posted May 19, 2026
- Other
- Mr D Retail
Job description
[**Mr D**](https://www.mrdfood.com/)**,** a division of the Group, is looking for a highly talented **Retail Media Key Account Manager_Food**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: Mr D, and TFS We like to promote from within: Here’s your chance.
**Your responsibilities will include:**
- Serve as the primary liaison between internal & external stakeholders, clients and the Mr D Advertising team.
- Create advertising proposals to drive strategic objectives
- Generate campaign cost estimates (CEs) and oversee the invoicing process, ensuring accuracy and timeliness in financial transactions.
- Generate regular performance reports, analyse data trends, and provide actionable insights to clients for informed decision-making.
- Collaborate with various creative, analytics, and campaign management teams to ensure seamless campaign execution and alignment with client objectives.
- Provide actionable, insightful reporting to Advertisers with suggestions for future campaigns
- Achieve and exceed advertising revenue targets
- Identify opportunities to improve the experience of the advertiser.
- Developing and managing long term partnerships with key national restaurant brands and act as their primary point of contact for Advertising.
**Attributes Required:**
- Enthusiasm for being a part of an entrepreneurial, start-up environment
- Ability to work independently to achieve sales targets
- Ability to identify key advertising sales opportunities and translate these into implementable solutions and action plans
- Demonstrated success in managing client relationships, with the ability to understand client goals and communicate effectively.
- Effective communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to convey complex information clearly and build rapport with clients and internal teams.
- Proven track record of collaborating across different departments or teams to ensure seamless campaign execution and alignment with client objectives.
- Familiarity with industry trends, best practices, and emerging technologies in digital marketing to drive innovation and maintain competitive advantage.
- Strong proficiency in Google Workspace
- Strong knowledge of the Restaurant Industry
**Qualifications and Experience:**
- Bachelor’s Degree or Advanced Diploma in Marketing, Advertising or Media
- Minimum 5 years Advertising Account Management experience or 3 years Digital Account Management experience.
- If the Degree/Advanced Diploma qualification requirement isn’t met, 6+ years’ experience in a digital/advertising account management role in digital marketing, advertising or similar environment with Matric/Diploma.
- Experience in advertising and media sales within the Restaurant Industry
- Strong knowledge of the Digital Advertising & e-commerce landscape.
**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 Prosus Academy 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*