Assistant Online Merchandiser at Yassir

Yassir is the leading super app in the Maghreb region, operating in 45 cities across Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia with recent expansions into France, Canada and Sub-Saharan Africa. Backed by approximately $200 million in funding from venture capital firms in Silicon Valley, Europe and beyond, the company delivers on-demand services such as ride-hailing and last-mile delivery while expanding into financial services that enable users to pay, save and borrow digitally. We are building a marketplace that connects people with the services they need and contributes to the growth of a digital economy across the continent.

We are hiring an Assistant Online Merchandiser to join our team on a full-time, on-site basis in Johannesburg. In this role you will maintain the digital shelf that customers encounter in the Yassir app, ensuring that category structures, product information and promotional content are accurate, well organised and optimised for conversion.

Key outcomes

• Maintain clear category trees, filters and tags while enforcing naming standards and completing product attributes to reduce the number of clicks required to reach key SKUs.
• Curate home, search and category modules, ensuring images, titles and product descriptions remain consistent with brand and accessibility guidelines.
• Optimise search ranking rules, synonyms and typo handling to reduce zero-result queries and improve navigation.
• Configure promotions, bundles and recommendation widgets, applying stock guardrails and testing rules that support higher average order values and repeat purchases.
• Coordinate with Inventory and Operations to confirm stock availability and delivery SLAs for all featured items, flagging supply gaps early and proposing substitutes when necessary.
• Publish content in the CMS or PIM using a strict QA checklist that covers titles, unit sizes, pricing, dietary flags, images and tags, meeting publishing accuracy targets and content calendar deadlines.
• Track daily KPIs such as module CTR, add-to-cart rate, conversion, zero-result rate and out-of-stock exposure, running A/B tests on images, titles and placements and documenting results for rollout.
• Optimise landing and collection pages for SEO while maintaining a smooth in-app experience and ensuring all copy remains accurate, compliant and on brand.
• Coordinate with Marketing, Inventory and Operations through Slack and Jira, providing clear end-of-day handovers and surfacing risks or blockers promptly.
• Maintain a living synonym list, redirect map and digital shelf playbook, sharing learnings and proposing process or tooling improvements on an ongoing basis.

Requirements

• One to two years of experience in ecommerce merchandising, category management or digital content operations; strong graduates with relevant projects or a portfolio will also be considered.
• Hands-on experience working with product titles, images, attributes, tags and collections.
• Exposure to search and navigation tuning or product listing optimisation.
• Excellent organisation, attention to detail and quality control.
• Clear written English for concise merchandising copy and naming standards.
• Analytical mindset with the ability to interpret dashboards and translate insights into actionable improvements.
• Strong prioritisation and scheduling skills aligned to a content calendar.
• Collaborative communication style when working with Marketing, Inventory and Operations teams.
• Comfort using a product CMS or PIM, Google Sheets (including filters, pivot tables, VLOOKUP and CONCAT) and basic image handling such as cropping and aspect ratio checks.
• Familiarity with analytics dashboards and simple A/B testing.
• Working knowledge of Slack and Jira or similar ticketing tools.
• Matric Certificate or higher; a diploma or degree in Marketing, Business, Information Management or a related field is an advantage.
• Consistent application of brand, naming and accessibility standards with high publishing accuracy and on-time delivery against the content calendar.
• Awareness of POPIA and data privacy principles when handling customer or supplier data.
• Availability for on-site work in Johannesburg, Monday to Friday from 08:00 to 17:00, with occasional after-hours or weekend support for campaign launches and catalogue updates (time off in lieu provided).

Preferred qualifications

• Background in quick commerce or grocery and knowledge of South African shopper behaviour.
• Basic SEO experience for landing and collection pages.
• Understanding of inventory and supply chain touchpoints.
• Proficiency in additional South African languages.

Compensation

We offer a competitive compensation package that includes time off in lieu for any after-hours or weekend support required for campaign launches and catalogue updates.

How to apply

We look forward to receiving your application and learning how your experience and perspective can contribute to our team. Please submit your application through the appropriate channel, and we will be in touch regarding next steps.