Assistant Online Merchandiser

Yassir is the leading super App in the Maghreb region set to changing the way daily services are provided. It currently operates in 45 cities across Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia with recent expansions into France, Canada and Sub-Saharan Africa. It is backed (~$200M in funding) by VCs from Silicon Valley, Europe and other parts of the world. We offer on-demand services such as ride-hailing and last-mile delivery. Building on this infrastructure, we are now introducing financial services to help our users pay, save and borrow digitally. Helping usher the continent into a digital economy era. We’re not just about serving people - we’re about creating a marketplace to bring people what they need while infusing social values.
As an Assistant Online Merchandiser, you will shape the digital shelf that customers see in the Yassir app.
Based on site in Johannesburg, you will maintain category structures and filters, curate home, search and category modules, and keep images, titles and product attributes accurate. You will optimise search and navigation, set up promotions and bundles with clear rules, configure cross sell and upsell, and align with Inventory and Operations so featured items are in stock and delivered on time. You will work in our CMS or PIM, analytics dashboards, Google Workspace, Slack and Jira, document changes clearly, and report insights that drive daily iteration.
Your work will target higher CTR, add to cart and conversion, lower zero result searches and OOS exposure, and strong publishing accuracy against the content calendar. This is a full time role, Monday to Friday 08:00 to 17:00, with occasional after hours or weekend support for campaign launches and catalogue updates, with time off in lieu.

Responsibilities

• Category and Assortment Management: Maintain clear category trees, filters and tags. Enforce naming standards and complete product attributes to reduce clicks to key SKUs.
• Visual Merchandising: Curate home, search and category modules. Keep images, titles and bullets consistent with brand and accessibility guidelines.
• Search and Navigation: Optimise ranking rules, synonyms and typo handling to cut zero result queries. Add redirects or curated collections to remove dead ends.
• Promotions and Bundles: Set up offers, bundles and promo badges with clear eligibility and tracking. Apply stock guardrails and de feature items as thresholds are hit.
• Personalisation and Cross sell: Configure recommendation widgets to lift AOV and repeat rate. Test simple rules by audience and basket behaviour.
•  Validate stock and delivery SLAs with Inventory and Operations for all featured SKUs. Flag supply gaps early and propose substitutes.