Overview
BUSINESS ANALYST (INDUSTRIAL ENGINEER) Jobs in Cape Town at Cartrack SA
Listing reference: cartr_000815
Listing status: Online
Apply by: 31 July 2026
Position summary
Industry: IT & Internet
Job category: Others: Transport and Logistics
Location: Cape Town
Contract: Permanent
EE position: No
Introduction
Picup, a last-mile delivery and technology-focused company, powered by a scalable crowd-sourced driver network, seeks an analytical Industrial Engineer who combines process optimization expertise with data analysis capabilities to drive improvements in our last-mile delivery operations. This role bridges operational excellence with data-driven decision making by applying industrial engineering to last-mile delivery.
Job description
Key Responsibilities:
Process Analysis & Optimization:
- Apply industrial engineering principles to analyse and optimize delivery operations.
- Use insights and results derived from historical delivery data to optimize future operations.
- Incorporate geospatial and operational simulation results into recommendations.
- Identify correlations between different operational variables and performance outcomes.
- Monitor and analyse KPIs related to delivery performance, fleet utilization, and operational costs.
- Develop deep operational knowledge of our delivery platforms and systems to inform improvement recommendations.
- Design and maintain methodology of a Client Prioritisation Scoring Matrix system.
- Directly contribute to initiatives in modelling feasibility, risks, impact and suggest recommendations.
- Stay current on last-mile delivery and technology trends to benchmark and inform strategies.
- Investigate internal processes to identify areas of waste and ways of improving.
Data Analysis & Insights:
- Collaborate with Data and technology stakeholders to gather operational data.
- Write SQL queries to extract operational and spatial data for analysis.
- Perform exploratory data analysis to identify patterns and trends in delivery performance.
- Track and evaluate ROI (Return On Investment) of initiatives and new processes.
- Generate reports for process-level performance, KPI’s, SLA’s and success metrics.
Stakeholder Management & Communication:
- Prepare and present analytical findings and recommendations to leadership and other stakeholders.
- Collaborate with operations teams to implement process improvements.
- Collaborate with the Data and Data Engineering stakeholders to ensure data accessibility.
- Prepare and maintain business proposals, process documentation, and analytical methodologies.
- Manage multiple projects simultaneously while meeting deadlines.
- Communicate complex analytical findings to non-technical stakeholders.
Technical Implementation:
- Develop process simulation models, cost-benefit models and capacity models.
- Create and maintain process flow diagrams, model documentation, and documentation for existing and proposed workflows.
- Support the integration of analytical findings into operational procedures.
- Ensure compliance with data privacy regulations, logistics standards and safety protocols.
Ad Hoc:
- Support capacity planning and resource allocation initiatives.
- Ad hoc analysis, queries, and business support
Minimum requirements
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering
- 5-7 years of experience in process improvement or operations analysis.
- A big plus: Experience is combination of Supply Chain / Logistics and Startup Technology related businesses
Competencies:
- Strong analytical and structured problem-solving skills
- Proven process and systems modelling experience
- Excellent time management and prioritization skills
- Proficiency in data extraction and analysis using Microsoft Excel / Google Sheets and SQL
- Extensive experience with process mapping and optimization
- Basic understanding of statistical analysis principles
- Visualise complex information using graphs and other visualisations
- Good understanding of Programming and Software Engineering concepts
- Excellent client engagement and expectation management skills
Technical Skills:
- Process mapping and optimization tools e.g. Visio, Lucidchart – intermediate to advanced
- Microsoft Excel / Google Sheets – intermediate to advanced
- SQL (Structured Query Language) – basic to intermediate
- Data visualization tools e.g. Looker Studio, Tableau, Power BI – basic
- A Plus: GIS (Geographic Information System) experience e.g. ArcGIS, QGIS – basic
Title: BUSINESS ANALYST (INDUSTRIAL ENGINEER)
Company: Cartrack SA
Location: Cape Town