Buyers Assistant
Overview
The purpose of the Buyers Assistant role is to support delivery of the Foods Buying strategic and commercial objectives through the efficient and effective execution of all operational and administrative functions related to the buying process.
Requirements
- Grade 12 certificate – (essential)
- +2 years’ experience in a similar capacity or role, executing administrative functions and support related to the buying or planning process – (essential)
- Exposure to a retail buying environment – (essential)
- Proficiency with MS Office with well-developed Excel skills to prepare detailed spreadsheets using formulas – (essential)
- Ability to use purchasing software – (desired)
Responsibilities
- Capturing buying related data on the system
- Placing orders, processing purchase orders and invoices
- Handling administrative and data queries from vendors, suppliers, DC’s and stores
- Quality checking all information inputted and captured
- Working with the Buyer to manage the Buying department
- Determining/extrapolating the correct pricing for different units of measure
- Quality checking cost of products after Buyers set up listings
- Capturing and loading retail prices ensuring a high degree of accuracy
- Resolving store queries raised as incidents and range/derange as appropriate
- Maintaining accurate, timeous loading of newly listed products on the Buying platform
- Setting flags on system to range/list products at store level
- Capturing deranging
- Maintaining up-to-date and accurate filing of invoices, costing documents, new article forms
- Generating comprehensive reports for appropriate actioning and reviews by the Buyer
- Monitoring and tracking progress and performance against KPI’s
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