Lynn Sampson

Skilled professional with broad knowledge of inventory management and purchasing. Detail-oriented and organised with tracking back orders. Committed to implementing best strategies in purchasing and inventory to streamline operations.

Assistant Buyer - Nautilus Pharma

(2017-01 - 2025-06)

• Executing purchase order review
• Executing reviewed reports for buyer
• Placing of purchase orders as per buyers guidance
• Expediting orders, rescheduling orders as per production requirements
• Ensure all deliveries are accompanied by CoA's, follow up with suppliers when necessary
• Ensure rejected stock is uplifted timorously and credit/replacement stock to be arranged
• Communication and resolving of non-conformances with suppliers and internally
• Create purchase orders for other departments when necessary
• Update price lists of suppliers
• BEE preferential suppliers
• Communicating and maintaining record of preferential suppliers
• To assist in increasing preferential supplier spend from BEE suppliers
• Provide Administrative support
• Assist buyer with required administrative functions
• General filing
• Updating and maintenance of general databases
• Compiling QA28 packs of documents for new raw materials
• Follow up of new credit application forms
• Monitoring all cost avoidance's and cost savings
• Maintain and adequate filing system relating to cost movement
• To execute and maintain a supplier standard costing database
• Procure consumables and PPE to ensure that sufficient stock is available for production
• Source suppliers for ad hoc consumable requests
• Communicate price related issues with factory/Finance department
• Procure all other company consumable requirements
• Maintain an efficient supplier database filing system

Fine Jewellery Buyers Assistant - Foschini

(2013-08 - 2016-12)

I was retrenched in July 2016 due to restructuring in the company. I was asked to contract till December 2016 as a buyer's assistant in the Girls department.

• DELIVERY FOLLOW UPS
• UPDATING BUY SHEETS - EXCEL SPREADSHEETS
• PREPARING SAMPLES FOR RANGE REVIEWS
• QUOT AND CONFIRMATION OF ORDERS
• LIASING WITH SUPPLIERS RE DELIVERY, SAMPLES ETC
• SAMPLE CONTROL
• ALL ADMINISTRATION DUTIES INVOLVING THE BUY, FILING ECT

Merchandise Assistant - Foschini

(2012-09 - 2013-08)

• Assisting the planners with delivery follow up
• Regular and accurate flow of allocations
• Liaise with the DC regarding deliveries
• Setting up of new stores
• Allocating stock to new stores accordingly
• Store performance analyses
• Setting up of promotions
• Weekly sells off's of promotions

Wear Buyers Assistant - Foschini

(2002-10 - 2012-08)

• OUTSTANDING ORDERS & OVERDUES
• UPDATING ASSORTMENT SHEETS
• RECORDING SELL-OFFS WEEKLY
• WRITING NEW ORDERS ON THE BUYERS INSTRUCTIONS WORKING WITH PLANNER RELATING TO BUYING, SALES, FIGURES, O.T.B AND SPREADSHEETING
• EXCEL SPREADSHEETS
• LIASING WITH SUPPLIERS RE DELIVERY, SAMPLES ETC
• SAMPLE CONTROL
• COMPILING STOCK FOR NEW STORES OPENING
• ORGANISING BUYERS TRIPS AND MAKING SURE ALL DOCUMENTATION AND MEETING TIMES ECT IS PREPARED FOR THEIR TRIP
• ALL ADMINISTRATION DUTIES INVOLVING THE BUY, FILING ECT
• PART-TIME RECEPTION; MANNING SWITCH BOARD AND FRONT LINE RECEPTION

Mens Wear Buyers Assistant - Foschini

(2000-10 - 2002-10)

• OUTSTANDING ORDERS & OVERDUES
• UPDATING ASSORTMENT SHEETS
• RECORDING SELL-OFFS WEEKLY
• WRITING NEW ORDERS ON THE BUYERS INSTRUCTIONS WORKING WITH PLANNER RELATING TO BUYING, SALES, FIGURES, O.T.B AND SPREADSHEETING
• EXCEL SPREADSHEETS
• LIASING WITH SUPPLIERS RE DELIVERY, SAMPLES ETC
• SAMPLE CONTROL
• COMPILING STOCK FOR NEW STORES OPENING
• ORGANISING BUYERS TRIPS AND MAKING SURE ALL DOCUMENTATION AND MEETING TIMES ECT IS PREPARED FOR THEIR TRIP
• ALL ADMINISTRATION DUTIES INVOLVING THE BUY, FILING ECT
• PART-TIME RECEPTION; MANNING SWITCH BOARD AND FRONT LINE RECEPTION

English, Afrikaans, Biology, History, Needlework, Geography - Beacon Hill S.S.S

Computer Literacy Programs - Pierre House