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
