Buyers Assistant, Medirite Divisional Office - Shoprite Group

A brand new vacancy exists at Medirite Divisional Office for a Buyers Assistant. The main purpose of the job will be to assist the Buyers with admin related functions and act as a point of contact between customer service and buyers.

Key performance areas:

• Out of stock items
• Customer queries
• Outstanding Accounts
• Record keeping and administration
• Filing
• Overviewing of Products

Job Objectives

• Assist the buyer with the out of stock items from suppliers
• Check and communicate short received and overstock items to suppliers
• Follow up and report

• Resolve queries from the receiving department
• Resolve customer related queries
• Follow up on outstanding invoices from suppliers
• Record minutes in meetings
• Assist the Buyer to keep the necessary documentation up to date
• Ensure proper filing is maintained
• Update new listing of approved products
• Monitor rate of sale & pricing between branches

Qualifications

• Minimum Grade 12

Experience

• No experience is required. Office administration or data capturing experience would be advantageous.

Knowledge and Skills

• Strong administrative skills
• Attention to detail
• Effective communication skills
• Good telephone etiquette
• Ability to work under pressure
• Computer literacy: Excel, Word, Outlook
• Knowledge of Positill system (Advantageous)