Buyers Assistant

**Job ID**:16356**Position Type**:Full-Time**Job Function**:Buying**Workplace Type**:
**Division**:Markham**Province**:Western Cape**Location**:Cape Town North**Suburb**:Parow (Parow)Position Description:
**As a Buyer’s Assistant, your responsibilities will include**:

- Administratively supporting all aspects of the buying process.
- Ensuring timeous placement of orders onto the purchasing system.
- Maintaining a control system for the sample room.
- Compiling, balancing, and updating spreadsheets and reports.
- Maintaining quality assurance control and audit of samples.
- Building constructive and mutually beneficial relationships with suppliers.
- All preparations prior to presentations
- General office administration and ad hoc duties as required by the department.

**Requirements**:

- Have a minimum of a Matric Qualification
- Have a working knowledge of MS Word and Excel (ODBMS would be advantageous)
- Previous experience as a Buyer's Assistant is required

**Competencies and behaviours for success**:

- Be highly organised, numerate, and have exceptional coordination ability
- Have excellent interpersonal skills and be able to build and maintain working relationships incl. being helpful and assisting where necessary in the department.
- Show initiative, be proactive, enthusiastic, and self-motivated
- Have high energy levels
- Have the ability to multi-task and be flexible
- Excel in a pressurised environment
- Have a problem-solving approach to work
- Able to work with a large workload and remain efficient
- Must be able to work with a team
- Must possess a positive attitude