Assistant Buyer

3 weeks ago

Cape Town, South Africa Rubicon Full time

**About the Assistant Buyer role**

We are looking for an Assistant Buyer to join our Lighting Division in Cape Town. The purpose of the role is to select and purchase products locally to ensure that the business will always have adequate stock to meet its requirements. The aim is to deliver value to our customers through high quality, readily available products that supports and facilitates sustainable growth.

**Assistant Buyer responsibilities**:

- Working with and assisting the Senior Buyer
- Making reasonable choices with the ordering of products
- Maintaining a good relationship with suppliers
- Negotiating well with suppliers to get the best deals on products
- Tracking products and ensuring timely delivery
- Monitoring inventory
- Creating reports on budgets, sales, etc.

**Role requirements**:

- Matric/NQF4 or equivalent
- 1-2 years relevant experience as a junior buyer
- Pastel Sage knowledge preferred
- Relevant industry experience advantageous
- Able to handle inventory/stocks
- Competent Professional business written and verbal communications skills. The ability to express yourself clearly and effectively within the company.
- Good numeracy skills
- Good organizational skills
- Proficient at MS Office - Word, Excel, Outlook

**Personal Competencies**:

- Excellent time management, organizational, and follow-through skills.
- Disciplined Approach by being Punctual, Strong Attendance Record,
- Attention to detail while maintaining the ability to see the implications for the bigger picture
- An ability to be responsive to supplier and internal client requests
- Ability to work in a deadline driven environment while maintaining a positive attitude
- A creative outlook with a problem-solving attitude.
- Self-motivated - Meet and exceed all that is required of you in your job.

**About Rubicon Group**:
Rubicon Group is a young, dynamic, and high-growth company operating in exciting markets. We are looking for smart, hard-working people with integrity to join us. One of our goals is to continually improve our business, and to that end, we are seeking people who enjoy a challenge, are keen to learn, take ownership, think critically, and provide new solutions on where we can improve. We offer a great work environment, market-related remuneration packages, and an opportunity to develop personally and within a team.

Rubicon Group is dedicated to advancing transformative technologies in emerging markets.

Our focus areas are sustainable technology, encompassing renewable energy and storage, e-mobility, intelligent lighting, and building management as well as industrial technology, comprising advanced factory automation, connectivity, and robotics.

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