Assistant Buyer

**Job Purpose**
The purpose of the Assistant Buyer is to assist the buyer to provide a balanced assortment of merchandise in order to achieve sales budgets, gross profit and gross profit percentage by conducting product research, product sourcing and evaluating the range’s performance.

**Job Objectives and Functions**

**Product development**
- Assist the Buyer in building a product range by conducting research and finding potential suppliers (MOQs, lead times, payment terms and pricing of products)Assist the Buyer in building a product range by conducting research and finding potential suppliers (MOQs, lead times, payment terms and pricing of products)

**Product Sourcing**
- Responsible for placing indent orders by providing sales with quotes that include the cost of the product and shipping (airfreight)
- Responsible for placing approved indent orders
- Responsible for placing normal orders on the system and following up on when the products will be delivered

**Product descriptions**
- Responsible for checking the website and catalogues to confirm whether the stock descriptions are correct and that the colour availability is reflecting on the system

**Market intelligence**
- Responsible for compiling a report that illustrates the competitor’s products and prices, supplier’s product and prices and potential new products based on sales demands / trends / request

**Job Requirements**

**Qualifications and Experience**
- NQF 5 Supply Chain Management Assistant Buyer / Procurement Clerk

**Skills, Abilities and Job-Related Knowledge**
- Negotiation Skills
- Attention to Detail
- Coordination skills
- Product and range development
- Research
- Verbal Reasoning
- Numerical Reasoning
- MS D365
- Gifting and Promotional product knowledge
- Product Costing

**Competencies**
- Systematic approach
- Reliability
- Results and Goal orientation
- Execution