Strategic Account Coordinator

**Who we are**

Edison Stone is a brand house which develops and distributes top brands and products for the kitchen & homeware market in South Africa. Based in Cape Town, we focus on the wholesale and distribution of industry-leading kitchen and homeware brands. We are a team whose real power resides in our values and relationship-based culture. We are drawn together by our shared passion for doing things well and doing things right and by our love of cooking and everything in the kitchen. Although we unite over how we work together, each of us brings something different to the team and we celebrate our diversity.

**We’re looking for a full-time Strategic Account Co-ordinator** to join our Edison Stone Team. If you’re looking for a role working alongside our dynamic Wholesale team in delivering exciting new products to market, then this is for you

**What your role looks like**

This role is to support the Strategic Account Manager in all admin based tasks. The listing of new products from brands, as well as the listing process to support retailers will be part of your main responsibilities. You will be the link between Edison Stone and the retailers to ensure they receive all the content, product-specific technical details and specs, images and information required for producing high-quality product content. You will be responsible for capturing all purchase orders for the sourcing and inventory teams.

As part of this process, you will be responsible for doing the initial audit/quality assurance of the content, images and costings supplied for new products to be uploaded, making sure they meet both our high standards and minimum requirements. This role requires strong attention to detail and excellent communication skills as you interact with suppliers, retailers and internal teams alike.

**Who you are**

You should have experience and a proven track record in an admin-based supporting role. You have a passion for retail and a keen interest in products. You are a systems nerd looking to always improve the way we do things You have high attention to detail and obsess about the little things Anything less than 100% does not compute for you

**What experience and skills you need for the role**

**Experience**:

- At least 2 years of experience working in a commercial environment.
- Experience in an admin role with financial/stock process understanding
- Experience in working in a role which requires a high level of organising and efficiency
- Self-driven and able to self-manage outputs
- Good organisational and project management skills with the ability to work to tight deadlines.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Intermediate excel skills
- Fast learner with the ability to build strong, cross-functional working relationships with internal and external customers

**Qualifications**:

- Required: Relevant work experience in an office environment
- Advantageous: any administrative, retail or merchandising tertiary qualification

If this sounds like you, we can't wait to meet you

**Our values**:
- **Integrity** - We’re the same all the way through
- **Fun** - We enjoy the time we spend together and what we do
- **Collaboration** - Honouring each other's strengths makes our team stronger
- **Excellence** - Continuous Improvement

**Pay and Benefits**:
We pay competitive, market-related salaries based on skills and experience. Your salary is based on a “Total Cost To Company” model and includes:
- Medical Aid contributions (Discovery)
- Life, Death & Disability Insurances
- Retirement Annuity
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Staff Discount at all Yuppiechef & Mr Price Group Retailers
- 17 Days Paid Annual Leave increasing to 20 days with length of service.