Buyer - Sustainable Buildings

4 days ago

Cape Town, South Africa Rubicon Full time

**About the Assistant Buyer role**

We are looking for an **Assistant Buyer** to join our **Sustainable Buildings 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**

Rubicon Group is a vertically-integrated, sustainable technology group, providing end-to-end products, services, and software solutions in the fields of:

- Solar energy
- Energy storage
- E-Mobility
- Smart building and smart retail technology
- Power solutions; and
- Industrial technology

These are some of the fastest growing and most exciting sectors of the global economy, and present our staff with multiple personal and professional development opportunities.

Rubicon's extensive customer base consists of corporate and retail clients, and include large, blue-chip multinational retail groups, property developers, and EPC customers in the renewable energy sector. Our supplier and commercial partners include leading global manufacturers and some of the best-known local brands. The group employs approximately 500 people, and is head-quartered in Cape Town, South Africa, but operates throughout Southern Africa and in the UK. We are backed by two of the largest private investment groups in South Africa.

More information on the group can be found at:

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