Trainee Buyer - Smalls & Lingerie - Tygervalley at Pepkor Speciality

• Our team is looking for a confident, positive and resilient Trainee Buyer who is passionate about fashion and loves working in a team. The successful candidate will be responsible for assistance in the Smalls & Lingerie department, in accordance with company strategy.
• Our ideal candidate must be self-motivated, positive, and passionate about performance and a resilient individual who can think laterally and who has strong analytical and proven numerical abilities

Main Purpose:

• To create and maintain purchase order information, to manage deliveries, to ensure that stock arrives timeously and to manage sample compliance.

Qualifications    

• Matric/ post qualification

Knowledge, Skills and Experience    

• 1 - 3 years buying exposure in the retail environment
• Computer literate in Google suite
• Function well under pressure
• Work flexible hours – plan & manage own time
• Attention to detail and ability to work accurately
• Ability to resolve issues
• Good communication skills – written & interpersonal
• Team Player 
• Customer service oriented
• Proactive
• Conversant with fashion trends

Key Responsibilities    

• Creating and capturing all orders as per Buyers approval 
• Ensuring that follow-ups are done on placed orders
• Confirming SKU tickets, orders, and requisitions that are to be sent to suppliers 
• Ensure the distribution process of samples to marketing is adhered to 
• Updating sample catalogue on a regular basis 
• Timely distribution of reports to suppliers and proactively addressing issues 
• Managing good and bad sellers
• Regularly filling and updating supporting documentation from other interrelated departments

Closing Date    
2023/08/11