Buying Assistant

Shoprite Group - Centurion, Gauteng

Closing date yi 3 ka August 2026

Regrettably, this position has been removed.

Purpose

To assist the Buyer with:

  • Capturing buying related data on the buying system
  • Handling queries from vendors, suppliers and DC stores related to the captured data; and
  • General administration functions for Cash & Carry.

Requirements
  • Grade 12
  • Desirable: Office administration / data capturing
Skills & Competencies
  • Desirable: Knowledge of Buying systems
Responsibilities

People / Learning & Growth:

  • Contribute to team performance and team synergy by working effectively as a team member on all assignments
  • Cooperate with colleagues to proactively resolve buying issues and escalate to Buyer when required
  • Provide support and guidance to colleagues on buying issues for timeous resolution of problems

Financial:

  • Ensure correct cost is loaded on DC and direct supplier to enable Instore Buyer to order stock
  • Determine / extrapolate the correct pricing for different units of measure so that the correct pack size, cost and unit sale price on supplier vendor number are accurately loaded
  • Quality check cost and sales price loading after Buyers and Planners set up clusters (group per brand and store size / layout module), immediately correcting any errors identified (Ranging)
  • Ensure correct retail prices are loaded

DC and Store de/ranging:

  • Set flags on system to range/list products at store level (Preferred – SOS)
  • Liaise with Replenishers to ensure orders are placed and to relay Buyers’ delivery dates
  • Capture deranging and mark down timeously whenever (update ranging)
  • De/link items from DC after items have been discontinued from supplier/no longer viable for exports

General administration (reports, filing, record retention and samples):

  • Maintain up-to-date and accurate filing of invoices, costing documents, new article forms, and update documents per supplier
  • Generate reports for appropriate actioning and reviews by Buyer:
  • Item sales and stock
  • DC report (CPO exceptions 3601/387)
  • Item enquiries
  • Supplier reviews / supplier performance
  • Stock on-hand deranged
  • No movement
  • Expired stock
  • 6 week stock on-hand
  • Loss report
  • Backorders older than one day
  • Scheduled appointments for suppler deliveries
  • Listing changes
  • Overlapping cost pricing d
  • Incomplete misalignment of data
  • Lookups
Additional Information
  • If you don’t hear from us within 14 days, please consider your application unsuccessful.
  • Any personal information collected as part of your application will be destroyed, securely, in accordance with South African legislation.
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  • SHO260724-1
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