Category Manager Admin Assistant - Cape TownFull job description Category Manager Admin Assistant (Imports experience essential) Location: Aeroton Position Summary:Responsible for all administrative and associated support for the Category Manager’s. Essential Duties and Responsibilities:Placing replenishment orders with suppliers as per the instructions of the Category Manager.Ensuring that these orders are placed timeously.Creating Purchase orders for these ordersCreating, maintaining, and updating the Orders Schedule with all relevant information and latest dates so that there is always an up-to-date schedule for all orders placed.Follow Company Quality Control procedures.Ensure that orders ship on time.Open Files for these ordersGiving final approval for goods to shipBi-monthly liaison with the supplier to ensure that they are on track with the order.Preparation of Clearing Documentation for our freight forwarders.Ensure that these orders arrive on time, as per the Demand Planners request.Ensuring that orders arrive on time for campaigns planned.Coordinate and track product samples and ensure they are received in a timely manner.Assisting with the samples of products- to be labelled and kept as a good record of samples, the packaging and couriering of samples to suppliers and the managing of samples for product photography.Maintaining and updating a payment schedule for the payment of deposits and balances for these orders.Assisting the category manager with proofing of monthly Price List and Spectacular Specials and handouts.Keeping track of all components that are required for your orders.Assisting the category manager with provisional/final costings.Involvement with the packaging of new products in the Category Education Requirements:Essential: MatricDesirable: Relevant business/retail tertiary qualificationEssential: 2-3 years related experienceExperience in Imports is essentialExperience working in Excel is essential Core Competencies:Persuading and InfluencingAnalyzingDeciding and initiating actionPlanning and OrganisingEntrepreneurial and commercial thinkingPresenting and Communicating InformationStrong analytical and excel skill. Job knowledge, skills and abilities:Strong interpersonal and relationship building skills.Communication skillsCommercial thinking.
