Permanent - Category Manager Assistant - Aeroton - South Africa

Reports to Category Manager 

Position Summary

• Responsible for all administrative and associated support for the company 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 orders
• Creating, 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 orders
• Giving final approval for goods to ship
• Bi-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 & Experience Requirements

• Essential: Matric
• Desirable: Relevant business/retail tertiary qualification
• Essential: 2-3 years related experience

Core Competencies

• Persuading and Influencing
• Analyzing
• Deciding and initiating action
• Planning and Organising
• Entrepreneurial and commercial thinking
• Presenting and Communicating Information
• Strong analytical and excel skill.

Job Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Strong interpersonal and relationship building skills.
• Communication skills
• Commercial thinking