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Job Post Details

Buying Assistant - job post

Shoprite Group
3.7 out of 5 stars
Centurion, Gauteng
Full-time
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Job details

Job type

  • Full-time

Location

Centurion, Gauteng

Full job description

Buying Assistant

Details

Closing Date
2026/08/03

Reference Number
SHO260724-1

Job Title
Buying Assistant

Job Type
Full Time

Location - Country
South Africa

Location - Province
Gauteng

Location - Town or City
Centurion

Job Category
Retail

About the role
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.

What you bring

Grade 12

Knowledge of buying systems



What you'll do

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

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

Our Group is committed to creating, embracing, and preserving a diverse workplace that values the unique talents, perspectives, backgrounds, and abilities that enrich our organisation. A place where everyone matters and feels included.

We are committed to Employment Equity when recruiting internally and externally.

Please take note that by responding to this application and providing your personal information, you confirm your express and informed consent for Shoprite Checkers (Pty) Ltd and all its subsidiaries and affiliates companies to process your personal information for the Company to consider your application for this position. All Personal Information which you provide to the Company will be used and/or retained only for the purposes for which it is collected, whereafter it will be permanently destroyed. Your information is only retained if it is required by law or where you have given consent to us to retain such information for an extended period.

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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