PURCHASING ASSISTANT TRAINEE

The Purchasing Assistant Trainee essentially acts as the glue between the company’s internal needs and its external suppliers. Your primary goal is to ensure the business has the materials it needs to operate without overspending or running out of stock.

Purchasing Assistant Trainee Job Responsibilities:

• Branch stock replenishment via analysis and placement of daily purchase orders.

• Maintaining and updating of branch stock levels to ensure they are as relevant as possible.

• Working closely with supervisor to ensure their requirements are fulfilled and any stock issues are resolved quickly.

• Maintaining open lines of communication and good relationships between branches and the purchasing department.

• Coding of new items, updating of prices post price increases and the setup of job-specific contracts for branches.

• Fulfilment of branch requests – sourcing of products/routes to market/completing any purchase order requests.

• Ensuring buying direction is followed, both within the purchasing department and at branch level.

• Invoice query resolution.

• Assist with data analysis – Overstocks/slow moving items/fast moving items.

• General administrative support – filing/data entry where required.

• Work with the other members of the purchasing team to identify possible process improvements and efficiency gains.

Purchasing Assistant Trainee Requirements:

Candidates should also possess:

• 2 Passport Size Photos

• 2 Recommendation Letters

• Valid ID, NIS, TRN

• Bank account with either NCB or Scotia Bank

• Certificates/Qualifications

• Birth Certificate

• Police Record

• Valid Food Handler's Permit