Experience

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  Melbro Group

  • Cape Town Area, South Africa

  • Buyer

    • Jun 2018 - Present
    • Cape Town Area, South Africa

    • BOYS TOYS Plastic Guns, Metal Cars, Plastic Cars, Playsets & Battery-Operated Toys• BABY & BATH TOYS Educational, Rattles & Bath Toys• PLUSH Stuffed Toys• NOVELTY Novelty Animals & Unique Novelty Toys• CHRISTMAS DÉCOR Seasonal Buy of all Chri...

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  takealot.com

  • South Africa
  • Retail
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Deals Buyer

    • Jul 2016 - May 2018

    I report to the Promotions Division Manager and my responsibilities include:- Negotiating deal pricing and/or rebates on deals- Building the daily deals pipeline on a weekly/ monthly basis- Inventory Management- Maintaining existing supplier relationships and seeking new ones- Keeping up to date with industry and market trends- Planning and executing promotions in conjunction with all relevant departments. Therefore working closely with Division Managers and Buyer to align with strategy.- Always assisting Customer Service with queries regarding deals/ promotions.- Delivering against the key performance indicators: > New Customers > Revenue > Margin > Sell Through

  • Promotions Coordinator

    • Aug 2015 - Jun 2016

    DAILY DEALSReceive Deal Sheet on a weekly basis from Deals Planner/ Manager. Share with DC’s and CMI assistants.Daily Management of Deals; stock management (160 report), monitor content (titles, images, active links, update True Cost back to deal cost).Retail- / Inbound Dept; confirm pricing and SOH with relevant departments. Follow ups required.Marketing; confirm 15 newsletter deals after SOH (stock-on-hand), pricing, links, titles and product ID’s was double checked. Buyer’s sign off.Qlikview; update sell through quantity (track sales) and percentage. Dashboard; load deals in the afternoon after newsletter was signed off. After loaded successfully, deal promotion is activated and indexed. If not successful further investigation to be done to make sure all products on deal sheet will be available to purchase next day.Admin/ Backend; Update WAS pricing according to deals sheet as well as True Cost (products that require subsidy).Zendesk; ensure all customer queries are responded to relating Daily Deals within 3 hours.PROMOTIONSReceive CSV file with confirmed quantities and sale prices.Dashboard; create Promotion (i.e. Flash Sale), insert slug and creative artwork from Marketing Dept. Create front-sections and dynamic categories for all relevant departments.Front End; once promotion is active, checks are in place to ensure pricing pulls through correctly (after cache was busted) and also that products are active with images and descriptions. Bugs or errors found in back-end or front will be escalated to Manager and authorization given to escalate to Tech Dept.Zendesk; ensure all customer queries are responded to relating Daily Deals within 3 hours.

  • Assistant Buyer

    • Apr 2014 - Jul 2015

    Assistant Buyer April 2014 - Jul 2014Camping & Outdoor Department and Garden, Pool & Patio Department- Day-to-Day tasks; Reporting on IBT’s, pick note failures, managing returns from customers. - Following up and giving feedback to all customers on their orders with an ETA.- Submitting and following up on new product listings. - Approving final brief and layout of newsletters and Daily Deals; images, prices, savings and product description. Following up on delivery before promotion goes live. - Assisting the call-centre with product queries and customer orders. - Training; Zendesk (customer service), Asana (team tasks & duties), Open X (updating carousels & front-sections) Moved to the Health & Beauty Department as well as the Luggage & Travel Department.Assistant Buyer Jul 2014 - PresentHealth & Beauty Department and Luggage & Travel Department- Day-to-Day tasks; Reporting on IBT’s, pick note failures, supplier replenishment orders and new customer orders. - Maintaining stock levels.- Marketing; submitting new carousels & banners for the Health & Beauty Dept. under each sub category of Health, Beauty, Fragrance, Skin, Body care, Make-up, Hair Grooming, Men’s Grooming & Electrical. As well as the Luggage & Travel Dept. sub categories Luggage, Business, Duffle Bags, Backpacks, Wallets & Travel Accessories. - Supporting the buyer on Daily Deals/ Promotions for customers as well as the admin involved for sourcing deals, images and prices. - Assisting the Returns Dept. for any products under warranty/guarantee. - Assisting the Customer Service Dept. with any product queries. - Approving newsletters and Daily Deals; images, prices, savings and product description. Ensuring merchandise arrives on-time. - Assisting buyer with product assortment, current trends and forecasts. - Following up with couriers and customs to ensure our imported fragrances is received in both our CPT and JHB warehouse within 20 Days of purchase order received.

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  Africa Internet Accelerator

  • Assistant Buyer

    • May 2013 - Mar 2014

    I have been employed by Style36 for 10 months. My first 2 months I assisted the Sportswear Buyer and we launched Sports36 1st of August 2013. This included Men’s and Ladies commodities. I was introduced by system programmes such as Microsoft Excel, Service DB, Open Cart and Ador. After my first 2...

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  Zillah Couture

  • Assistant

    • Mar 2012 - Apr 2012

    I did an internship at Zillah Couture in Durbanville. Zillah Couture is a boutique that catered for young middle aged women interested in modern and unique designed apparel. I was assisting the manager within the boutique with daily duties and responsibilities. Assisting customers, maintaining th...

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  Curitz Clothing

  • Assistant

    • Jun 2011 - Jul 2011

    I did an internship at Curitz Clothing in Sea point. It is a private company owned by Roy Curitz. Curitz Clothing offers a wide variety of ready to wear ladies apparel; designed, manufactured and sold under the label. I assisted the fashion designer with daily duties such as technical drawings, p...