Superbalist: Buying Internship

Purpose of the role: As an Assistant Buyer you will contribute to the continued growth of Superbalist as a partner to the Buyer within a product category (or categories). Your primary responsibilities include supporting the department across all administrative functions specifically related to the purchasing of products.

Responsibilities:

• Complete all administrative documentation that is related to loading of products into the Superbalist system.
• Communicating with suppliers to gather all information required to load products.
• Processing of all amendments and communicating changes to relevant parties.
• Supporting the customer service team in resolving product and order queries and complaints and product sourcing and pricing queries.
• Managing orders through the critical path process.
• Pulling weekly reports on incoming stock and liaising with suppliers to keep samples.
• Managing sample processes between retail and production.
• Prepping of product and documents for quarterly SWOT’s
• Pulling images for weekly sales reports or product meetings as requested by the buyer.
• Maintaining the retail sample room.

Requirements:

• Relevant Diploma
• Competency in MS Office packages specifically in excel (preferably intermediate level)
• 0 - 1 year experience in retail (in the same/similar department)
• E-commerce experience is advantageous
• Strong computer skills and an affinity to learn new systems