Description:
- Provide day-to-day administrative support to the lifestyle buyers, maintaining workflows that enable timely product launches
- Manage courier bookings, track local and international shipments, and proactively communicate updates or issues
- Oversee the full lifecycle of samples: request, receipt, tracking, organisation, and return where necessary
- Coordinate shoot logistics, ensuring that samples and required materials are prepared and delivered to the photography and creative teams on time
- Liaise with the procurement team to raise, monitor and update purchase orders with accuracy and urgency
- Populate and maintain internal systems with product details, specifications, imagery, pricing and launch dates
- Work collaboratively with the warehouse, e-commerce, creative and marketing teams to ensure a smooth product flow from development through to launch
- Maintain clear and up-to-date supplier records, and follow up on outstanding information, revisions or sample requests
- Assist in preparing internal documents such as product decks, costing sheets and seasonal tracking documents
- Act as a central point for operational coordination, ensuring that all moving parts are aligned and on track
Requirements:
- Provide day-to-day administrative support to the lifestyle buyers, maintaining workflows that enable timely product launches
- Manage courier bookings, track local and international shipments, and proactively communicate updates or issues
- Oversee the full lifecycle of samples: request, receipt, tracking, organisation, and return where necessary
- Coordinate shoot logistics, ensuring that samples and required materials are prepared and delivered to the photography and creative teams on time
- Liaise with the procurement team to raise, monitor and update purchase orders with accuracy and urgency
- Populate and maintain internal systems with product details, specifications, imagery, pricing and launch dates
- Work collaboratively with the warehouse, e-commerce, creative and marketing teams to ensure a smooth product flow from development through to launch
- Maintain clear and up-to-date supplier records, and follow up on outstanding information, revisions or sample requests
- Assist in preparing internal documents such as product decks, costing sheets and seasonal tracking documents
- Act as a central point for operational coordination, ensuring that all moving parts are aligned and on track
- A relevant diploma or degree in retail buying, commerce, supply chain or a related field
- At least 3–5 years’ experience in a buying administration or procurement support role, ideally within a retail, lifestyle or homeware environment
- Excellent organisational skills with a strong attention to detail and a systematic, process-driven mindset
- Fluency in Afrikaans and English
- Comfortable working across multiple platforms and proficient in Excel, Outlook and data-entry tools
- Strong communication skills with a proactive, problem-solving approach
- Ability to remain calm under pressure and manage competing priorities effectively
- A passion for lifestyle product development and a deep appreciation of the brand identity and visual language
- A relevant diploma or degree in retail buying, commerce, supply chain or a related field
- At least 3–5 years’ experience in a buying administration or procurement support role, ideally within a retail, lifestyle or homeware environment
- Excellent organisational skills with a strong attention to detail and a systematic, process-driven mindset
- Fluency in Afrikaans and English
- Comfortable working across multiple platforms and proficient in Excel, Outlook and data-entry tools
- Strong communication skills with a proactive, problem-solving approach
- Ability to remain calm under pressure and manage competing priorities effectively
- A passion for lifestyle product development and a deep appreciation of the brand identity and visual language
16 Jul 2025;
from:
careers24.com