Buyers Assistant: Dairy

Neptune; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 300,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

Neptune in Cape Town seeks a buyer support specialist to back the Dairy team in achieving department KPIs. You will assist the Buyer with buying processes, pricing strategies, promotions, and reconciliations while ensuring accurate billing and smooth supplier engagement.

You will support new product launches, system administration tasks, and ongoing supplier follow-ups, with a keen interest in the Dairy category and a drive for personal growth and learning.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Buyer with buying processes to meet commercial objectives.
• Support pricing and promotional activities.
• Perform reconciliation and billing support.
• Coordinate new product launches.
• Handle general system administration tasks.
• Engage with suppliers and follow up as needed.

Job description

To play a key role within the Dairy team toward achieving the department strategic objectives and KPI’s. Specifically, to support the Buyer to manage the buying processes required to achieve key commercial objectives. This includes pricing and promotional support, reconciliation and billing support, new product launches, general system administration, as well as supplier engagement and follow ups where required.

The successful candidate should also be passionate about learning more about the Dairy category, be willing to immerse themselves in the category, and have a drive for personal development and growth.