Senior Buying Assistant

As an Assistant Buyer at ZALORA, you are not only the Buyer's main support operationally, but it is expected that you must assist in the management of the Buyer's Admin function (depending on your team's structure) and provide them with operational support to ensure the smooth and successful running of the department. What is essential to succeed and progress at this level are the behavioral and operational elements of the role evidenced by continuous development of oneself i.e. people skills, job skills, a sound understanding of our customer and competition, etc.The SBA position is one of the most important members of the Commercial team, 100% accuracy is a prerequisite of the role.Responsibilities:Providing clerical and administrative support to the buying team in an effective and timely mannerSupporting buyers and assist in the data entry of orders placement and keeping track of cancellations, inbound vs spent, product modifications, etc.Coordinate and follow up with support departments (Operations, Logistics, Production teams)Ensuring discrepancies are cleared and payments are madeOwner of data quality e.g. cost prices calculated correctly, line sheets and interdepartmental data are updated, etc.Handling ad hoc projects independently as required by managerAssist in problem solving and process issuesManage inbound and outbound of courier / shipmentsData management for weekly and monthly reports extractionPrepare Intake SummaryOrder Form Entry & Upkeep ensuring that all drafts are to ZALORA's required standardsIntake Management/ Tracking - Chasing suppliers, updating intake tracker, updating Buyer on any potential issues and movements on orders