Research Administrator
The University of Cape Town
Total years of experience :20 years, 4 Months
Research Administrator for the Women’s Health Research Unit in the School of Public Health and Family Medicine at the University of Cape Town
Duties:
• Completing submission and follow through of all HR and Finance forms
• Booking and executing the HR and Finance form process for all conferences, flights and accommodation.
• Actioning and resolving all computer related queries
• Actioning and resolving all access control and telephone service issues
• Booking of meeting rooms
• Organizing refreshments for unit and research meetings
• Assisting all members of the unit with any queries regarding office hardware, access cards, telephone access and computer access
• Ordering and maintaining sufficient office supplies
• Follow up on payments and confirmation of payment and receipt of monies
• Providing administrative support for research proposal ethics submissions and the conclusion and renewal of research contracts and reports.
• Provide organizational and administrative support for the unit’s post-graduate teaching courses
• Process petty cash receipt returns, completion and submission of petty cash reconciliations and collecting petty cash from the Cash Office
• Processing Advances and Reimbursements
• Consolidation of administrative reports and research administrative reports
• Trace and resolve relevant queries from the Research and Investment fund monthly and at end of project reports
• Regularly and as when required, update the Women’s Health Website
Contracted by various clients for fashioning styling jobs in studio and on location including but not limited to:
• Wardrobe and Costume for film
• Fashion Shows
• Look books
• Photo shoots
• Model Test Shoots
• Music Videos
Duties:
• Fitting Models/Actors
• Sourcing and selection of garments and accessories
• Collection and Return of garments and accessories
Brand Account Executive: Luxury Fashion
Create, enhance and build brand awareness within the region through own and wholesale accounts in order to over achieve set sales targets. Being the point of contact for buying, training and product for all wholesale accounts and constantly driving the business forward. Current brands on portfolio; Pretty Ballerinas, Oscar de la Renta Childrenswear, Australian Luxe Collective
Duties:
Stock Management
• Monitor and review stock levels and implement action accordingly.
• All pricing and stock control functions for all brands, ensuring all stock records and prices are updated and accurate at all times for all stores and wholesale accounts.
• Follow up on brand performance to ensure optimization of stock level usage.
• Participate in setting up the purchase plan.
• Ensure all team members are following the established procedures of ordering and transferring.
Planning and Budgeting
• Assist the Brand Director in defining the yearly strategic plan for the networks and preparing the yearly budgets.
• Participate in strategic meetings with suppliers, regional teams negotiate commercial terms and conditions.
• Negotiate targets, locations and brand support with key suppliers.
Reporting
• Follow up on daily sales vs monthly/yearly targets and take the necessary action.
• Monitor, record and analyze market trends, competitor activities and provide suggested plans.
• Provide the Brand Director with qualitative and quantitative reports.
Buying and Ordering
• Preparing the seasonal buy for own brand.
• Preparing reorders for own buy and wholesale account buys.
• Placing special orders for clients as requested.
• Returning any faulty/damages items to supplier and ensuring the correct credit note is issued to the relevant account.
• Returning all samples to the supplier.
• Processing of all customer orders and ensuring all delivery deadlines are met.
Customer Relationship Management
• Build profitable and successful relationships with wholesale account buyers by whatever means possible, always striving to grow the business through these well maintained and cultivated relationships.
• Dealing with any customer complaints professionally and effectively and within a reasonable time frame.
• Keeping wholesale accounts informed of any new product developments
• Responding immediately and following up with all sales enquiries.
Marketing
• Coordinate with Brand Managers and Marketing Department on the yearly plan suitable for the market as per the supplier’s calendar.
• Together with the Marketing Manager develop the yearly calendar and oversee marketing activities implementation.
• Recommend to the Marketing team on marketing mix and new openings for shops and ensure smooth implementation.
• Use Social Media platforms to further brand awareness within the region.
General Operations
• Conduct bi-weekly store visits to all wholesale accounts, checking service, stock levels and displays.
• Follow up on account commissions ensuring all overdue commission is paid.
• Forecasting of seasonal trends within the market, having comprehensive knowledge of this and reporting back to line manager.
• Participate in trade shows and showroom set up.
• Managing visual displays in own stores and wholesale account stores in order to ensure the display maximizes customer interest and sales and is line with brand guidelines.
• Overseeing new store openings from initial phase right through to the doors opening and everything in between.
• Recruiting, training, supervising of all employees working for own stores
Duties:
• Advertise key events through social media platforms
• Assist in designing and developing marketing materials
• Data capturing
• Filing, faxing and typing of documentation
• Internet and Market research
• Manage online marketing strategies
• Monitor outcome of key events and circulate monthly reports
• Organize exhibitions and events
• Product Development
• After Sales Services
• Assist in Promotional activities.
• New business development
Duties:
• Conducting customer satisfaction surveys
• Data capturing
• Escalating complaints to management
• Liaising with management to find solutions
Duties:
• Robot Hand-Outs
• In store Promotions
• Brand Activation
• Corporate Events
• Sporting Events
Duties:
• Assisting Customers
• Maintaining stock levels
• Merchandizing
• Keeping up to date with fashion Trends
Duties:
• Arrange travel and accommodation requirements
• Banking
• Calculation and payment of weekly wages
• Compiling and managing monthly sales and expenditure reports
• Daily database capturing and updates of sales expenditure
• Ensuring creditors are paid timeously
• Filing
• General reception duties
• Liaising with suppliers regarding ordering of stock and timeous delivery
• Liaising with customers regarding timeous payment of accounts
• Manage and follow up on customers overdue accounts
• Preparing and processing of invoices
• Receipting of all cash payments from customers
Post Graduate Diploma in buying for retail chain stores and boutiques. Including sourcing, negotiating in the local and inernational market. Merchandise mark-ups, mark-downs. In store merchandising. Product selection, product retention.
Bachelor of Social Science in the Humanities Faculty.
High School Diploma with Subjects: English, Afrikaans, Biology, Accounting, Mathematics, Science.