LOOKING FOR LIFE SCIENCE GRADUATES FOR INTERNATIONAL LAB PRODUCTS COMPANY

Monitoring of purchase orders in VWR SAP system, ensure diligent follow up on open items and drive it for a closure within agreed service levels.

This position involves monitoring of purchase orders in VWR SAP system, ensure diligent follow up on open items and drive it for a closure within agreed service levels. Communicate with suppliers and internal departments of VWR primarily via emails and phone calls on the order status and clarify any questions.

Key Responsibilities and Tasks:

Ensuring that all purchase order confirmations are processed as per the service level agreement

• This covers quantity, delivery date and pricing
• The primary objective being a complete, accurate and timely set of confirmation in the system for our customers and customer service
• Actively follow up missing confirmation and expediting overdue delivery dates
• Cancelling open Purchase Orders where we have no current demand or forecast.
• This includes contacting the supplier to cancel open order lines where the customer has cancelled their order and we no longer need to have these products come into our warehouses, in addition to updating the Purchase Orders in system.
• Additional research and data entry type processes will be added to the above as we move forward.
• Must input individual confirmation data from fax, e-mail, paper mail, ASE fall-out with the set target time.
•  The confirmation over all external deliveries into the European network of warehouses and associated direct deliveries.

SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE
. Should be a Graduate in Biology, Microbiology, Biotechnology, Chemistry 
. Any European third language is an added advantage 
•Typing skills with minimum of 25 wpm with an accuracy of 90% and above preferred 
•Strong analytical & problem solving skills 
•Proficiency in Microsoft Office and excel 
•Good organization skills 
•Ability to learn VWR terminology 
•Flexible to work in shifts that suits business requirement 
•Ability to coordinate actions across various functions and drive results 
•A good team player 
•Mathematical skills will be an added advantage