Avantor is looking for an associate for the Procurement team. This position involves monitoring of purchase orders in Avantor 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 Avantor primarily via emails and phone calls on the order status and clarify any questions.
Requirements
Education: Bachelor's degree in any discipline.
Experience: 1 - 8 years with no constraint to night shift any can apply.
Knowledge or hands on experience in SAP, is preferred
Attention to detail and a natural aptitude for numbers
Excellent written and verbal communication skills and business acumen
Customer-centric and a Go-Getter attitude
Manage time and priorities - set timelines, coordinate tasks for yourself and with others
Apply teamwork skills to a range of situations and ability to work both independently and as part of a team with professionals at all levels
How you will thrive and create an impact:
Ensuring that all purchase order confirmations are processed on the same day as received. This covers quantity, delivery date and pricing.
The primary objective being a complete, accurate and timely set of confirmations in SAP for our customers and customer service. The secondary objective is to free time in the main procurement teams to carry out more effective expediting and provide better response to immediate customer inquiries.
Canceling open PO lines where we have no current demand or forecast. This includes contacting the supplier to cancel open order lines where the customer has canceled their order and we no longer need to have these products come into our warehouses, in addition to updating the PO in system SAP
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, EDI fall-out and all remaining unacknowledged status lines in SAP. The confirmations cover all external deliveries into the North American network of warehouses and associated direct deliveries.
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