Commercial Intern - JHB at Givaudan

Commercial Intern:

• As a member of the Commercial Team you will be responsible for management of the customer project system and following up on key actions from KAM Customer visits, secretarial, back up and admin for Commercial KAMs.
• You will be responsible for updating and maintenance of Commercial and Customer systems for Commercial and responsible for Master Data Management for customers.
• You will be responsible for Customer Pricing Management, including the preparation and submission of annual/bi-annual upload files, preparation and submission of quarterly exchange update files for loading, maintenance and alignment of sourcing sites and freight costs checked and updated quarterly, submission of quoted prices on request by the Sales Manager, completion of system quotes once approved by Sales Manager and the creation and maintenance of detailed customer facing pricing files utilizing information from various systems.

Co-ordinate Sales:

• Sales Administration and support to Key Account Managers. Desk research projects to propose better ways of reaching key stakeholders in other organisations. 
• You will be responsible for AskMe Regulatory Document requests.
• You will be responsible for submissions of Customer Raw Material Specs via AskMe and submission of Customer Questionnaires.
• You will be responsible for Customer Information requests and creation of customer BR's (Flavour sample requests). You will be responsible for sample shipments to customers and alert email for sample shipment.

Secretarial:

• You will do filing of general correspondence for the department.
• You will update and maintain electronic filing of documents and visit reports for customers and product information.
• You will manage the timeous distribution of the relevant corporate gifts to customers.
• You will assist to ensure implementation of the safety system and ongoing adherence to all legislation relevant to health and safety responsibilities.
• You will participate in flavour training and tasting sessions.
• You will be liaising with the relevant persons to ensure that any actions required are taken and the followed through to completion.
• You will be liaising with inter departments (Regulatory, Customer Care, Technical, Pricing team and system Power-users) on a daily basis to complete tasks.

Your professional profile includes:

• Minimum 3-year Degree or Diploma
• Qualifications related to Business and/or Marketing / Degrees (incl post grad) / Diploma / BA