eQuizShow

Univar Big Dollar Extravaganza

Pop Culture

Question: Who is the President of the United States?
Answer: President Obama

Question: Who is the real Boss?
Answer: Bruce Springsteen

Question: Who made the Thunder Roll?
Answer: Garth Brooks

Question: Who is the lead singer for Slow Motion Walter?
Answer: Jeff Wiltshire

Question: Which Univar employee is a former Sear's catalogue underwear model?
Answer: Gerald Briand

Blanket Orders

Question: A sales rep or customer service specialist sends you a new blanket order. What is your first step?
Answer: Send it back to the sales rep so they may get the proper approvals from their Sales Manager and/or General Sales Manager & Purchasing Manager.

Question: How do we handle blanket orders with release dates?
Answer: CSS enters order into DCS.

Question: Why do we now need to get Sales/Purchasing Manager approval on blanket orders?
Answer: To ensure the margin we make on the business makes sense vs. our carrying costs.

Question: What are the approval thresholds in Toronto and Winnipeg?
Answer:

3 months and/or under $20,000 - Sales Manager

Over 3 months and/or over $20,000 - GSM & Purchasing Manager

 



Question: What is an exit strategy for a blanket order and what would be an example of an appropriate exit strategy?
Answer: Exit strategy determines what we will do when we hit the end date of a blanket order. Examples:

1. Invoice customer and move to customer owned goods
2. Return to vendor if approved
3. Disposal
4. Ship remaining stock to the customer
5. Additional warehousing fees to store product longer


General Knowledge

Question: What was the original name of Univar?
Answer: Van Waters and Rogers

Question: We hold monthly presentations to showcase a specific customer, what are these called?
Answer: Pride of Association

Question: What does the Univar stock abbreviation on the NYSE spell backwards?
Answer: UNVR - RVNU = Revenue

Question: How many employees are in total (including operations) at the Weston facility? Your answer must be with + or - 10 of the correct answer.
Answer: 153

Question: Where is the global head office of Univar?
Answer: Downers Grove, Illinois

Potpourri

Question: What is the last thing you should do every day?
Answer: Check BXP and allocate product

Question: When material is received on a po into Toronto for another branch what should you do?
Answer: Reach out and advise IBT planner to pull material. 

Question: A carrier has reported that a spill has happened during a bulk delivery to our customer. What are the 3 next steps you need to follow?
Answer:

1. Advise Sales, Customer Service and Logistics Analyst

2. Enter an NCR

2. Inform your manager
 
3. Inform EH&S


Question: What are the final steps once a product has been approved through governance?
Answer: Clone code & enter any notes outlined by approvers.

Question: Explain how we determine a lot number for products filled by Univar. Use lot number DW096824927 as your example.
Answer: DW - filled in Downsview
09 - Month filled (September)
6 - year filled (2016)
824927 - PJO number


Know your role

Question: What is Ben Carnevale's title?
Answer: General Sales Manager

Question: What is Sidrah Syed's title?
Answer: Sales Analyst

Question: What will Nathaniel's new title be?
Answer: Market Analyst

Question: What is Steven Ciriani's title?
Answer: Regional Quality Manager

Question: What is Steve Newlin's title?
Answer: President/CEO