NullPointerException in Connector call from BPM

Error messages been generated during the script execution are often not very useful.
Most likely purchaseOrder is null, but I’d correct this one first:

[purchaseOrder : purchaseOrder]

to
[_purchaseOrder: purchaseOrder.id]
and so the id key value of the request will be: $_purchaseOrder

Also please take a look at this one:
Working BPM script example