Engage Talent Partners are working with our client to source and recruit an Expeditor to their Aberdeen based team.
Our client operates within the oil & gas, subsea, and defence sectors and is experiencing significant growth. This is an excellent opportunity to join the business at a pivotal stage and play a key role in supporting continued growth and development.
You will be responsible for both internal and external expediting, the maintenance of records for both, the reviewing of workflows, and working alongside both production and quality teams to outline targets and approaches.
Key Responsibilities:
- Monitor and track the progress of purchase orders.
- Work with suppliers to ensure the timely delivery of materials, components or services.
- Be the primary point of contact between the company and suppliers.
- Tracking of external order delays and working with planning assistant to ensure customers are provided with up-to-date delivery timelines for orders.
- Prioritisation of live orders with suppliers.
- Maintain records of order status, delivery schedules and suppliers delays.
- Use of SAGE 200 system to update PO delivery times.
- Liaising with Sales-Admin function to ensure the timeous provision of workflow to production.
- Reviewing internal workflow to identify any procurement gaps, liaising with the purchasing team to ensure gaps are closed.
- Reviewing of internal workflow with planning assistant to identify delays to customer orders, while working with operations team to find resolutions where possible.
- Filing, data entry and general admin duties.
- Raising purchase orders in line with production consumable requirements.
- Work alongside production and quality team to ensure weekly output targets and customer expectations are met.
The ideal candidate will have strong experience of work as an expeditor or a similar role, proven experience of liaising and negotiating with suppliers, and the ability to multi-task effectively while maintaining attention to detail. A proactive and adaptable approach with a willingness to learn technical aspects of the role are also particularly advantageous.
Our client offers an excellent working environment, competitive benefits, and the opportunity for career development within a growing organisation.
If you are looking to take the next step in your career, please submit your CV for immediate consideration.