Senior Expeditor - Aberdeen, United Kingdom - Wood Plc

Wood Plc
Wood Plc
Verified Company
Aberdeen, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Overview / Responsibilities:


Wood is currently recruiting for a Senior Expeditor with extensive experience in the oil and gas Industry for Offshore & Onshore Assets.


If you enjoy working on a diverse Project that combines Tier 1 & 2 scopes that can involve anything from procuring major packages to civil works and everything in between you would feel right at home in our team.

This is an exciting time to join our team on a journey that can offer fantastic career development opportunities across our business both UK based and globally, why don't you

join a culture of innovation, pushing the boundaries of what is possible to seek the best solutions for our clients.

We can offer
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Flexible benefits package; competitive salary with regular salary reviews to ensure we are rewarding at the right level in line with the market, inclusive of 33 days annual leave (including public holidays), generous contributory pension scheme, private medical cover, life insurance; all of these and more that can be adapted to suit your own lifestyle.
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Hybrid working; flexible working from our Aberdeen office.


Job Objective:

Responsible for the Expediting of Purchase Orders to ensure delivery on time and within project schedules/purchase order terms.

Responsible for coordinating all aspects of desk and field expediting as determined by project strategy, processes and procedures.

Ensure personnel carry out expediting activities have a clear understanding of processes and procedures.


Manage and monitor the more challenging and complex packages &/or suppliers and identify delivery improvement opportunities by details analysis of supplier project schedules.


Key Accountabilities & Responsibilities:


  • Establishes priorities, assigns workloads and manages expediting team performance
  • Review and manage the more difficult and complex aspects of the expediting workload.
  • Has detailed understanding of the supplier delivery obligations form the terms and conditions of purchase
  • Review and interpret supplier production plans/schedules, identify delivery improvement opportunities and negotiate delivery improvements / slippage recovery plans
  • Creation of daily expediting reports in materials management system.
  • Expediting of purchase orders daily with priority focus.
  • Updating of materials management system with the expediting status of Purchase Orders.
  • Continually set expediting follow up dates in materials management system.
  • Obtain quotations for field expediting plans and C.V.'s of 3rd party expediting providers.
  • Place purchase order for 3rd party expediting services.
  • Liaise with field expediting suppliers to coordinate expediting visits.
  • Receive, review and issue field expediting progress reports and update system accordingly.
  • Review expediting reports to confirm status of orders, suborders and validate the agreed manufacturing schedules.
  • Monitor the progress of receipt and return of supplier documentation
  • Notifying Supply Chain Manager of any potential schedule slippages.
  • Negotiate improved delivery / recovery plans where required.
  • Visit suppliers on request of the SCM and Material Manager on the project.
  • Maintain an auditable file of all relevant purchasing documentation for each purchase order in relevant shared drive / area.
  • Demonstrate commitment to safe working practices.
  • Understands and lives Woods vision, values and behaviours.
  • Understands and works to the Financial Management Framework

Skills / Qualifications:

Qualifications:

Qualified to ISCED Level 4/5 (Post-Secondary non-tertiary/Short-Cycle tertiary)


Knowledge, skills and experience:


Job specific experience:


  • Minimum 7 years expediting experience demonstrating results
  • Detailed knowledge of Suppliers, Manufacturing Schedules and Expediting.
  • Detailed knowledge of terms and conditions of purchase/supplier obligations

Experience of:


  • Previous experience in a similar level role.
  • Previous use of ERP's such as Maximo, Oracle, SAP.
  • Broad knowledge of Suppliers.

Personal attributes:


  • Detailed Knowledge of Materials & Document Expediting Practices.
  • Strong Team Player.
  • Excellent Communication Skills.
  • Adaptability and Problem Solving Skills.

Ability to:


  • Work under pressure to meet deadlines.
  • Provide reports to senior management, as requested.
  • Delegate and coordinate tasks to colleagues.

Company Overview:

Diversity Statement:
We are an equal opportunity employer that recognises the value of a diverse workforce.

All suitably qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective criteria and without regard to the following (which is a non-exhaustive list): race, colour, age, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or other characteristics in accordance with the relevant governing laws.

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