Job Summary The Expeditor is responsible for ensuring the timely delivery of materials or services as per purchase order conditions. The role involves monitoring purchase orders, coordinating with suppliers, tracking deliveries, resolving delays, and collaborating with internal stakeholders to ensure project schedules and business objectives are achieved.
Key Responsibilities
- Monitor and expedite purchase orders from issuance through delivery.
- Coordinate with suppliers for their execution plan to meet the delivery schedule.
- Follow up with sub suppliers for timely submission of documentation for end customer approvals. Also coordinate with internal stakeholders so that timely review of documentation is done.
- Based on documentation approvals and project plan provided by project management team issuance of manufacturing clearance to suppliers.
- Monitoring the manufacturing progress by suppliers.
- Escalate critical delays or performance issues to procurement and project management teams.
- Coordinate with internal stakeholders & end customer for inspection and subsequent dispatch clearance.
- Monitoring of dispatches by suppliers till the receipt of material.
- Evaluate supplier responsiveness and delivery performance.
- Update the purchase order status in project management systems and participate in regular project management standups to update the status to project management team.
Qualifications
- Diploma / bachelor's degree in engineering.
- 3 to 8 years of experience in expediting, procurement, supply chain, project coordination, or a related role.
- Experience working in engineering or EPC industries preferred.
Required Skills
- Positive knowledge of Field Instrumentation & controls products
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Excellent follow-up and coordination capabilities.
- Ability to analyze schedules and prioritize critical orders.
- Problem-solving and risk mitigation skills.
- Attention to detail and ability to work under tight deadlines.
Reporting To
Project Management team lead
Work Environment
- Office - based with periodic supplier visits and coordination meetings.
- May require interaction with global suppliers and cross-functional teams across multiple time zones.