Expeditor

Expeditor

Manufacturing Industry
- £25,000 - £28,000
- Full-time on-site

Elevation Procurement and Supply Chain are excited to be working with a booming technology business in their Southwest Yorkshire-based office. The business is looking for an Expeditor to join their busy Procurement team; the focus of the role will be to ensure the speedy and efficient movement of goods and materials through the supply chain.

As Expeditor, your duties and responsibilities will include:

- Coordinate with suppliers and vendors to ensure that materials and products are delivered on time with the correct quantity and quality
- Monitor inventory levels to ensure that there is enough stock to fulfil orders.
- Implement expediting strategies and plans
- Conduct risk assessment of suppliers to effectively manage all tiers of the supply chain in order to maintain and / or improve contractual delivery dates
- Replenish customer-specific stocking programs and highlighting recommended changes depending on overstock / understock
- Control the despatching of goods from stores working with Logistics

Key skills of the Expeditor:

- At least 2 years’ experience of a similar role
- Strong awareness and adherence to purchasing process
- Strong communication skills (written and verbal)
- Good level of analytical skills are required due to the strong focus on liaising with internal and external individuals.
- High level of competency in the use of Microsoft products.
- Experience of purchase order system
- Direct experience of material, goods service providers
- The ability to assess value for money purchasing in Fabrication / CNC Machining environment would be a distinct advantage.

Overall, the expeditor must possess a combination of technical, interpersonal, and organizational skills to be successful in their role.

Elevation Procurement & Supply Chain is a specialist division of Elevation Recruitment focusing on engineering, operational and technical positions in Yorkshire and surrounding regions. If you match the specified criteria and are interested in discussing the position in more detail, we would love to hear from you.