Expeditor Job Description
Expeditor Duties & Responsibilities
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Expeditor Qualifications
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Licensing or Certifications for Expeditor
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: APICS, CPM, CPSM, BLS, BCLS, DOT, NAPM, CIPS, OSHA, MRPT
Education for Expeditor
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the expeditor job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Associate Degree in Business, Associates, Education, Technical, General Education, Engineering, Management, Manufacturing, Graduate, Supervision
Skills for Expeditor
Desired skills for expeditor include:
Desired experience for expeditor includes:
Expeditor Examples
Expeditor Job Description
- Expedite shipments if any
- Maintain strong working relationships and communications with internal customers & external vendors to confirm production/shipping schedules and monitor open purchase orders to ensure on-time deliveries
- Creates and approves manufacturing orders (Mos) to provide direct planning support for operations using CAS and QUEST systems
- Recognizes material problems, reviews alternatives and makes decisions which will result in optimizing available resources
- Performs MRP system transactions to select, release and issue materials
- Verifies material meets required specifications for each job released
- Updates system of plant’s planned ship date, communicating late and re-commit dates in system
- Tracks open orders along with production facilitators to ensure completion to schedule and identify/expedite manufacturing shortages
- Communicates status for Materials lead times to customer service, engineering, team coordinators, and customers, as required
- Works with Demand Analyst & systems for order tracking and material planning needs
- Most of the time is spent sitting or standing in the same location and/or there may be a need to stoop regularly or move/lift light material or equipment (typically less than 8 pounds)
- Must be available for overtime and weekend hours
- A minimum of a HS Diploma or GED
- Review daily reports and follow FIFO on all areas of production
- Maintain delivery dates of POs
- Communicate any vendor backorder situation or shortfall of inventory to re-buyer
Expeditor Job Description
- Work with the GSO and applying for diplomatic notes and other required shipping documents
- Manage multiple sites in geographically dispersed locations
- Maintain contacts with vendors/suppliers to ensure proper adherence to the terms and conditions outlined in the Purchase Order and associated terms and conditions
- Resolve discrepancies between purchase orders and receipt documents and invoices
- Prepare and maintain expediting logs and multiple reports directly related to the shipping status, to include, but not limited to the tracking and expediting
- Respond to Supplier inquiries, maintain open line of communication with requester, and provide status to Management on all assigned shipments
- All scrap is to be cut into 20-foot lengths and banded as a unit (all colors must be segregated) weighed and recorded
- A rejected rack is ultimately the line operator’s responsibility and should be held accountable for correcting the problem
- Each material expeditor is responsible for the care and routine maintenance of his or her lift
- Interact with the receiving team if receivers are not in order – not signed and dated – not in accord with the packing list and bol attached to the receiver, Keep buyers apprised of such issues with receiving if they happen too often
- Working knowledge of the permitting process for entitlements and construction drawings with City of Las Vegas, Clark County, City of Henderson, and City of North Las Vegas and other jurisdictional review agencies in the Clark County area
- Minimum 5 years of experience working with local entities to process permits
- Experience working with developers, owners, and design professionals in pursuit of entitlements and permits
- Interface with clients regarding project expectations as it relates to schedule and permitting process
- Track project status and keep the project managers and clients updated on status
- Create, maintain, and track project schedules
Expeditor Job Description
- Proactive management of orders placed with suppliers to ensure that deliveries are made at the correct time and place
- Identify any supply issues which may impact on the project schedule and report this to the requisitioner/buyer
- Cultivate good relations with suppliers to ensure that the supply chain process is as smooth as possible
- Provide purchasing support to the Purchasing Team Lead and Buyers as may be required from time to time
- Satisfy the requirements of the requisitioner in as speedy and cost effective a manner as possible
- Monitor actual output versus the Master Production Plan
- Maintain raw material and consumable inventory at target levels to ensure high service levels, product availability
- Receives NCR materials into DOA log
- Inspected and verifies Non–Conforming materials to NCR documentation
- Informs WH DOA coordinator when DOA materials are ready for exchange
- Work with in house processing assistant to provide direction and guidance
- Must have excellent communication and teamwork skills
- Knowledge of all principles and processes involved in logistics and expediting
- Commendable Skill in both verbal and written communication
- Bilingual Spanish/English would be a great plus
- Good secondary school education
Expeditor Job Description
- Identifies and resolves any discrepancies in the DOA log with the WH DOA coordinator
- Communicate any discrepancies or shortage/overage to the supervisor/lead
- Assist material handlers with material movement as required
- Facilitate/communicate with shop to continually monitor for immediate part
- Coordinate with internal and external teams and departments to define requirements for meeting job schedules
- Organized and distributed document control for all project materials procured
- Ensure quality control in accordance with company and project defined standards for materials
- Analyze, update, generate, maintain, and post expediting progress, system dates, and status reports for assigned orders/suppliers
- Work with suppliers and key internal stake holders to resolve schedule discrepancies and implementation of recovery plans
- Handle any delivery inconsistencies or delays with constant follow up and proactively work with suppliers to develop corrective actions concerning reoccurring quality and on time delivery issues
- One year of experience as a Jr
- May spend extended periods of time on the shop floor
- Must be able to work all day while standing / walking
- Effective interpersonal, negotiation, facilitation and communication skills
- Frequent walking, standing, stooping, bending, reaching and ability to move up to 50lbs required
- Communicate with Shipping Coordinators and run Customer backlog report to
Expeditor Job Description
- Submits claims to suppliers in cases where contract terms and conditions have not been met
- Adhere to department policy, procedures, and processes regarding expediting activities and assignments
- Work with the supplier to comply with the supplier's contractual delivery obligations, identify and solve possible problems before they impact the project
- Review Bidder's proposed manufacturing schedule and highlight areas of concern
- Agree possible alternatives with Bidder to ensure timely delivery
- Compare this schedule with Bidders current workload and manufacturing capacity
- Have Bidder identify critical or long lead material required for manufacturing and discuss systems for timely delivery
- Ensure that Bidder complies with submission of suborder schedules
- Ensure that all requirements of the Supplier Document Form are discussed, understood and agreed by bidder
- Expedites suppliers for regular submittal of updated progress reports and all payable-nonpayable deliverables
- Individual will have a strong attention to detail and able to thrive in a fast paced
- Experience in hospitality is must
- Ideal candidates will have experience with shipping & receiving
- Self-Motivated-you must be a self-starter and an independent thinker to thrive in our fast paced
- Minimum of seven (7) years experience in expediting of project based materials
- Business or technical degree required or equivalent combination of work experience and education