Senior Expeditor

McDermott International, Ltd; Dubai; On-site; AED 240,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

McDermott International, Ltd. in Dubai seeks a Senior Expeditor to lead expediting across procurement, fabrication and logistics for high‑profile subsea projects. You will supervise a team, identify delivery gaps and drive corrective actions to meet project timelines.

The role requires deep expediting knowledge, strong communication with suppliers and internal teams, and the ability to manage complex packages with interdependencies while maintaining project schedules.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in SCM or equivalent; six years of relevant experience.
• Experience expediting supplier documentation and major equipment.
• Knowledge of procurement and logistics lifecycle.
• Ability to communicate with procurement and non-procurement personnel.

Responsibilities

• Supervise team to identify supplier performance gaps and delays.
• Execute expediting strategy and track movement of project materials.
• Coordinate with Logistics and Package Management for timely status.
• Support supplier performance reviews and manage expediting reports.
• Communicate with procurement, suppliers and stakeholders.
• Ensure expediting issues are coordinated across departments to meet deadlines.

Skills

Bachelor’s Degree

6+ years exp

Expediting proficiency

Vendor coordination

Schedule management

Problem solving

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in SCM

HSD/GED/IGCSE with 6 years experience

Tools

MS Office

Materials Management systems

Job description

Job Description:

The Senior Expeditor uses best practices and knowledge of internal or external issues to improve the expediting discipline within McDermott. They will act as a resource for colleagues with less experience and share their conceptual and practical expertise related to the expediting discipline. The Senior Expeditor solves complex problems and uses discipline‑specific knowledge to improve its products or services. The Senior Expeditor impacts a range of customers, operational, project, or service activities with the expediting team and other related teams and ensures that they work within the appropriate guidelines and policies.

Responsibilities

Key Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Supervise team to identify supplier performance gaps and potential delivery delays
• Execute expediting strategy to track the movement of project materials and deliverables
• Execute effective expediting frequency based on the Expediting Level assigned to the Purchase Order
• Liaise with Logistics and Package Management teams to facilitate the timely status of project goods and materials
• Support supplier performance review process on behalf of Expediting
• Recognize when Management of Change (MOC) is required
• Participate in projects to assess or develop new Expediting tools as assigned
• Effectively communicate with Procurement, suppliers, and other process stakeholders
• Review Purchase Order delivery requirements to ensure quality and project requirements are met
• Identify and understand levels of required expediting and action workload to optimize material deliveries according to project schedule requirements and shop demands
• Input consistent and timely updates in the Company system and distribute expediting reports to the Project Team and Suppliers to provide insight into the progress of the package and to flag any concerns or issues for discussion
• Ensure the Supplier’s timely delivery of all items on Purchase Orders to maintain the Project schedule
• Work with procurement management to identify performance gaps and delays, including engineering drawing delays, fabrication problems, delivery delays, sub-supplier management, and people resources
• Ensure expediting issues are being coordinated between the other departments, offices, fabrication, and construction teams to meet project requirements and deadlines
• Collaborate with Logistics on material movements
• Maintain and promote a focus on the end-product whether procurement, engineering, fabrication, or construction related
• Actively resolve expediting related issues
• As Team Supervisor, drive accurate and timely project status reporting process and weekly expediting reports
• Ensure effective communications among procurement disciplines, clients, project teams, and suppliers
• Understand and consistently use Expediting procedures as established in company policies
• Maintain a comprehensive understanding of the contract
• Perform other Supply Chain Management tasks as assigned

Qualifications

Essential Qualifications and Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree (or equivalent) in Supply Chain Management (or a relevant discipline) or HSD/GED/IGCSE with 6 years of relevant experience
• 6-10 years of relevant experience
• Experience expediting supplier documentation, instrumentation such as control valves and MOVs (Motor Operated Valves), major equipment such as vessels and pumps, and bulks
• Experience expediting Structural Steel fabrication and Pipe Fabrication is a plus
• Demonstrate knowledge of the expediting process as related to Procurement
• Ability to effectively communicate with procurement personnel and non-procurement personnel
• Ability to work well with others
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, Outlook, Access)
• Knowledge of Materials Management systems for Procurement and logistics
• A comprehensive understanding of the overall material management lifecycle
• Able to leverage active problem‑solving skills
• Capable of managing multiple keys, complex packages with interdependencies of schedule

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