Expeditor

Engage Talent Partners; Aberdeen City; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Engage Talent Partners are working with a client in Aberdeen to recruit an Expeditor for their growing team within the oil & gas, subsea and defence sectors.

The role involves expediting both internally and with suppliers, maintaining records, reviewing workflows, and coordinating with production and quality teams to meet targets and delivery timelines.

Qualifications

• Experience as an expeditor or similar role.
• Proven ability to liaise and negotiate with suppliers.
• Strong multi-tasking and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and track progress of purchase orders.
• Work with suppliers to ensure timely delivery of materials or services.
• Be the primary contact between the company and suppliers.
• Track external order delays and keep customers updated with delivery timelines.
• Prioritise live orders with suppliers.
• Maintain records of order status, delivery schedules and delays.
• Use SAGE 200 to update PO delivery times.
• Coordinate with Sales-Admin to provide workflow to production.
• Review internal workflows to close procurement gaps.
• Review internal workflows with planning to identify delays and resolve them.
• Filing, data entry and general admin duties.
• Raise purchase orders aligned with production consumables.
• Collaborate with production and quality to meet weekly output targets.

Skills

Expediting experience

Supplier liaison

Multi-tasking

Attention to detail

Tools

SAGE 200

Job description

Engage Talent Partners are working with our client to source and recruit an Expeditor to their Aberdeen based team.

Our client operates within the oil & gas, subsea, and defence sectors and is experiencing significant growth. This is an excellent opportunity to join the business at a pivotal stage and play a key role in supporting continued growth and development.

You will be responsible for both internal and external expediting, the maintenance of records for both, the reviewing of workflows, and working alongside both production and quality teams to outline targets and approaches.

Key Responsibilities:

• Monitor and track the progress of purchase orders.
• Work with suppliers to ensure the timely delivery of materials, components or services.
• Be the primary point of contact between the company and suppliers.
• Tracking of external order delays and working with planning assistant to ensure customers are provided with up-to-date delivery timelines for orders.
• Prioritisation of live orders with suppliers.
• Maintain records of order status, delivery schedules and suppliers delays.
• Use of SAGE 200 system to update PO delivery times.
• Liaising with Sales-Admin function to ensure the timeous provision of workflow to production.
• Reviewing internal workflow to identify any procurement gaps, liaising with the purchasing team to ensure gaps are closed.
• Reviewing of internal workflow with planning assistant to identify delays to customer orders, while working with operations team to find resolutions where possible.
• Filing, data entry and general admin duties.
• Raising purchase orders in line with production consumable requirements.
• Work alongside production and quality team to ensure weekly output targets and customer expectations are met.

The ideal candidate will have strong experience of work as an expeditor or a similar role, proven experience of liaising and negotiating with suppliers, and the ability to multi-task effectively while maintaining attention to detail. A proactive and adaptable approach with a willingness to learn technical aspects of the role are also particularly advantageous.

Our client offers an excellent working environment, competitive benefits, and the opportunity for career development within a growing organisation.