Expeditor

KBM Resourcing Ltd; Aberdeen City; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

KBM Resourcing Ltd is seeking an Expeditor for an on-site role in Aberdeen. You will coordinate supplier deliveries, monitor production workflows and ensure customer orders ship on time, working with purchasing, production, quality, planning, and sales teams.

The successful candidate will thrive in a fast-paced environment, solve problems, and manage multiple priorities with outstanding attention to detail.

Qualifications

• Strong attention to detail.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities efficiently.
• Good Computer Skills (Sage and Microsoft Office).
• Quick and effective problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to work under pressure and to timescales.
• Ability to negotiate with suppliers and resolve conflicts to ensure timely deliveries.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and track progress of purchase orders with suppliers to ensure timely delivery of materials, components or services.
• Be the primary point of contact between the company and suppliers once a purchase order has been raised.
• Track external order delays and work with planning assistant to provide customers with up-to-date delivery timelines for orders.
• Prioritise live orders with suppliers as needed.
• Maintain records of order status, delivery schedules and supplier delays to create reports on supplier performance.
• Use SAGE 200 to update PO delivery times.
• Liaise with Sales-Admin to ensure timely provision of workflow to production.
• Review internal workflows to identify procurement gaps and liaise with the purchasing team to close them.
• Review internal workflow with planning assistant to identify delays to customer orders and work with operations to resolve where possible.
• File, data entry and general admin duties.
• Raise purchase orders in line with production consumable requirements.
• Work with production and quality teams to meet weekly output targets and customer expectations.

Skills

Attention to detail

Multitasking

Problem-solving

Supplier negotiation

Time management

Tools

Sage 200

Microsoft Office

Job description

Expeditor- South Aberdeen

The Role

Seeking a proactive and highly organised Expeditor to join client’s team. This is a key role responsible for coordinating supplier deliveries, monitoring production workflows, and ensuring customer orders are delivered on time. Working closely with suppliers, purchasing, production, quality, planning, and sales teams, you will help identify and resolve potential delays, maintain accurate order information, and support the smooth flow of materials and work throughout the business.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment, enjoys problem-solving, and can manage multiple priorities while maintaining exceptional attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and track progress of purchase orders while working with suppliers to ensure the timely delivery of materials, components or services.
• Be the primary point of contact between the company and suppliers once a purchase order has been raised.
• Track external order delays and working with planning assistant to ensure customers are provided with up-to-date delivery timelines for orders.
• Prioritise live orders with suppliers based where necessary.
• Maintain records of order status, delivery schedules and suppliers delays in order to create reports to review supplier performance.
• Use of SAGE 200 system to update PO delivery times.
• Liaise with Sales-Admin function to ensure the timeous provision of workflow to production.
• Review internal workflow to identify any procurement gaps, liaising with the purchasing team to ensure gaps are closed.
• Review internal workflow with planning assistant to identify delays to customer orders, while working with operations team to find resolutions where possible.
• File, data entry and general admin duties.
• Raise purchase orders in line with production consumable requirements.
• Work alongside production and quality team to ensure weekly output targets and customer expectations are met.

Requirements

• Strong attention to detail.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities efficiently.
• Good Computer Skills (Sage and Microsoft Office).
• Quick and effective problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to work under pressure and to timescales.
• Ability to negotiate with suppliers and resolve conflicts to ensure timely deliveries.

Details

• Salary- £30-32K DOE
• Permanent & Full-time
• Fully on-site